Saturday, May 23rd
Walking greenlake:
ferry to bainbridge island:
dinner at our favorite pub. me + spicy crab artichoke dip = happy
Sunday May 24thWe ventured out for a little semi camping experience. After our first botched attempt at camping last May when James was a baby, we opted for a little more luxury and booked a cabin at a campsite. It still did nto have a bathroom and we had to cook everything outside, but it offered a little more comfort for little James-o. He did really well! We spent the evening making smores, playing frisbee and bocce ball, eating my dad's green chili, and relaxing in Ben's make shift hammock.
Monday, May 25thMark, Jess & James headed back home after a delicious pancake breakfast. Ben, my dad & I ventured up the Wallace Falls trailhead. What a beautiful hike! We made it to the middle falls which was absolutely gorgeous!
Tuesday, May 26th
My dad made ciopinno which he has been dying to make since we moved up here. Here is is purchasing the ingredients! The dish turned out fantastic!
Thursday, May 28thI lucked out with my dad and Ben going to see terminator, while I relaxed at home and caught up on some rachel ray shows and did 6 loads of laundry. Ben arrived home slightly disappointed with the movie. What? no story line? hmm could have called that one.
Saturday, May 29th
We ventured up Chuckanut drive and first stopped off at a shellfish farm where Dad & Ben picked out some oysters to eat and I watched.
We then hiked to Fragrance Lake. It probably wasn't the smartest thing to eat greasy fish & chips right before, but I survived.. mainly spurred on by all the little kids walking passed me. Chuckanut drive is absolutely gorgeous! We also made our 2nd attempt at placing our cache.. we all remember what happened the first time around.. I think we're safe this time.. no railroad tracks!
Saturday night we made our first attempt at making homemade ice cream with our new kitchenaid ice cream maker attachment we got for free when we bought our kitchenaid. We made triple chocolate and it was delicious!!! We finished my dad's visit off with a few rounds of turbo yahtzee.
Great visit!
2 comments:
We're doing Wallace Falls next weekend! I hope we get the same weather you guys did!
As far as Terminator goes, I totally understand your feelings. We were watching Die Hard 4 with Bruce Willis the other day (I think that's what it was) and there's a scene where a car flies into a helicopter and Mark said, "Oh, right, like that could happen." It was so funny I had to stop the movie I was laughing so hard...I think I said something like, "yeah, because the rest of the movie is TOTALLY realistic."
Anyway, Happy Summer!
What a great time...the week went by so fast and there was so much packed into it. Hiking, running, cioppino, homemade ice cream, Kaiser Rolls (eh, Ben?),great weather and my family. Who could ask for more. Thanks to both my girls and their hubbys for making my visit a joyous and memorable slice of life.
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