My Aunt Darlene's

We stayed at my Aunt Darlene's where she lives in Woodinville, WA. She took us boating which was a lot of fun. Ethan loved my cousin Courtney's daughter Bianca which he called her B wonka. I'm thinking he thought Wonka from the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. They loved playing together as did Sophie. The boat ride was nice though Sophie wasn't that comfortable in her jacket and cried most of the time. The kids also liked my Aunt's dog Pipa. The next day we went to Pikes Place but didn't take any pictures. My Aunt one morning made blueberry pancakes with fresh blueberries which she, Ethan, and Brandon helped pick from her back yard. My Aunt's was really relaxing and the kid's loved it. I also didn't get any pictures of my cousin Courtney but am excited for when she comes down here to visit. My cousin Ashley is in the first picture.

Playtime at Aunt Ricki's

At the park Ethan found a truck to play with and another little boy was fighting with him on the slide. I was impressed because he said calmly to the boy " hey guy, excuse me guy." The boy was holding up the line on the slide because he wanted to go up not down. Ethan usually does the same thing.





























Sophie's duck lips.





Levi's sharing his goldfish crackers.













I love these pics of Sophie and Levi.









































Cutie Levi and Aunt Ricki.

























Look at these action pictures. I think Sophie made it without falling.








































For some reason I like this picture, it might be because of the blue hue and his expression. I don't think he's in trouble.

Ferry Ride to Seattle

The ferry was a lot of fun. The top deck was where a lot of these pictures were taken. We pretty much had it to ourselves. I think because it was real windy and cold. The kids loved it.

Grandma Marlene's

These pictures are not in order. We walked one evening to an art park that was really cool and I wished we could have spent more time there. It was really enchanting, like Alice in Wonderland. (pic# 1)
Grandpa Mike gave Sophie her cool shades.#2
A wagon ride to the park.#3
Port Angeles at dark on our walk.#4
This is Olympic National Park. We stopped by the visitor center there and wished we could have spent a day exploring the rain forest there.#5
This is at the art park and we are sitting on an eyelash bench.#6
Port Angeles port and the small aquarium we visited by the trees.#7 The last picture Ethan was a little fearless running around when he could of easily slipped through the bars that he would stick his head through. I was very tense up there with Ethan, who loved it.(#14)

On the Way to Washington

We had to stop at the Tillamook Cheese Factory. We got to try a bunch of different chesses and stopped to have some ice cream! If you haven't tried Tillamook ice cream you need to. I recommend any of their berry flavors. I had their huckleberry and Brandon had peach.

Ethan wanted the green kind when Brandon asked "which flavor blueberry or peach?" Brandon thought he said peach but we realized later he wanted the green one. Ethan didn't have any of the ice cream since he didn't get green. He never complained, or cried, he just wouldn't eat any. Poor little guy.
This is Astoria bridge that connects Oregon to Washington. It was so long.
Just posted more pictures to show how long it was. They also have a light house here that I hear is huge. Maybe next time we can stop to look at it.

This trip was about 8.5 hours. We only stopped 3 times. Once at Tillamook, once for Ethan to water a tree, and another to get gas and use the bathroom. I don't think we even stopped to have lunch we just ate a bunch of snacks.