Visiting Great Granda Nancy at Guardian Angel Homes
Playground at Guardian Angel Homes
Brian teaching Parker how to climb trees!
Nana playing with the kids at the park
Cleaning out Nana's Garage!
Waffle House!
Story Time
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
10 day Visit to Clarkston
Visiting Great Granda Nancy at Guardian Angel Homes Playground at Guardian Angel Homes Brian teaching Parker how to climb trees! Nana playing with the kids at the park Cleaning out Nana's Garage!Waffle House!Story Time
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Fountain Park
We've been staying at the Hampton Inn while house hunting. We are right next to the naval shipyard and the Seattle Ferry. Between the two is a very neat fountain park that is about the length of a city block.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Ferry boat trip to downtown Seattle
Parker thought this Fire Boat was super cool so we had to take a picture!Saturday, August 7, 2010
Flights
I was so worried about flying by myself across the country with the twins, but they were troopers! I could not have asked them to be any better.
Our day started with my friend Kim picking us up from Amanda's house bright and early (5am!) and taking us to the airport. She is amazing. Not only did she pick us up at the unmentionable hour, but she made us hot egg and cheese sandwiches! She also went through security with us and hung out and helped with the kids until we boarded the plane. Thank you so much Kim!!!!
Our first flight was a small plane with two seats on each side. Parker and I sat on one side and Rylee sat across the aisle from me. We were so lucky to have a nice gentleman sitting next to her. He talked to her the whole time, helped her with her breakfast, helped her color and do stickers, and even watched one kid so I could take them to the potty one at a time. At the end of the flight he introduced me to his wife and 4 teenagers that were on the plane. I guess he's had a lot of experience with toddlers!
We had about an hour layover in Chicago. The poor kids only got out of their car seats for about 10 minutes to use the potty and have a quick snack. The rest of the time in the airport was spent at the ticket counter because the airline didn't have the three of us seated together on the plane. I told them that would be a problem unless they found some nice people that were willing to be like the guy on our previous flight!
The entire plane was pretty much boarded before they finally assigned us three seats together. The people on our flight were more annoyed with us than willing to help. Everyone was ready to go and I had to get the GoGo Babyz off the car seats, get the carseats installed, put the bags away, etc. Eventually, we were all seat belted in and ready to go. Kids did awesome. We had lunch on the plane and Parker napped for a little over an hour. Rylee however, stayed awake the whole time! Thank goodness for my friend Kimberly (Cannon's Mommy) who gave us surprise activity/goodie bags for each hour of our flights! They kept the twins, especially Rylee, entertained the whole time. We have such amazing friends in SC. We were given so many thoughtful gifts to make this trip go smoothly. Each one of them was so helpful. Thank you everyone!!!
FINALLY we land in Portland Oregon and are greeted by my mom and my Auntie Barb!
Our day started with my friend Kim picking us up from Amanda's house bright and early (5am!) and taking us to the airport. She is amazing. Not only did she pick us up at the unmentionable hour, but she made us hot egg and cheese sandwiches! She also went through security with us and hung out and helped with the kids until we boarded the plane. Thank you so much Kim!!!!
Our first flight was a small plane with two seats on each side. Parker and I sat on one side and Rylee sat across the aisle from me. We were so lucky to have a nice gentleman sitting next to her. He talked to her the whole time, helped her with her breakfast, helped her color and do stickers, and even watched one kid so I could take them to the potty one at a time. At the end of the flight he introduced me to his wife and 4 teenagers that were on the plane. I guess he's had a lot of experience with toddlers!
We had about an hour layover in Chicago. The poor kids only got out of their car seats for about 10 minutes to use the potty and have a quick snack. The rest of the time in the airport was spent at the ticket counter because the airline didn't have the three of us seated together on the plane. I told them that would be a problem unless they found some nice people that were willing to be like the guy on our previous flight!
The entire plane was pretty much boarded before they finally assigned us three seats together. The people on our flight were more annoyed with us than willing to help. Everyone was ready to go and I had to get the GoGo Babyz off the car seats, get the carseats installed, put the bags away, etc. Eventually, we were all seat belted in and ready to go. Kids did awesome. We had lunch on the plane and Parker napped for a little over an hour. Rylee however, stayed awake the whole time! Thank goodness for my friend Kimberly (Cannon's Mommy) who gave us surprise activity/goodie bags for each hour of our flights! They kept the twins, especially Rylee, entertained the whole time. We have such amazing friends in SC. We were given so many thoughtful gifts to make this trip go smoothly. Each one of them was so helpful. Thank you everyone!!!
FINALLY we land in Portland Oregon and are greeted by my mom and my Auntie Barb!
Friday, August 6, 2010
Dinner and the Movers
The movers could not have made our move any more complicated. They decided it was going to take 3 days to pack up our house and the best way to do that would be to come on a Friday, Monday, and Tuesday. Well, on Friday they packed up our entire kitchen. We had a few remaining food items in the freezer, but no way to cook anything! Luckily our good friends down the street took us in for a week and fed us home cooked meals every night! Thank you so much Garcia Family!!! We are so thankful for the food, but even more thankful for the extra time we were able to spend with you during our last week in South Carolina!
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Surprise Going Away Party!
Kimberly had asked if we could come over for lunch one day so Cannon and the twins could have one last play date. Little did I know that she was really planning a surprise going away party for us! She had this planned long before we had even planned the Chuck E Cheese party for the twins. She was better prepared than we were, haha! Thank you so much Kimberly you are so sweet! I will always remember you as our first real friend in Summerville! And thank you so much to all of our friends that came. It was so nice to have one last play date with all of you :)
Yummy!
Jake, Angie, Anne, Joy, and River
Kim, Me, Rylee, Parker, Devin, Cameron, and Ayden.
Kimberly made some awesome Shrimp and Grits! Amazingly, after living in SC for 3 years I had never eaten grits until this day!
Joy and Dev
Parker
Pool Party!
Devin and Cannon with Rylee (she was having a rough hair day!)
Kimberly, Anne, and Kim
We made ice cream in bags. Fun!
Yummy!Everyone approved of the ice cream!!
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Going Away Party at Chuck E Cheese
In the weeks before our move we were so busy and felt like we were in a constant rush getting things organized and ready for the move. We were worried about trying to get together with everyone and make sure the the twins were able to say goodbye to all of their friends. Luckily all of their good friends were able to come to Chuck E Cheese to play and say goodbye! We were very blessed to have such great friends in SC. We will miss each and every one of you!
Ayden, Devin, Cameron, Parker, Cannon, Devric, Rylee, Nathan, and Taylor (Jake managed to stay out of the picture)!
Devin and Ruben
Rylee and Taylor
Cannon
Amanda and her beautiful baby belly!
Anne and Jenny with Grace (Cameron in the background)
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