Monday, July 26, 2010

Our fun weekend

Last Thursday we met up with our BYU-Hawaii friends, Rob and Brooke. They live in Olympia and Rob was able to get us free day-passes to The Great Wolf Lodge. It's a hotel and indoor waterpark. Paige loved it. We could hardly get her to take a break to eat or relax. We were pretty much exhausted by the end of the day, but it was a lot of fun. I hadn't been on a tube slide in years, so that was awesome.

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Then on Friday morning we all went to the Space Needle. Once again, Rob got us free tickets somehow. I think we will invite him along everytime we want to go site-seeing. :)

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I love Seattle. I have never had a desire to live downtown in any big city, but Seattle makes me want to change my mind. It is so clean and fresh and beautiful. Unlike a lot of other big cities.


After the Space Needle, we headed straight for Anacortes, WA to hop on the ferry to San Juan Island. We had perfect weather the whole time and it was a great trip.





Nate and I ate at a fun little breakfast place in Friday Harbor, where we got a good look at the locals. Our server was a cute hippy girl. I wish my style was a little more funky like hers. I think my style is called Old Navy Clearance Rack.


Then we flew kites and watched whales. That was cool to see! I just wish we could have been closer. Maybe next time we will go without the kids and rent some kayaks.



We also walked around a lavender farm. Pretty, huh?
What a cool place to take pictures!

6 comments:

Emily Alexander said...

WOW! What a fun weekend indeed! That waterpark looks really fun. Cute swimsuit, Ash. And I agree about Seattle, it's so refreshing. I love how you took a picture of your server from behind:)

I miss the San Juan Islands too, Ryan and I have been talking about taking a trip to Washington, we both love and miss it there a lot.

And your hair looks really cute in these pics. You and Mel make me want long hair. The end.

Stephanie said...

Em, you should totally try long hair! I am going that way now again too. Ash, that looks like it was a great vacation. We have a Great Wolf Lodge they just built in Grapevine, TX. Not like I could get in there, but hey. Yeah, I need a cool style too. I personally think Seattle and Washington is very pretty, but I don't think I'll end up there. You have a cute family!

Ashley said...

It makes the whole weekend that much more fun when it's free! Glad you were able to do that. Miss you!

p.s. I had a dream the other night that I came and visited you. We had lots of fun! Maybe for real someday.

Christina said...

That does look like a fun weekend and that waterpark looks amazing!

rachele and jordan said...

Looks like you guys had so much fun! I want to to go to Seattle one of these days. I love vacations. It's so nice to be able to hang out as a family everyday with no distractions like tv,internet, or housework. I really want to go to that water park too. We need one like that here in Vegas.

smeltzer family said...

were you seriously in seattle! I would have loved to see you!