Aquarium Day

What a great day!! The boys and I headed up to Vancouver to explore the Aquarium with three other families and the rest of British Columbia (who must have been out on spring break as well). 4 moms and 9 kids under the age of 8. A bit crazy and a whole lot of fun! Elias eating his apple for lunch-happy in the rain and cold

Elias, Isaiah and our friend Isaiah in front of the Beluga Whales

7 of the 9 friends in front of the seal tank

Great Wolf Lodge Trip

We took a very fun and relaxing trip south to get away from the busy season of life we are now in. After a morning spent at the Everett Children's Museum we went out to watch life at the Edmonds Ferry Terminal. Many rocks were thrown into the ocean, we got to see the Amtrak train come through and we watched two ferries load and unload. Dinner at the Spaghetti Factory and we were all ready for bed!

The next day we packed up and headed toward Grand Mound. Great Wolf Lodge was as much fun as we remembered it and if possible, we enjoyed it more this year than we did last year. Isaiah was tall enough to go on all of the slides and he went non-stop for two days! Elias liked the water and spent a lot of time jumping over waves in the pool and going down the little slides in the kiddie pool.
Best of all the trip was great for us to get away as a family. Life has been very full and it was perfect timing for us to forget about work schedules, Greek assignments and balancing the demands of life as a young family...at least for a couple days!

New pictures!

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Fun Adventures

We've had some great fun lately! Here are some snapshots of our adventures.

The Great Wolf Lodge in Grand Mound, WA

It is a family friendly hotel with a huge indoor water park. We went with several other families from my Bunco group and had a FABULOUS time! Isaiah absolutely loved the waterslides, the wavepool, the giant bucket that dumps 1,000 gallons of water on your head, the arcade, and the talking animals all around the place. Elias wasn't as confident in the water, but started getting used to it and will love it next year! Seth, well, he loved the waterslides as well-the kid came out in him and I think it was a good break from heavy-duty Seminary studying!

Seth and Elias (we are indeed in a cheezy smile phase)Family Photo before bedtime

At dinner, Isaiah is almost ready to fall asleep!

At the Locks in Seattle with Kristin!

Hovander Park in Ferndale

Follow the leader

I currently have a sister and brother-in-law in Vietnam and a sister in Egypt. In this day and age of technology, it is great to be able to talk with them on the phone as if they were in the next city, not the next continent. My sister called on Isaiah's birthday and got the privilege of talking to both the boys at the same time. To some this would be confusing because Elias' can speak some words very clearly and the rest of his sentences are jibberish. And, he will speak while anyone and everyone else is speaking, just to make it more fun.

Here is first-born followed closely by second-born. I think they say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Grandma Rhonda's Visit!

Elias' cake: train Isaiah's cake: bike

Grandma Rhonda came for a visit to celebrate both Isaiah and Elias' birthdays. As you can tell by the smiles, we had a full and fun weekend!

Amtrak and Aquarium

Elias loves trains. He calls them chugga's and he talks about them all day, everyday. For his birthday we decided to take a family day to Seattle on the Amtrak. It was a long day, but it was great! We caught the 8:35am train from Bellingham and arrived in Seattle just after 11am. The boys were both in awe the whole ride down and Seth even got a little Greek studying done while we toured the train. We caught the train in Seattle at 7pm and finally got the boys into their beds by 9:30pm. Everyone slept well that night!

In Seattle we walked to the waterfront and made our way to the Seattle Aquarium. It was a beautiful day and both boys did great with all the walking and sightseeing. The Aquarium was fun and we managed to see all of the main "feeding" times. They have a HUGE fish tank as you walk in and it was fascinating for all of us. Of course our camera died about 10 minutes into the Aquarium visit so we don't have many pictures but we have many memories and that's what counts! We walked to Pike's Place Market, rode a carousal and pretended to play video games in an arcade, ate dinner at Red Robin overlooking the ferry terminal and spent the whole day together as a family-something that does not happen very often!

The ride to Seattle-Seth working on Greek paradigms, Elias studying the details of the table, Isaiah taking in the sights of western Washington out the window

Isaiah and Elias with Seattle in the background

At the Aquarium-at least the diver was paying attention to me! And that boy from Sonshine Preschool...