Day three

Today is the day we pick up Daddy. It is very overcast, I hope I get to see the mountain. I am not sure how to get there since Mapquest sent me to the other side of the park that is closed. I am meeting Scott t 3:00. It is a two hour drive so, I think I will leave at noon.

Well, we had a lovely drive even though it was overcast. The trees here are just so big. I feel like all I have been doing is driving today though. The drive took longer than expected. It is a good thing I left early. It took two hours to get to the park, but it was another hour to where I was meeting Scott. I got worried when we got there, because the area was so big and there were so many people. The kids and I went to check out the observation deck and gift shop. TJ threw a major fit up there! I saw a group coming down and thought it was them, but it wasn't. After about half an hour inside we headed back to the car to wait there. Sure enough Daddy found us. They didn't make it to the top. They only made it to 13,300 ft. But the pictures were amazing! It was so cloudy I didn't even know in what direction the mountian was. It was pretty funny after I picked up Scott I asked "So, Rainier is over there right?" (pointing) And he said "No, it is over there" I was off by about 90 degrees. Opps! On the way out of the park I made Scott take pictures since I zoomed by everything on the way in not knowing how far I had to go. Realizing it was getting late and that making dinner in the hotel would make for a late dinner. We stopped at a really fun looking burger joint made out of and old train. The kids though it was pretty cool.

Oh, I almost forgot, Lilah got her second tooth today.

Day two

Scott got up at 5:30 to climb Rainier. Everyone else was up shortly after. It is 8:30 and it seems like it should be around 10:00. Lilah has been down for a nap for an hour already lol.

Wow, the baby was pooped. It is 10:30 now and she is still sleeping!

Well, once Lilah finally got up . . . at noon! we got her fed and changed and we headed off to Point Defiance Park. With the intent of going to the zoo. When we got there the zoo was so packed I couldn't even find a place to park. Therefore, I figured I wouldn't be able to rent a stroller either. So, I left thinking I was going to have to head back to the hotel after getting lost trying to get there. BUT I happened upon the beach, so we parked and hung out there for a while. The kids loved throwing rocks in the water. Then going further we found a park for the kids to play in and we took a little hike. We then headed back to the hotel and watched 27 Dresses while the kids played on the patio.

Day one

Today started early. Lilah got up twice in the middle of the night, but it paid off. She has a new tooth. Her first tooth even. I found it while we were waiting at the gate. TJ asked "Is she not a bay anymore?"

After asking many times before we left, TJ had to go potty before we even got to I25. We worried about how we were going to get all 8 bags/car seats in. So, Scott dropped me off with the girls. He and TJ then parked the car and met up with us. It went well. Everyone thought the kids were so cute.

They liked walking over the bridge to the concourse where a couple of planes drove under us. They liked the moving sidewalks, but the escalator scared Katie so, we had to go find an elevator and meet the boys at the bottom. While we were waiting on our plane we watched another plane back up and take off. The pilot of that plane waved at the kids. They liked that.

The flight was fine. The kids thought it was pretty cool. They kept asking (loudly) if we were going to crash. It was pretty embarrassing. The woman sitting next to me didn't look like a big fan of fling as it was. They colored and had juice and snacks on the plane. They were pretty entertained by the map on the seat backs. Katie liked the "bump" when we landed.

We got a Dodge Grand caravan. It isn't too bad. I love the power windows. Even the back pop out windows are powered! TJ loves to open the door with the button.

Our Tacoma hotel is nice. There is a small kitchen so, we don't have to eat out with the kids. We have a separate living area with 2 roll away beds for the big kids. The baby is in her pack n' play in the bedroom. We even have a small enclosed patio so, the kids can play.

We went to REI to get Scott's snowshoes. Then we went to Albertson's to get groceries, a Red Box movie, and hit the ATM.

Fox Stalking Prey

Scott took this footage on Rainier

On our way to the Space Needle

Night Bridge

Sorry, this one is dark and blurry at the end

On the ferry

Watch out

Island Beach

Going over the bridge

BFFs

Kids swinging

TJ swinging

Beach at Point Defiance

TJ's dance

Hey, there are a ton of photos I need to go through. Please be patient. To hold you over I will be posting video today though. This one is of TJ dancing in our hotel in Tacoma the first night.

Estes Park

Wow, I am behind on posts. Well, a couple weekends ago Scott, I and the kids went to Estes Park for a retreat with a class we are taking at church. I wasn't planning on going since it was the same weekend as my sister's birthday and therefore I had no one to watch the kids all weekend, but on Friday Ty called (class officiator) to say there were a lot of people who couldn't go at the last minute and there would be room to bring the kids. Since I was not particularly looking forward to a weekend along with the kids followed by Scott on a 3 day business trip. I decided to go. I am glad I did. The children were angels. It was absolutely amazing. The nights were a little difficult as Lilah is not used to sleeping with anyone so little noises woke her up, Katie kept falling off her sleeping pad or hitting her brother in her sleep. That was rough, but the days were great. We saw elk, deer, and big horn sheep. I would love to go back to Estes some time. The cabins we stayed at were so nice the kids asked if we could move there. lol