Mike, Lisa, Emmett & Claire: June 2008

Jun 26, 2008

Jun 25, 2008

We made it back from our trip to Seattle, and because of returning to a load of responsibilities that piled up I haven't been able to update until now!

We had a fabulous time and pretty much got to see everything there is to see in Seattle. We did it all! I've posted some pictures of the highlights in this post, and then I added a slideshow to show our other dozens of photos.

First stop: Pikes Place Market! If you've been to Seattle you'll know that this is mostly just shopping for food and gifts and witnessing all the crazy musicians that play for money on the sidewalks. Here's a picture of Mike standing on the corner of Pike Place and me gazing at the delicious looking fruit:

Seattle has tons of art sculptures EVERYWHERE. They even have a park called "Olympic Sculpture Park" dedicated to the random artsiness that Seattle people seem to love. This is a picture of me standing next to one of the funnier sculptures:

We went to a place called Experience Music Project Museum, where you get to do hands-on stuff with music. Play drums, sing, guitar, play in your own "virtual" concert ect. It was pretty fun except for the fact that you had to wait in line for what seemed like forever to get a turn on any of the instruments. Here's Mike learning how to do a scratch table (is that what they're called?):

At the top of the Space Needle:

We took a ferry across the Puget Sound and drove over to the penninsula of Western WA. On this map where it says "Hurricane Ridge" is exactly where we drove to. It was a lot of driving in the car, but we stopped and walked around a lot. The area was gorgeous. We got to the tippy top part of Washington to the point where we could see Canada on the other side of the water.

Us on the ferry with Seattle in the background:

For all of you Twilight book reader fans...Do you recognize the name of this town? I was tempted to have us drive over to Forks but considering we were in the car for already an unbearable amount of time (as you might be able to tell from my crazy car-hair in the picture) the extra 50 miles wasn't worth just a picture.

At the Seattle Aquarium: My long-time Moses Lake friends Rachel and Jenny, and each of their 2 kids were kind enough to drive the 3 hours to meet me in Seattle and hang out with us for the day! We had a great time seeing them again, its been forever!

The last thing we did before we went and caught our plane was go to the Pacific Science Center. We had a good time goofing around. Here's Mike on something I don't know how to describe. He got on a bike and rode around in a circle without anything attached (although I think the wheels were a bit larger than normal wheels). He said it was pretty scary and wanted me to go. But I don't think the image of a pregnant woman falling into that net below him would be a good one. :)

Jun 14, 2008

Pictures

Things have been quiet in our house lately. Mike left for Seattle on Wednesday, which left me a little too much peace and quiet (not that our house is ever really loud). He is in Seattle for work until Tuesday, and then Tuesday night I'm getting on a jet plane and meeting him out there to spend a few extra days enjoying the sights. Mike has never been to WA before, and I've been dying to go back ever since my family moved away 5 years ago. Unfortunately we won't be making a stop in Moses Lake but I'm excited to go back and be in my homestate again.

I bought my first pair of maternity capri's yesterday. Talk about wierd. I'm just getting so sick of leaving my pants unbuttoned all the time though and trying to hide it. The capri's are not the most flattering since they "Don't make maternity clothes for 12 year olds" one lady was kind enough to tell me. Which I think I'm far from looking like. But at least they'll be comfortable.

Mike and I decided it was time to buckle down and get ourselves a decent camera. We splurged and I was having some buyers remorse considering we have a baby on the way, until we finally got notice that our Uncle Sam's check FINALLY came in (which is a heck of a story all in itself that I won't bore you with). woo hoo. So that took it away. We got the Nikon D40 and we love it.

So we decided to take the camera out and test its functions. Here's a few pics we took at Memory Grove, Ensign Peak, and a few other randoms we took throughout the week as well.