Friday, June 29, 2007

Summer In Seattle

This last week we were able to get away and spend a couple of days in Seattle. We had a blast! A big thanks to my Dad, who gave Daniel a very generous birthday gift: Birthday money to be used to buy two good seats at a Mariners game. And boy did they get great seats! Daniel and Jon sat just 8 rows up from the Mariners dug out, right in between home plate and first base! And to top it all off, Grandpa had a special birthday message just for Daniel put up on the score board during the game. Daniel was very excited to say the least. The boys had a great night together and got two game balls! Jon took this picture from his seat - What great seats!!!

Daniel's name up in lights for 35,000 people to see! Thanks Grandpa!

While the boys took in the game, the girls took in some rays! We had a great time hanging out in the pool and walking around downtown!
Carousel ride on the waterfront!
Jon had the brilliant idea to walk through the water fountain with the kids, they walked around Seattle with wet clothes for the rest of the day!
We were able to meet up with my little brother Ben, who will be a junior at Seattle Pacific University. He showed us around his campus and his big pink house which he shares with four other guys, and they all sleep in one room so the other rooms can be used for a game room, office and changing room - Oh the college life!
Ben took us to this amazing park which was right on the water and overlooked the city. Airplanes flew right overhead and landed on the water, it was incredible, we didn't want to leave. Ben taught the kids how to slide down hills on cardboard boxes and how to climb up on dangerously high structures. What are uncles for anyway?

We feel so blessed! Thanks Dad for the tickets, and thanks Ben for spending time with us and showing us around, the kids have a whole new perspective on going to college now :)

2 comments:

Angela said...

Looks like so much fun!!!
And how cool is that Daniel!!!!
Pretty sure you guys are the cutest family I have ever layed eyes on!

LizzyG said...

need to see what my profile pic looks like :)