Pump It Up

I took the girls to a bouncy house place and the girls had a great time. They had these air guns that shot little balls at each other. It looked like so much fun I even got in there and gave it a try.


They had an air hole blowing a ball for the kids to hit and Alyssa hit every single one on the first try.
Megan swung the bat up and down instead of back and forth.
Megan was scared of the slides at first but we started small and eventually worked our way up to the big slides and by the end she was a pro.



We had a great time and will definitely be going back soon.

At the hotel

We had to wait almost three weeks in the hotel before our house was ready for us. We really wanted to live on post so we decided to wait instead of moving in off post faster, now that we are all moved in it was totally worth it. Luckily the army paid for most of the time in the hotel and Caleb's parents put up with us for a couple days as well. The girls occupied themselves by going to the pool almost everyday


We had to wait almost t

Zoo

While we were staying in the hotel we tried to go out and do some outings with the kids so they wouldn't go to crazy. I was a little nervous to go to the zoo because I was afraid it would rain the whole time but it turned out to be a great day.
Alyssa was brave enough to hold the bird all by herself. But Megan would only let daddy hold her while she watched from a distance
The bird got too close for comfort.
For some reason they found these bamboo dividers very amusing. They played in the for almost 15 minutes.
Peek-a-boo
The cutest monkeys at the zoo!

They had a dinosaur at the zoo exhibit with robot dinosaurs but cost extra to go through and the girls were too scared anyway, we could see some of them from over the fence, but for some reason I didn't take a picture.

Seattle

Caleb's parents were nice enough to take the girls for the weekend so Caleb and I could go house hunting and sight seeing with out distractions. It was nice to be back together after so long apart. We went to Seattle one day and took an underground tour of the city. It was really neat and surprisingly had a lot to do with the toilet.
There was a lot of history involved and there were pictures and our tour guide told great stories about the early days of Seattle. It was originally built at sea level but every time the tide came in it would push salt water and anything else in the sewage system back up the pipes, not pleasant. So instead of destroying and rebuilding, they just filled in the streets and buildings with rubble and turned the second story into the first story.
Old water pipe made out of wood.
Next we went to the fish market. There was was tons of stuff there and even though we didn't buy anything it was nice to walk around and look at what I wanted to look at and not be looking at the ground making sure the kids were okay the whole time.


Our final stop was the Space Needle, compared to the other sky scrapers in the area it really isn't that high, but it is a city land mark so we decided that it would be

Megans Birthday

We celebrated Megan's third birthday right before we left for Washington. My mother was very sneaky and bought a pinata without telling me and the kids loved it.
it was just the girls and their cousins so all the kids got a lot of candy.

We were leaving the next morning so my parents got pictures with the girls.

I forgot to take a picture of the cake by itself but it was just the same butterfly cake I made for Alyssa's 4th birthday, but this time I bought a cake icing knife and it was tons easier.
Everybody helping to open presents


Sugar heaven!

St. George trip

We went down to St. George with Caleb's brother and his family and we had a great time. We actually didn't do to much but it was a lot of fun to just hang out at the condon and enjoy each other before we have to leave for Washington. Here are Sophie, Megan, Olivia and Alyssa playing in the trunk

We went swimming almost everyday. Alyssa was tall enough to get around th shallow end of the pool so we only had to worry about Megan.



We spent an afternoon in Zions and it was great. We didn't get too far because of the kids but it was fun to just walk around and view the scenery.
Cute girls???
We did an easy little hike, the girls walked about 3/4 of the way and had fun exploring.
Unfortunatly with Caleb back I sometimes get caught in front of the camera.

Our hike lead us to a little waterfall

The family is back together again. Yeah!!
Alyssa and Caleb are on the bridge.
What is better than an ice cream after a long hike?