seattle.

 we love seattle.

we got to go for a little business trip in february.

first up, the 'big ferris wheel': 

 that's safeco field in cy's hand.

{actually very first was ivar's on the wharf.......we thought it would be soooooo fun for the boys to feed the seagulls fries, but we forgot our kids' deep fear of any kind of animal.  maybe not such a great idea.}

next up: ferry-boat ride!!  we love to jump on the ferry and ride to the other end of the sound and back. you get the best views of the city and who doesn't love a boat ride?  it's always cold, though.

 we also rode the seattle public transportation light rail train into downtown and back to sea-tac.  the last two pics below are of the kids glued to the window.  the whole ride.  even underground.  hah!  seriously, when you ask them what their fave thing was they will tell you the ferry and train rides.  {the only things we didn't have to pay for them to do.  go figure.}

last up: the aquarium!

oh my goodness, there (middle pic) was a super creepy octopus.  yikes, i was scared, just look at that thing.........

{k, so a dunford cousin -STEVE- made a comment once wondering why people take pics of animals at the zoo.......don't they have google?!?!?!?!  and of course, that was in my head the WHOLE time at the aquarium, so here ya go, steve, pics of animals but with my kids in them!  LOL}

hello?!?!?!? anyone see giant-sized shark from JAWS on the ceiling?!?!?!?  but, nope, they wanted to 'hurry and go see the next thing' the whole time, so i felt like we sprinted through that place!

lane kept going to this bubble tube.......he likes bubbles.  and we finally found nemo!!!(middle pic, top)  well, i guess it coulda been his dad, we didn't get a look at both fins. ;)  and there was this tube of jellyfish floating that lane kept going to, although i don't know if he knew there were things in the tube or if it was just a cool tunnel to walk through......kids.

the first pic is an eel sticking out of the rock.....more creepiness....and then just more pics that i made the kids pose for.  :)

 otters.  k, cool carved bench, and cool clam cracking trick, but, the big guy in the last pic REALLY creeped me out.  seriously, i really, really thought there was a person trying to get out in there.  {oh, great, now i'm gonna have nightmares again tonight. ugh.}

 and finally the picture boards.  we had soooo much fun with these, and lane kept going back and sticking his head through them.......but, he didn't get that you were supposed to look up for a picture.  i have a thousand of these with lane in them.  i was laughing hard then and am laughing hard now.  well, every time i think about it, really.

what's missing?  OH YEAH, the pic of them touching all the creepy sponges and starfish and anemones (is that a thing?)  well, it's because my kids don't do animals.  duh.  {i really tried to get them to do it, ya know, 'for the picture' but they wouldn't, i wouldn't either, though, so, what do you expect?}

and then, of course, we had to get our own little aquarium with fishies in it when we got home!!  so, that will be my next post..........i know, you're so excited, you can't wait........