Our niece came to visit us and so one sunny day we got some sidewalk chalk and decided to go to work in front of our house. We had lots of fun using our own space. Then, Mariah moved onto the driveway to create her amazing masterpiece, the “Turkey BBQ”.
Deception Pass State park is one of my favorite places in Washington. Bryan and I took my parents and my niece hiking there last Friday and we saw such a beautiful part of God’s creation. We hiked for a few hours then made our way home via Whidbey Island and a ferry ride.
On Thursday afternoon we had some extra time before Bryan and my father were going to be done with work so the girls decided to take a short walk to the lake. On the way we saw close to 30 garter snakes along the side of the path. It was cloudy during our whole walk but luckily we made it home before it started to rain.
Last Tuesday morning Mariah and I drove down to Bellevue with Bryan, and Mariah and I spent the afternoon at the Children’s Museum. I was worried that there wasn’t going to be enough for her to do there but we spent 3 hours playing instruments, playing with various water systems, and climbing through the tree house. She told me she had a fun time but I overheard her talking to her mom and all she said about the museum was that she got really wet. (Thanks to the fun we had building water/pipe structures.)
For those of you who have yet to see Bryan’s silly side, know that there is one. The other night he and Mariah had a fun time dancing in the kitchen. I was lucky enough to get a couple of cute pictures of them and I posted them below!
Our niece, Mariah, has been here for three weeks now and I thought it would be fun to have pizza for dinner. So, she and I had a fun time making the pizza from scratch. I probably over supervised, but I wanted to make sure the pizza was edible. The end product wasn’t the best pizza we have ever had, but it was definitely good.
This morning Mariah and I went to a local farm to pick some berries. They had Strawberries, raspberries, and tayberries and we picked a few of each. This afternoon I’m going to make an angel food cake to enjoy with the berries! YUM!
Yesterday Bryan, Mariah, and I went to the zoo in Seattle. We had tons of fun, and were able to view all the exhibits. They had many unique animals that we had never seen as well as the traditional animals. They had one area with a bunch of farm animals in it. Bryan and I weren’t too interested in the animals there since we grew up in a farming community, but I think Mariah enjoyed petting a goat. Below I posted a few of the great pictures Bryan took.
Today Mariah and I walked to Lake Cassidy to have a picnic lunch. Once we got to the lake we ate lunch on the dock and watched the birds and dragonflies. We have been having beautiful weather all month so it was a perfect day for a picnic.
Mariah, our niece, is visiting us for a few weeks so on Friday I took her to the Seattle Center and Pacific Science Center. The Science Center was huge and very impressive. They had many exhibits to look through so we spent several hours there. They had an exotic butterfly exhibit and Mariah and I agreed that it was our favorite! At the Science center they had an IMAX theatre so we also went and watched Kung Fu Panda. We had so much fun!!!
