Day 7, 8, 9, & 10

On Day 7 we took what was suppose to be a 4 hour drive to Lake Stevens, but about 3 minutes into the trip we took a wrong turn which was a much prettier drive, but it added a couple hours onto the commute.  Then once we even got close to any of the bigger cities traffic would just about stop.  TRAFFIC is HORRIBLE in Washington! We ended up being bad guests and arriving quite late to Katherine's.  

Once there the kids were excited to see their aunts.  Rebecca was spending the weekend at Katherine's to hang out with us.

On Day 8 we went into Seattle.  Traffic wasn't anything like it had been the day before, thank goodness!  Rebecca had our trip planned out for us and she did a great job getting us where we needed to go in just the right amount of time.  We started of by the underground tour to get our tickets.  Then we took the bus to Pikes Market.

 Pike's Market was pretty awesome!

 We got doughnuts.  Yummy!!!! Did someone one say picture?

 While Emmy Rode the Pig James just paid the pig.

 Ohhh so many flowers!  They were beautiful!!

Rebecca felt we had to go to the gum wall.  She thought it was cool.

I didn't agree.  YUCK!  Not many things gross me out... but the gum wall was just gross.

 Katherine treated us out to lunch.  Nate misbehaved.

Rebecca treated us to the arcade.  And then we paid to go and see rubble and smell mildew.  Someone has to be banking high and mighty off the Underground Tour in Seattle.

 After the tour we got in our car and drove to an Ice Cream shop that had some pretty interesting flavors of Ice Cream.  Emmy and I shared Strawberry.  How original.  Then we walked to the park for some photo shots of the city.

 Ashlee was upset by now.  We got a text on our way to the park that was quite upsetting for her.  It seems that the puppy we dropped off at my moms looking adorable... was... well you'll see in the next post!

 The perfect family photo... Anyone who knows us would agree!



Last but not least we went to the Locks.  There was a small botanical garden there also.

The locks ended up being pretty cool.  We saw a sea lion and a little duck that had lost his mother.... and lots and lots of fish.

All in all Seattle was impressive.  It was a fun filled day!!!

Day 8 was spent at Katherine's chilling.  The kids had a bit of a bake off for dessert.  We spent most of the day watching the Food Network and talking.  We also had a tour of the Air Park that Katherine lives at.  It was a lot of fun.
Day 9 was our first day of driving back.  We ran into problems almost immediately, but we did make it to Boise the first day.
Day 10 was some more problems including a blow out of one of the brand new tires.  We made it home safe... and that is what matters the mostest!  All in all we had a good trip.  Lots and lots of fun!