Weekend with the Fam in Spokane

I received an email from one of a radio promotion guys saying that I won tickets to Silverwood Park just for being signed up to receive their emails. I thought it was really random and didn't think much of it since Silverwood is in Idaho. A few days passed and I realized that Spokane is right next to Silverwood. We were planning on going to see the family in Spokane so it worked out great! I talked to Sue about it and she thought it would be a good weekend to get everyone together for a family picture.
We left on Thursday and drove all the way making only one quick stop for Cirdan to go to the bathroom. Ella did good and just started freaking out the last 20 minutes of the trip. Kaiya always does well...she just asked about 15 times if we were close. We got in about 6:00 and Sue and Richard had prepared a yummy lasagna dinner. We ate, visited and went to bed. Kaiya went with Emily to Charlie and Kim's for outside movie night.
Friday morning we woke up and got ready for Silverwood Park. Since we got 4 tickets we asked Emily (she was in town visiting) if she wanted to go with us. Hannah also had a ticket that she had earned from school so she also went which was nice for Kaiya to have a friend/cousin. The traffic was kind of bad on the way there and we got there about noon. We started out at the water park. The girls had fun with Emily in the wave pool and the lazy river. Cirdan and I took turns with Ella. She wanted to play in the wave pool but she wanted to be Ms. Independent and not hold hands which was rough. Theme parks are just not as fun as they used to be when you have little kids to watch!
We got a bite to eat and it was pretty hot outside so we decided to go to the rides where there was some shade. The girls enjoyed some rides and Cirdan, Ella and I went to go see if there was any baby rides for her. We ended up at one of Cirdan's favorite spots. The games. Whenever we go to the fair or a place that you can win stuffed animals he has to win us all lots of stuffed animals. This time was no exception. We met up with Emily and the girls and walked around, ate some ice cream and watched Cirdan go on some rides. We were all getting tired so we decided to call it a day. Silverwood was fun but I don't know if I would have paid the $45 per person. Free is good! Friday night we ate dinner and played some games and then went to bed.

Saturday we got up and everyone came over for some Fritatta and some Swedish Pancakes. The food is always so delicious at Richard's and Sue's house. Everyone then walked over to Manito Park and played. Cirdan and Richard played frisbee, played catch, all the kids played on the slides and took a little hike up the big hill. Charlie and Kim took their girls home (Isaac and Kaiya also went) to have the girls take a nap. Everyone came back over and we had a BBQ. The kids were super excited to play in the sprinklers. We went to Charlie and Kims that night to roast marshmallow and eat smores.... It was so good to visit and spend time with the whole family.

I had left the white shirt that I was going to wear for pictures on Sunday in the dryer at home so I had to go shopping to get one (darn!). We went to the mall Sunday morning and didn't find anything so we took the girls back to Cirdan's parents house and they asked if they could watch Ella for us. Twist my arm!! Cirdan and I went to Old Navy and found a white shirt and then drove around for a while with no kids screaming or asking questions in the back of the car. We got back to the house and got ready for pictures.
Pictures went pretty good...Ella was not on her best behavior which was difficult. I think there were 1 or 2 that turned out. We had Panini's with some pasta salad for dinner. The kids had fun playing together and we had fun visiting with everyone.

Monday morning we woke up, packed our stuff and headed home.

Thank you Richard and Sue for such a fun weekend! Hope to see you soon!!

Seahawks & Mariners!!

Greg and Staci invited Cirdan and I to the Mariner game. Staci had a couple extra tickets that she got from work and my mom was able to babysit Ella for us last minute. Stacis work had a get together at Safeco before the game with free hotdogs, baked beans and cookies before the game. The game was fun. We ate some garlic fries and dipping dots (1st time I had them) and enjoyed ourselves!
It was a good game but the Mariners ended up losing against the Yankees. Those Yankee games are always the best ones to go to!

Cirdan, Kaiya and I went to the Seahawks practice a couple of weeks ago. Kaiya loves watching the Seahawks games and she gets really into them. Every time we drive past or see any Seahawk logos she points it out to us all excited. The practices are held at the new Seahawks facility on Lake Washington. We first had to meet at the The Landing down in Renton. We were a bit early so we went and got Kaiya a jersey and ate at 5 Guys Burgers. Those burgers and fries were DELISH! We then headed over to the shuttles and road the bus to the practice. It was a really hot day. Kaiya had some fun but she also got pretty bored. After practice some of the players came over for autographs and signed Kaiya's jersey. She is really excited to wear her lucky jersey when she watches the games.