First visit to the EMP

This was our first visit to the EMP. They had an exhibit on Jim Hensen and we thought the kids would really enjoy the muppets. I think I forgot that it is still a museum and while there were some things that they enjoyed liked playing with the muppets and the instruments, they got a little bored. I thought it was really interesting. The muppets were cool if you had some history with the show as it showed how a lot of the old favorites were created. It was very cool! The EMP also has a neat scifi section and Owen enjoyed this part for about 5 minutes which was good for him.

We ended our day with lunch and some rides.

First Time Camping!

Our first time camping with the kids, in fact Scott and I haven't been camping since I was pregnant with Emma (which was pretty lame as I had all day sickness and couldn't really eat like one should while on a camping trip). Anyway, we decided to go to "camping" to a KOA so the kids could experience sleeping in a tent and cooking food on the fire but we had other activities that kept them busy and us sane. They played mini-golf, swam in the pool a lot, played on the playground, and played in the big field in front of the tent. Overall, pretty successful for the first time.Camping cuisine...hot dogs and macaroni. They did well eating outside and didn't really freak out about bugs or anything.Playing at the playground.
Behind our tent was a farm that had beautiful horses. This mare had a colt which looked to have been born recently. They were very fun to watch, but apparently horses are like roosters and make lots of noise when the sun comes up. They don't really have "bedtime" I guess. Needless to say, we were up pretty early each day!

Lunch with Great Grandma Lou

Since Owen had soccer camp we decided to take Grandma Lou to lunch and visit for a while. Her favorite place to eat is Steamers and it was a beautiful day to play at the park and throw rocks in the water.

Soccer Fun!

Owen had his first soccer camp and loved it, although like clock work he was tired about 15 minutes before it was over. Thankfully, it was not too hot the entire week and he had a lot of fun.

One fun camp activity was to dress up the coaches like girls. The kids loved it!

Coach Michael was a perfect match for this group of kids. He was extremely patient with them even when some kids, okay Owen, wanted to stomp on bees instead of kick the ball.

Cast Twins!

Emma had a blue cast and Grammy had a white wrap after surgery for carpal tunnel. Same are and everything...too funny! Emma did get her cast off on July 17th so we can enjoy water outdoors again!

Seattle Aquarium

We had a nice visit to the aquarium. Owen caught a ride on an Orca and from the look on his face it was a crazy ride. Emma is still afraid of even fake Orcas and won't even look at this picture. Some of the residents.

I thought I would take a picture of this cute octopus!

Owen looks like he is getting eaten by the octopus.

They even let us touch the little creatures. Last year we went to the aquarium Emma's arm was broken also. I think I have this same picture only the cast is a different color!

Field Trip Fun Has Begun!

We started out our weekly field trips at Northwest Trek as we have done the last couple of years. Our thinking is that as it gets hotter in the summer the animals won't want to come out. Well, this time they were all sleeping, so we say a lot of ears and backs and things that were probably really rugs, but thankfully the kids don't know the difference. Owen is growin'. His hand is almost the size of a black Bear's front paw.

We were lucky enough to see the elk cooling off in the water. I got some great shots and this was one of the best with their reflection off the water. It was quite fun. We saw a lot of animals early on in the tram ride so Owen got bored towards the end when there weren't so many animals to see.

A bunch of juvenile big horn sheep relaxing in the shade of the trees.

Huggin' the moose.