our mini vaca...

Living so close to Seattle we decided to take a day and make a little vacation out of it!

Hours of fun posing with all the statues as you can see!

Kids having a little heart to heart :)

Beautiful city...beautiful girl!

I have zero pics of me with kids. I physically have to hand the camara to Brandon and before I even get into place or Makenna is some what pulled together...snap! LOL. Well there it is an official none 'self-shot'!

We went on this ferry at sunset!

pose 1

For those of you who are thinking 'boy this looks familiar' it would be because it's a classic Napoleon Dynamite reenactment!

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and finally pose 6...oh the fun a pillar of cement offers lol

You will notice that one child is MIA from the 'posing' activities. Guess we've finally arrived at the 'too cool' mentality!

We went to The Crab Pot because we saw it on Man Vs Food lol. They bring you a bucket of sea critters and a hammer and then you just go to town. Frankly I was grossed out! But the boys thought it was fantastic to hammer your food. Makenna and I stuck with our hamburgers!

The hammer, sea critters, and my cute family

Ok, so this is such a great picture. I first want to note the look on Makenna's face because it really says all we were both feeling lol. Second, you may be thinking what I was, "how is it possible to find something with beady eyes and hanging down tentacles appetizing?'.

And yet another thing that grossed me out. Ben having his first official oyster shooter! Have to say they don't get their boldness in trying new things from me!

My hammer crushin', sea eatin', bib wearin' hunk of a husband! Love you babe!

View of the city from the ferry

relaxing day at sea

my boys

such a beautiful day to see the city from this view point!

Such a great day and a great little vacation!

my favorite place....

Hands down my favorite place here in WA. When the tides out it's truly an amazing place. The kids play and explore for hours. Love the memories we've made at Birch Bay....

Our attempt at being romantic :)

Digging...

And more digging....

My amazing trio

Cute kid!

The explorers!

My little swimmer!

'Man vs Wild'

He disappears for awhile and then reappears with a meal! All that 'Man vs Wild' has really paid off!

4th of July in November!

I'm not sure I'm ever going to get caught up! But atleast we can all reflect on warmer times together!

Down at the lake for the day! Wonderful while the sun was out!!

My girl is growing up much too fast!

Trying to get a shot of those freckles that I love SO much!!

Me living on the edge and allowing Brayden to have a sparkler! A very big moment for both of us lol. I so hate the things! 2 years ago he burnt himself on one of these blasted things and we ended up having to fill out a accident report at the ambulance! I just wanted a band-aid to cover it until we got home!

Such a sweet picture of two of the loves in my life! Oh how I love this man. Daddy definitely is the best place to curl up when you're fading fast!

When I said "warmer times" I meant warmer times in other states!! :) Never in July in Utah or Idaho would you be wearing sweatshirts and cuddling under blankets!!

4th of July celebration number 2....

So I found that Makenna is quite amazing at volleyball! Who knew???

This picture totally cracks me up! The first time either of these men have looked at directions! They look rather stumped over this volleyball net assembly

Brayden age 7

Ben age 11

First lets again note the temperature of this night! And secondly can you find Brayden is this picture? lol

Ahhh sweet silence after a full day, so great!