What a great weekend to be out and about in the Seattle area. The weather was just splendid and the kids (and parents) in excellent moods! On Saturday we headed north to meet up with my coworker Bryan and his family Annie, Lucy, and Luke for a visit to Jetty Island. Jetty Island is a […]
“That banana slug has antlers!” Our little naturalist has a great view of the natural world and he calls it as he sees it. It’s our job to encourage his curiosity and his sense of wonder and if that means he sees antlers, then they’re…well, we’ll help him out and let him know that they’re […]
Did you grab the camera? Shoot, forgot it. Did you bring our iPod for the drive? Nope. Boy those kids are eating a lot on this drive to the trailhead. Do we have extra food? No. Ugh, my pants are too tight. Why didn’t I wear others?!? Hey, did you grab the Northwest Forest Pass before […]
A quick 6am stop by Countryside Donut House (our favorite) and we were heading east to Yakima to visit our good friends Phil, Jessica, and Evan. We made good time arriving in Yakima around 9am. A quick bathroom break for everyone and off to Cowiche Canyon for a Father’s Day morning hike. Before we go […]
We rarely hike without Ethan. Actually, this was only our second time hiking without him since he was born. Ethan is with his Grandma and Grandpa in Oregon this weekend. But it was our first time hiking with just Autumn and we did our best to engage her fully while making good time (something we […]
A good friend of Laura’s recommended visiting Seattle’s Carkeek Park a couple months ago. After her first visit with the kids during one of her weekday outtings, she came home and told me that I’ve got to see this park. It’s fantastic! We’ve since been to this great park in north Seattle four times. It […]
We took our first visit to Seattle’s Museum of Flight a couple weeks ago when Laura’s sister Marylynn came up for the weekend. Since Boeing has its headquarters in the Seattle area, we hear a lot about what’s going in the aviation world. It only seemed fitting to visit this museum to learn more about aviation history. […]
With a foreseen break in our dreary weather this weekend, and knowing it was Easter, we planned for a few outdoor activities to catch some Vitamin D. Saturday Mountlake Terrace held its annual Easter egg hunt for kids on Saturday morning. It was perfect morning to be out looking for eggs because the sun was […]
Ethan and Autumn experienced their first football match, I mean soccer game, today. The family had the opportunity to watch the Seattle Sounders, our local professional team, play against Chicago Fire at Qwest Field. Laura and I thought it would be a good experience for Ethan to see a professional soccer game since he starts […]
Beautiful sunny day in Seattle. Three day weekend. Oh my! What to do with our time? We chose a day trip to the east side of the Cascades for our first visit to the self-proclaimed Bavarian getaway of Leavenworth. You can read all about this town and its history here (it’s rather impressive). Our two […]