The Weekend --- In Washington

I was totally looking forward to Saturday, I thought it would be an ENTIRE day of Daddy!! Well, as Saturday approached, I soon realized that Daddy need to go into work for part of the day. So me & the kids tried to enjoy the morning without him. Once he came home ... the FUN began! I went on a little run, while Daddy took the 3 kids to a park that was close by, it was FINALLY a sunny day!!! After a good run, & ALL 3 kids were WORN-OUT from the park ...... We packed up our exhausted kids & headed to Pasco, WA. I was SOOOOO excited for this little adventure!!! Our good friends The McGills, that we met when we lived in California, live in Pasco. It was only about a 2 hour drive!! We both have 3 kids, close to the same ages, & same genders. Emma and McKayla were both our first & we were pregnant together in Cali. It was so fun to meet their other 2 kids, Beckham & Liam, & catch-up on life!!! They are expecting their 4th child, a little girl, any day now!!! We wish them the best & hope that we'll get to catch-up with them again!!!!! My kids haven't stopped talked about "there friends in Washington."

"The Whole Gang"McKayla & Emma {age 4 ... almost 5!!}Liam & Kye {both a little over a year}Beckham & Zachary are 2 MOVEABLE boys!! They wouldn't hole still for a picture, but they did long enough for the GROUP shot, so that's what we'll have to ENJOY!!! {Beckham is 3, & Zachary will be 3 at the end of May}

It was SUCH a blast to hang-out with them!!!

We have such AMAZING friendships that we made in California. That time will ALWAYS be such a treasure in our lives!!!

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On Sunday, it was a nice jacket weather day, so we ventured to a park that the McGill's clued us in on. Alan asked some of his workers & they told us EXACTLY how to get there ... using the good 'ol bar route. {they told us each & every bar to turn at so we would get to the exact location we were looking for. I found it kinda funny they didn't know street names, but new the exact names of all the bars downtown!! :)}

First stop at the park was this very UNIQUE slide ...My kids LOVED it!!!{click on the picture of Kye & Daddy going down the slide ... check out Kye's HUGE grin!!}They had fun climbing all over these blocks ...& THIS was the true HIT of the day!!!It's a goat that turns on & SUCKS up stuff. Leaves, garbage, rocks, pine cones, whatever you put close to it's mouth. My kids all had HUMUGOUS grins while playing with it. It was quite entertaining to watch all the kids around scamper for some useless thing to put in the goats mouth.

We did a lot of walking by the Riverfront ...And then we let Emma & Zachary enjoy a carosel ride ...This was Zachary's first time on a carousel that he can remember. He was THRILLED to ride on the LION, & I NEVER, EVER wanna forget how he ROARRRED on the lion during the ENTIRE ride!!! Soooo, STINKIN' cute!!!!

That night Uncle Davey flew out to Washington to drive home with us the next day ...

WHAT A LIFESAVER!!!!

He truely is such a SWEET brother who does anything for EVERYONE!!!

We got all packed up & left the dingey, dirty apartment for GOOD!!!3 Happy Kids was WONDERFUL!!!

Especially when we reached Daddy's job site & our car battery DIED for the 2nd time in 2 weeks!!! :)

Lucky for us, the battery died AT THE JOB SITE & not in the middle of nowhere!!! We had tools, stores close by to get a new battery from, & a sexy handy-man to change the battery!!! After an hour delay, my kids were not as delightful to START our journey,

BUT because we had Uncle Davey to entertain, pass out treats, & settle little squabbles it was quite a PLEASANT 12-hour drive!!

(ps. who knew you would get stopped in the middle of no-place-Idaho for a brush fire in the middle of winter!!! I NOW KNOW!!!!!)

It was such a GREAT week with Daddy!!!

We loved being there with him & getting to check out a NEW place for us all!!!

Thanks for entertaining us Daddy!!!!

Although the week was fun, I think we were all so GLAD to have some place to RUN & be LOUDER & not STEP on each other!!

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side note: When we got home & got Kye outta his car seat, his legs were a little wobbly. They were kinda like a little baby lambs legs are when he takes his first steps, at least that's how I imagine it. It took him about 10 minutes to REALLY have his leg strength back & not just fall to the floor after a couple of steps. It was kinda sad, but kinda funny to watch all at the same time!