Last weekend we had the opportunity to go to Washington and celebrate my father-in-law's sixtieth birthday. Since we now have to pay for a plane ticket for Ellie we decided to drive. We split the 13-14 hour drive into two days. Ellie was a gem. I thought we would have to depend on the iPad a lot, but we rarely had to pull it out.
On our second day drive to Washington we made a stop at Burger King to get some lunch. Ellie wanted to play on the big toy, so we let her play while we ate, and she ate her chicken nuggets in the car. While she was playing she noticed that a lot of kiddos had a crown on. Since we are cheapos, and didn't get her a kid's meal she didn't get a crown. She was a little sad about it, so while I was changing her diaper for the rest of the drive Jeremy pulled some strings and got a crown for her. She was so excited.
Jeremy's mom is so good at packing a ton of fun in a short amount of time, which worked to our benefit since we were only there for two and a half days. On Friday she arranged to have some girls from the neighborhood come babysit the grandkids while the adults went to Seattle for a Segway tour.
For those of you who have never been on a Segway, it's terrifying. Okay, it's not that bad, but I'm a ball of nerves anyway, so I was anxious during the entire tour. A Segway reads where your body weight is and speeds up and slows down accordingly. They are so much fun, but I couldn't help feel like I was going to fall off at any given minute.
I survived, and had so much fun! Aside from one angry cyclist, there were no casualties and I got to see a lot of really pretty sights. If you've never been to Seattle, you need to go. Seriously. After the Segway tour we went to Pike's Place Market and went on the Wings Over Washington ride. Basically it is like Soaring Over California, but Washington. It was a lot of fun, and I loved seeing all the sights.
On Saturday we went to the ocean beach. Ellie had so much fun. I was a little curious to see how she reacted to the sand and water. The last time we went to a sandy place she didn't like it, and didn't want to play in the "dirty water". It was a huge hit this time though. She wanted to be in the freezing cold water, and loved
Saturday night we celebrated my father-in-law's birthday. Jeremy's mom invited over a bunch of their friends and we had a huge barbecue. I failed at taking pictures, but it was a lot of fun and so delicious.
Ellie had so much fun spending time with her grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins. On Sunday we were able to hear McKenzie and Mary sing in church then we started the drive home. We were so excited to pull into our driveway on Monday afternoon, but miss all of the fun. We were so lucky to be able to spend some time with everyone!
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| Also, I love how dramatic Washington is about being a "green" state. |
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