The Beach Boys Concert!

Last Tuesday we surprised the three oldest girls by taking them to the Beach Boys concert. The girls had no idea. I picked the girls up from school early. Why are you picking me up they said. It's a surprise I said. We walked on the 3:00 ferry and had a nice ferry ride. It was so fun to just relax in the sun and enjoy the ferry ride.
We made it to Seattle and walked along the water front. We went to one of the girls favorite shops The Curiosity Shop. They love to go and see the Mummies and all the interesting stuff they have there. We then took the girls to Red Robin on the water front for dinner. It was Awesome! Kyle had the girls convinced that we came to Seattle to pick blackberries for the blackberry festival. We started our walk up to Safeco Field. The girls are still trying to figure out where we are going. The walk is tiring for the girls. Are we almost there. We get to Qwest Stadium and Gabby Says are we going to a Mariners game. We said no they are not playing today. Gabby says are we going to the Beach Boys concert. We said yes! She said she heard about it on the radio and saw the commercial on the TV. We went into the concert and found out it really didn't start until 7:30. So we hung out at Safeco Field for an hour and 1/2. Before the concert started there was a benefit for Seattle Childrens. The kids were a little bored.

The concert was fantastic once it started. By the time the concert started Belle fell asleep and slept the whole concert. I think she heard only one song. Gabby and Belle loved it. I forgot to mention that Carlee and Spencer came to the concert also. Spencer surprised Carlee for their anniversary. They had seats on the floor. They moved up right by the stage and danced the whole concert. We saw them on the big screen a few times. We sang and danced in our seats through the whole concert. It was so much fun. I recommend going to their next concert. If they have anymore they are getting so old. It was worth all the hassle. We were planning on walking back to the ferry with the girls. By the time the concert was over it was so dark and so late. Carlee and Spencer took are sweet little girls home in their car. So they slept the whole drive home. Then Carlee brought the girls home to my house and put them in bed.

We walked to the ferry and decided to stop by Ivars for clam chowder and then to Mcdonalds at the ferry for ice cream. We had to wait for the ferry which wasn't until 10:30. We didn't get home until 11:45. Carlee was already here and my kids were sound asleep in their beds. Thanks Carlee!

It was a lot of fun!

Gabby's Feild Trip

 

Today Gabby went on a field trip to a park in Gorst. They were able to see salmon going up stream and also able to watch a guy dissect one. Gabby's favorite part was when guy touched the fishes nerve and it made it flop. There were some fire fighters there also. They weren't your normal city fire fighters they were the ones who fight forest fires. It was really interesting. I was able to chaperon at the last minute (Gabby's teacher asked just yesterday after school). Thank You Tina for watching Belle and Carlee for watching Lydia. We had a great time. I will repay the favor to both of you soon!

The First Day of School!

The first day of school was a couple weeks ago. Here is some pictures I took.

Kitsap County fair

 

We went to the fair with another all girl family and my Sister Carlee and her two kids. It was so much fun! We saw a Zebra and a Zeedonk which is a 1/2 Zebra and 1/2 donkey. Of course I didn't take a picture of that. There was a petting farm and tons of other animals the kids loved to see. We watched Elisabeth and Cowboy buck show too. The little kids liked it but I think the older kids thought it was a little boring. We had a great time.

Cape Disappointment

This light house Kyle and the 3 oldest girls went and hiked up to it. I stayed in the van with slumbering Lydia. I read while they played. It was a short hike up to the light house. Gabby and Miley walked up to the top of the light house with Kyle. While Belle stayed and helped watched the store. She was too little to climb up there. It was a beautiful sight. Gabby took quite a few of these pictures. After I saw the pictures I wish I would of went with them.

Ft Stevens Bunkers

We spent the morning at the Ft Stevens Bunkers. The girls had a great time exploring and I was able to get some pictures of the girls in the same places we took some about 3 years ago. So every year we go back I hope to take the same pictures.

We also found this strange looking beetle and the girls were fascinated with it so they all took turns holding it and looking at it. Kyle liked it so well that he brought it home to animate it. It was dead already when we found it.

It was fun just exploring and being together as a family.

Seaside Fun!

 

The girls really wanted to go to Seaside and go in all the shops and go to the Arcade. So we went by ourselves to Seaside while the rest of the group went to Cannon Beach. We went on the bumper cars some of the girls liked it and some did not like it. We had a great trip.

The Getty and the Columbia River

The next day a couple more families joined us for the rest of the Trip. So we all went down to the Getty. Had a wonderful walk along the beach and down to the water.

We then went down to the side where the Columbia meets the Pacific Ocean. It was really warm there and the kids decided to go in and to play in the warm sand. It was really fun.