Valentine's Day

We spent President's Day weekend in Suncadia. There was no snow...but that didn't keep us from having a great time. The highlights--the meals, the laughs(mostly at the boys, both kiddos and dads), the exploring, and the time with our friends and each other.

Ben taking care of Owen--good practice!

Decorating Valentine's Day cookies, very serious work going on.

Decorating cookies means bathtime immediately after!

Ben--Owen--Ryan

Tough day for a chicken...

Free? Ben can't believe it, but we hit up Denny's today with Matt and Jamie for our free Grandslams. They were great and the boys seemed to like them too. Free things make me so happy.

Big day for Ben

Saturday was the Seattle Fire Dept.'s Open House, so we took Ben to Firehouse No. 40 in Wedgewood to see the firetrucks! Firetrucks have been Ben's obsession for quite some time now. When we first got there he just stood in awe (2nd pic) and stared, but then quickly started exploring them. Pretty neat thing to do on a beautiful Seattle day!

My boys.

Hawaii

My parents and I experienced Hawaii through Ben this past week. We all loved every minute of it. The highlights according to Ben would be "Waikiki beach," airplanes, splashing in both the ocean and pool, "ice cones...passion fruit" especially, trolley cars, the flamingos, turtles, penguins, and koi, the "pasgetti" kids meals, and any other little excursion with Nana and Papa. It seemed everything we got to do was an absolute treat for Ben. I felt it was a great opportunity to spend time with just Ben before #2 comes along. Thank you mom and dad for the most wonderful week.

Waikiki Beach

North Shore

Sunset from the pool at the Hale Koa