Thanksgiving Trip

We had a wonderful trip to Redding to visit with cousins over Thanksgiving weekend. Good food, good company, fun adventures. It was a lovely little get away for a couple nights.

We went for a night walk to see the crazy house that runs lights to music and even happened to catch the man coming home so he gave the kids candy canes. Sorry for the creepy eyes and blurry, just tried to snap a quick shot and it wasn't so good

We went to the Sundial Bridge and then headed into Turtle Bay. We saw some cool exhibits, animals, played a great playground and got to feed the parrots.

View of the Sundial above and then a view off the bridge below

Cousins Sally and Rich and Gavin joined my 3 kiddos

Jeremy's travels

Jeremy has had a super busy past few months. He has traveled a ton.

One of his co-workers owns a horse, it raced, Jeremy went, it won and Jeremy got to go in the winner's circle. Quite an experience.

While on a work trip Jeremy got back to his room to grab his bags (it was of course the last day when he was supposed to be leaving). He sent me the above pic asking what is wrong with this picture. I wasn't sure, then I realized he was on the outside of the room but the safety latch was in place and no one was in the room. Long story short, a maid somehow got the bar latch as she was leaving to hook over the lock so he couldn't get in. Security couldn't help, maintenance couldn't help. After awhile maintenance tried breaking the door, it didn't work. Jeremy asked if he could try - I think he had some pent up frustrations and that door was just the thing, one shoulder ram later he busted the lock and was able to get his bag. Phew.

Guy's Weekend

I am so grateful for the small group we joined after we got married.  12 years later and the guys are getting together in AZ for a fun weekend.  We are blessed to still have these friendships in our lives. Jeremy had a blast and got to enjoy a Seahawks game at the AZ pub dedicated to the Hawks. Bummer it was a crazy game that ended in a tie!

Minnesota Vacation - part 5 - last day

As always our trips seem so short. We got a ton of snow the last night we were here so we bundled up the kiddos for a little snow time in the morning before catching our flight out. Then we had a busy day of traveling home - Granny and Papa were on the same flight so that made it nice.

One last picture of Kate all bundled up. Lucy brought her a unicorn to help her feel better being almost immobile.

Now for some playtime at the airport.  1) I love airports with kid areas! 2) Traveling with Papa means the kids get spoiled with rides that their parents wouldn't spend money on :-)

Papa and Granny

Haha, Jeremy and me as Vikings.

Bye MN family, we will miss you!

Minnesota Vacation - part 1 - snow!

We got to MN and immediately had to head outside to play in the snow before heading out to a wonderful dinner.  The kids have so much fun playing with snow, we only wish we could get a bit more of it at our house.  Maybe next year.

Kate found it a bit hard to move.

How lucky are we, the Alecu's (our family we stayed with) have a sledding hill in their own front yard.

Airport adventures

We woke up early and headed to the airport to go visit family in MN.  It is so nice that the Seattle airport has this fun kid area to blow off a bit of steam before heading to our gate.  The kids always have a wonderful time.

Weekend in Spokane

We took a quick weekend trip over to Spokane to visit with family, it was wonderful. Every time we go I always wish we made a point to do it more often.  We got to celebrate my Uncle Greg's birthday and visit with Jeremy's Dad and his family also.

Yummy, pizza one night and homemade fajitas another - spoiled!

Cousin Stephen makes a good play structure

Adam and Cheyenne

Happy Birthday Uncle Greg

A human pyramid attempt...

Grandma leading some physical activities from her conference.  Sorry for the blurry pictures, Jaydon and Clara were trying to stand up with arms linked - they did it.

Kate got a few car naps in

Sisters on Owen's cool horse

Kate meeting Grandpa Pete

Jaydon and Adrian hanging out

Family photos

Cousins

Jaydon and Clara found the nail polish!

One last feast to enjoy together.