Thanks You Cards

Parker looked cute in the clothes she picked out this morning so I got Dally ready hoping I could get a picture of them for Christmas Thank You's.  No such luck.  Dally was tired and refused to smile, then got something on her dress.  Maybe I'll try again tomorrow.

The Ferry

My favorite part of the trip into Seattle was the hour long ferry ride we took.  It was sunny and beautiful, and the kids kept running outside to look around and then running back in to warm up.

There were islands on the side of us that can only be reached by ferry.  They had big beautiful homes on the shore that I bet are just as beautiful on the inside.

After the ferry ride we drove to Tacoma to meet Curt's family for dinner.  His brother Scott, his wife Doris, and their 2 month old Annabelle were heading back to Hong Kong on Sunday and wanted to get one last dinner in with all the Leonards (Curt's parents, his sister Nicki and her family, and Amy and Curt's family).  Curt's entire family is really nice, we enjoyed getting to eat with them at his parent's house a few times and then get a chance to say goodbye one last time. 

Seattle

It was rainy the week that Hank was there so we put off going into Seattle.  Finally on Friday Curt had off plus we got a beautiful sunny day to explore part of town.

These crazy seagulls hung out outside the place we ate.  We had really yummy fish, fries, and shrimp and the seagulls were jealous.

Then we explored some of the stores on the waterfront.

They kept laying on the treasure in the chest saying "Money, money, money!".

Then we headed over to Pike's Place Market.  It was pretty crowded so we explored for a few minutes and then headed out.

The kids were disappointed no one bought fish so they could see the guys throw them.

Chuck E Cheeses

The kids were thrilled when we took them to Chuck E Cheeses on a rainy day.  Hank stayed and played for a while and then was pretty happy to explore a comic book store nearby.

You can't tell from the pictures but Dally loved the rides.  She kept climbing up on stuff and looking at us for the tokens.

Post presents Christmas Day

Almost every adult in the house helped build Legos after we opened presents.  They were a big hit.

Park played with her make-up of course.

This is the quilt Amy made for Cami and Mike for Christmas.  So cute!

James playing his mobigo while holding his kitty.  Now that's devotion.

Dally actually cuddled with Uncle Curt, go Uncle Curt!

Christmas Morning

 We were all a little afraid Dally would get up at 5 like she had the morning before and wake up all the kids.  Thankfully she didn't wake up until 645.  The kids ran downstairs and checked out all their presents for about 45 minutes before we went back up and got Aunt Cami and Uncle Mike up to open presents.  Dally was still tired.

 Jude was amazingly good.  He just hung out and watched the craziness.

 Dally loves socks.