Alki Beach

A few weeks ago we went to Alki Beach in Seattle with Brandon's parents and sister Heidi. It was beautiful, the weather was perfect - our first nice day since moving here. The view of downtown Seattle was great. I kept thinking that we were seeing the best of both worlds - Gods work on one side and mans work on the other.

We loved having the Bradshaw's here. I think it was a big relief for Dillon to have them come. Since we've moved here he is very concerned with directions. He is constantly asking us if we know the way to 'Heidiho' (Idaho) and if we know the way to Grandmas house and cousins house. He thinks of a new person everyday to ask if we know the way there. He's just getting his bearings:)

Back to the miniture people

Here are the little ones, sorry for the brief detour away from them. They are way more fun than me:)

Before, During & After

If you are looking to see how beautiful my kids are in this post - sorry, look next time:) this is all me baby!!!

A big thanks to my friend Becca, before we moved she permed my hair so here are the before, during - unfortunately - and after. A very cute little 3 year old was taking the last 2 pictures:) He prefers funny faces so I threw in the silly one for him.

Puget Sound

Saturday was a fairly nice day so we tried to go out to the Sound, it's a few miles from our house. Not a good idea. We were there exactly 18 minutes then we couldn't take it anymore, Brandon & Kenzie had already gone to the car - Dillon and I wanted to jump in the ocean with his rain boots. Not as much fun as we thought on a windy miserably freezing day. We discovered it's much colder by the water:) We tried again yesterday and it was perfect!!! The weather was perfect, the sun was shining and the kids were, well for the most part - happy. Dillon told us his tummy hurt, I asked him a whole bunch of questions about it and he said it hurt cause he was tired of walking so much and he needed to be carried:)


Kenzie was really scared at first and wouldn't even let me put her down - very rare is a desire to be held to this was a nice little cuddle time. She let loose after a while and was running around in no time (with me fearfully chasing two steps behind her!!!)



The kids like saying hi to everyone, that was cute and adorable in Boise but here we are encountering ALL different types of people - some of whom might not like being said hi to by nosy babies - I was wrong though. Even gansta lookin' thugs will smile and say hi to small children inside their space bubble.
Dillon is into making strange faces & poses during pictures, we have very few normal smiles anymore.

Except this cute happy little squinty eyed one:)

On the way home we saw Mt. Rainier - very cool because normally it's way too cloudy to even see the sun and it's shining:)

The Big Move

Checking in to let all know that the Bradshaw clan made it to our destination safely. We are all doing well, with the exception of the slave driver who thinks a house should be completely unpacked, organized and clean in a matter of days... wonder who that is?!?!? For those who don't know we just moved from our beloved home (with 4 bedrooms and TONS of storage on a few acres) in Idaho to a tiny little apartment just outside Seattle in Kent. (I suppose if you compare this apartment to the one when we first married we really are moving up in the world:) ) So far so good.

Dillon & Kenzie seem to be adjusting well. Yesterday was beautiful and sunny so the kids were outside playing in the play ground (along with about 20 other kids!) They were the only white ones, Dillon didn't even notice. I thought he'd have questions about that but not a word. He's made friends with a little Mexican girl from across the way, she only speaks Spanish so they talk back and forth not understanding a single thing the other one says. Every now and then Dillon will throw in a little made up garble trying to sound like Spanish - it's pretty funny. He has a follower too. A tiny little girl (Kenzie's size but clearly older) walked right up to me and said, "Hi-ya, I'm Darcy, what's your babies name, she's pretty cute, why's she so sad, my moms at home talkin' but I'm here with my... (she went for quite a while:) ) (the Texas accent made it even cuter) She followed Dillon around most of the day yesterday, he didn't seem to mind too much.

Church on Sunday was good. The ward seems really friendly and excited about new blood:) The kids did okay too. Kenzie has previously done really badly in nursery - if she'd go at all, there is a very take charge nursery leader, when Brandon walked in she took Kenzie and kicked him out. She said she'll have Kenzie enjoying nursery in a few weeks. Good luck to her on that one.

All in all we are doing pretty good. Missing my family and friends terribly but doing well. As soon as I find my camera I'll post a bunch of our new place.

Ohh, super cool, we found out that next month the whales are migrating, so we are going to the ocean!!! Tomorrow is Brandon's b-day and we are planning to go to the aquarium - depending of course on the rain... On of our goals for this year, for the year we live here, is to be tourists. We want to see everything. Thinking of it makes me tired:) but sooooo excited!

Oh, a definite down side is that you don't have any tv unless you get cable or something - how do you survive no tv???

You've never seen green until you've seen Seattle! The week we picked our apartment was my first time here. It's so beautiful, jaw dropping, almost tearfully beautiful. How could I have never been here before?

I know my posts are few and far between but forgive a crazy lady her failings a few more times. Man, I was looking at some of your blogs and got all depressed, FYI - your blogs are sooooo much cooler than mine:)