Sunday, May 1, 2011

A busy, busy weekend....

What a weekend, what a WEEKEND!! We had a really great 2 days in playing in the sunshine. On Saturday we met an old friend of ours, and his clan of 5 (soon to be 6) and all went to the Seattle Aquarium. It was a BEAUTIFUL day!! We took the Jeep out for the drive to Seattle and realized that it doesn’t like to go faster than 60 miles per hour. (A power steering pump later, we did figure out the problem.) None the less, we had a really great time. We got lots of cute pictures and most of the kids had a blast touching all sea life in the hands on are. I even got some great pictures of the octopus. So exciting. I just love watching Jack explore and learn new things. He’s so smart and does so well with new things. After we spent the afternoon at the Aquarium, we had lunch together at Red Robin’s, then headed back toward home. We stopped by the Bradley Lake park before going home to let the kids blow off some steam before heading home. The kids had a LOT of fun and I was thankful for a reason to be outdoors…











Sunday I decided that it would be a good idea to go to the beach. It was supposed to be sunny that day, but not all that warm. I decided that it didn’t matter if it was going to be cold or not, Jack loves going to the beach. Life is too short if you wait for the weather to warm up around here so off we went. (I did have to make a deal with Mike to fold the laundry and clean the dishes before we left.) When we got the beach, Jack was in heaven. He didn’t care that it was cold and the water was FREEZING! All that mattered was that we were at the beach. It makes me think that we need to come to the beach a lot more often….















We always make a stop at the Irish pub here in Ocean shores. I guess Irish pubs are popping up every where but this place has a gift shop and a great resturant. Good food, great whiskey, and family friendly. What more could you ask for? We celbrated Mother's Day this weekend since Momma decided to give up carbs on Monday. I had a bit of carb fest today and enjoyed every minute of it!!