Our Seattle Trip Days 1 & 2

***I know it has been forever since I posted and a lot has happened in the mean time so prepare yourself for blog overload! ***

DAY 1 - We made it to Seattle! Our flight was great everyone did so well. Mike took us in to security but then had to get to work but we were just fine! We watched the airplanes take off for a while then we ready to board our plane. Both girls were so excited they could hardly stand it! Paige got to sit by the window first and they switched seats about half way through. They were very excited to get to eat snacks and go to the bathroom. I had to go and with Paige to help her and we both barely fit in there! Rory did it all by herself! Rory colored most of the time and Paige ate most of the time! In her normal Paige manner she kept asking when do we get the snacks from the moment we sat down on the plane and even during take off when her snacks would have just flown right off her tray into her lap! Caleb was good too. I feed him during take off and then he slept for about 45 min halfway through and I just had him suck on a binkie for the landing since he has the ear infection I didn't want his ears to bother him anymore then they had to. They all did great though!  

 

Once we got back to Shelley's house we unloaded our stuff and then went on a walk to a park by their house and the trail to the park was like walking through the forest, it is all so beautiful and it is just their backyard! They have a pond literally behind their back fence and there are a family of geese that live out there with a batch of young goslings. Everyone just played out side until dinner and then again afterwards. Bed time was a little tricky since it doesn't get dark till after 9:30pm but I think they were all to excited to sleep anyway.  

DAY 2 - Today we went to St Edwards State Park. It had a big nice playground for the kids and we did that for a while then we hiked about half a mile down a trail through the forest/jungle to the beach of Washington Lake. 

The kids took off their shoes and were just going to put their feet in but it wasn't more then a few minutes before Paige slid on some moss and went in up to her waist and I guess since Paige was already wet Rory thought it was okay for her to do it too!

 The of course Shelley's boys decided to swim too. Oh well, they had fun anyway and it wasn't me that had to hike back all wet and cold! The dirt is almost black it is so rich and dark and their are big slugs everywhere. 

 Paige wasn't afraid of them and wanted to touch them all but Rory was not so inclined. Caleb did really well and even slept in the backpack for part of the hike but my back and shoulders didn't fair so well, the kid is HEAVY, but super cute so what can you do! After playing in the water we hiked back up to the park and had lunch then played for a little while longer and came home.

We are making homemade flour tortilla's tonight for dinner so I'll have to let you know how they turn out. It has been up to 69 and 70 degrees during the day so not as cold as it has been so that is nice, it is just cold in the morning like in the 50's.