Monday, June 08, 2009

Band Tour to "Pokane" (Spokane) with a return trip through Leavenworth

Yep it is the start of the trip and Aaron is zonked out...Ryan is still holding 0n. Fortunately for me Kaylee (our nanny and friend) volunteer to drive out with me on the band trip to Spokane. I don't know how I would have survived on this trip without her!

Isn't he getting big (16 months)?


Ryan tests out the Tonka truck
Aaron waited 15 or 20 minutes in line to go on the go-carts with Daddy. They sat down in the car and Aaron decided it was too loud!
So...mommy got to drive! Don't I look fast?
Aaron had fun in the pool...so did Ryan. They definitely are not fish in the water but they are coming around.
The boys had fun throwing toys into the water.
River Front Park
Spokane Falls goes right through the middle of the park
Aaron rode the airplanes all by himself. Mommy and Daddy are too big for this ride.
We had to pry Aaron off of this ride to go eat lunch.
Aaron pretends to play a video game just his size.
More of the falls...yes, this part is a dam.
Ryan ties on Kaylee's sunglasses
Here we are in a gondola ride over the falls



Ryan tries on Aaron's hat
Kaylee and Aaron on a carousel that is over 100 years old

Self portrait...Ryan and Mommy on the carousel
Cool clock tower in River Front park Matt, Brian, and Alan enjoying Kaylee's cotton candy
I love this...a Radio Red Flyer Wagon...this has got to be the world's biggest Red Flyer Wagon...what a fun slide!
Aaron of course tried it out
So did Ryan and Mommy!
Ryan and Aaron on the blocks...they did not want to pose...they wanted to climb
Aaron gets a better look at the Lilac Parade (the largest start light parade in the states - over 260 entries!)
Ryan's turn!
Here comes the band! Because it is at night the pictures didn't come out very well. Turns out that the bands are not judged in this parade. It is 2 1/2 miles long (this is long when the hometown parade is less than a mile), not to mention the 1 1/2 mile trek to the start of the parade.
Ryan shows us his nose
Leavenworth!! A fun Bavarian town in the located near the Wenatchee National forest in the Cascades.
A look into down town

Neat Buildings...very reminiscent
Kaylee and Ryan check out the horse
Lunch with Brian (Matt's first student teacher) and Daddy

Cheese! It was 89 degrees!


Fun at the Hat Store! Hamburger Head Aaron!
Hot Dog Head Ryan!
Hmm...I'm not sure black hair is your look.
Chicken Hat! Aaron loved this one. We all had to try it on.
Aaron tries the chicken
Froggy Hat

Over all it was a very fun trip! Thank goodness I had help!

Friday, May 29, 2009

A Visit from Uncle Phill

Uncle Phill visited...and what better place to head but the mountain? Here we are at Nooksack Falls.
Pretty, we had never been to the falls before.

The Falls

Where are you going Uncle Phill?
I'll come too. Uncle Phill and Aaron explore an old pipe that was part of an old small hydro-power company.
Daddy and Ryan
Hiking back up
Snow at Mount Baker LodgeIt was very cold and windy...we didn't stay long...plus Uncle Phill came armed with flip flops and didn't fit Matt's shoes
Wrestle time!
Gottcha ya!
Ahhh....!


Ryan reads a heap of books

Boys jumping

Aaron helps water our newly planted flowers

The boys helping to pick out flowers at a nursery...
really they like running up and down the long aisles
Aaron loves to water flowers
Future gardener?

Tulips at our house


Ryan running around the tulip field

Monday, May 18, 2009

Skagit Tulip Festival

Tulip Town in the Skagit Valley The family enjoying a beautiful day at Tulip TownMama and Ryan
Cheese! Aaron started posing for pictures...and strangers actually started taking his picture. Silly boy!

Isn't he getting big?
Looking at kites and tulips
Ryan was a very busy boy at the tulip fields...I didn't get many individual shots
What's this?
and another one!
Love the yellow tulips!
What a neat rainbow of tulips
Aaron was so excited to ride the tractor...he threw a huge tantrum the first side of the field because he wanted to ride...the happy pictures above occured because he was told he had to smile and be happy or no tractor
Mommy and Aaron on take a tractor ride