Tate's Heaven

We were lucky enough to spend last weekend at Bear Lake with my family.  We all had a great time, but for Tate it was awesome! 

Sand + Tractors = Heaven

He played at the beach for about 6 hours and could've gone on for 6 more. 

Seattle

Brett and I were lucky enough to go on a little vacation (without Tate!) to Seattle. Neither one of us had been there and I needed a vacation spot that wasn't HOT! 

 Off we go!

When we got there it was raining, as can be expected, my rain jacket barely covers my belly...looks pretty cool.  This is at Snoqualmie Falls which was beautiful; I could live in this city, they had the most beautiful running trails and the lush trees...loved it.

I was all excited to go to the horse races.  I guess I was a little naive thinking it was supposed to be kind of entertaining and fun. Nope, not so much. It was ALL about the gambling.  There was one race (lasting about 1 minute) every 20-25 minutes.  Glad we went for the experience but won't be doing it again.

Just look at those roads!

The 2nd day we headed to Mt.Rainier National Park. Did I mention how green everything is??

28 weeks.

Sadly, the visitors center had too much snow so we couldn't hike where we planned and of course the peak of Mount Rainier is covered with clouds.  It was still majestic.   We went on a few smaller hikes to some waterfalls.

This was the view from outside our hotel window. Longhorn BBQ.  The Karren boys LOVE BBQ, so it was pretty funny to have this joint so "convenient".

Brett enjoying the pork.  Not the best BBQ place I've been too.

DOWNTOWN:

The next day we headed downtown to Pike's Market. I loved the fresh food and craziness!

Mariner's game.

We had to make a stop at one of our "competitors" stadiums at the University of Washington. Brett loves doing this.  The coolest thing about their stadium is that it is located right next to Lake Washington - see below is only about 100 yards away.  We then went to church at the Singles Ward on campus. It was fun walking in pregnant, pretty awesome.

In front of Puget Sound.

So wish I could do a trip like this every other month!!!

More Randomness

To be honest, I have been dreading blogging because I am so behind!  I am going to bite the bullet today and get a little caught up.  I think I would enjoy blogging a lot more if I did it more often! I apologize for the quick and random/disorganized post. 

Anyway, we have been staying busy and having a lot of fun. 

Tate has been LOVING the water.

 

We had a baby shower for my sister-in-law and had to catch a photo of the 3 pregnant sisters together.

We have been celebrating some birthdays.

My mom is another year older (but I won't say how old!).

We fed the geese.

Tate's 1st adventure with sparklers.

Showing off his owie from when he biffed it on the way to church.

4th of July we spent at Willard Bay on the beach/boating. Tate absolutely loved it.

The cutest nieces.

My little boy went tubing!  Can  you believe it? I was a little nervous for him, but he seemed to like it.

He sported this awesome outfit on the beach.

My dad turned the big 60 and my uncle Bill the big 50.

Tate's obsession:  putting all his cars on my bed.

He learned to smile for the camera!

Summer = Fun

Isn't summer soooo much better than winter??  I am loving this warm weather so we can actually get out and do some fun things!  Just this week we:

hiked up to
"the living room" to relax and enjoy the beautiful view. 

Tate absolutely loved it.

and

we went swimming.

and

we had a picnic and played at Liberty Park.

It was a great week!