Lotsa time

The kids and I have been in Utah for almost a month now and have been able to do some fun activities with family and friends. This is just a few pictures since I am bad at taking them while here for some reason. The kids have LOVED spending time with Grammy and Grampy and their aunts and uncles and cousins...it's so fun to see how each has their own special relationship with every individual person.

The pictures in order:
A big family birthday party where some Tongan dancers came and performed a mini luau.
Making cookies with Grammy and their cousin Mia.
Prego pics of me and my sister Leslie...I've been to 3 of her baby showers since we've been here! The pictures were at the first shower.
The kids with my parents cats. They love every opportunity they get with them because I'm allergic and normally throw them out every chance I get!

We'll be here another 2 weeks, so I'll be posting more pictures later.

Little Spellers

Morgan and Roy spelling their names...Morgan with a bit of coaxing and Roy with a bit of help!

ta ta

Ta ta Seattle, ta ta Washington. We had a good summer, but we will not miss this place much. Was it beautiful?? Yes...breathtaking! It just didn't strike a chord with us. Was it the crazy winding roads and horrible street planning or the apartments with no a/c that had a pregnant woman sweating all summer?? Probably a combination, but we are grateful to be leaving the 'Evergreen' state.

We are a little sad that we never made it to many of the touristy attractions such as the space needle and Pikes market, but we will survive.

This isn't meant to be pessimistic, just honest. We are grateful for the good productive summer we had, but are even more grateful to be going home. Of course, that's not until mid-October...but we are excited nontheless!!

There were a couple highlights. For me these were, #1 The hotels we stayed in that had a/c, and, #2 The Lake.

The kids and I loved coming here as often as we could for walks, a beach, a huge playground, and some of the most delicious hamburgers ever. In fact Morgan called the place where we lived 'Lake Washington'. Whenever we were away on one of the out of town jaunts she would ask, "When are we going back to Lake Washington?"

I may miss the lake, but I think that's the only thing. I would like to say, "Good bye Washington and HELOOOOO Arizona!!"