Us in Seattle on the Space Needle: Then (May 2000 as newlyweds) and Now (July 2018, with our three daughters along)
Tag: Travel
Spheres
Earlier this week, we got to visit the Amazon Go Store (it felt weird grabbing items and then just walking out!) and Greg also took us into the Amazon Spheres (https://www.seattlespheres.com/) in downtown Seattle. Such a cool place!
Alki Beach
Alki Beach at low tide. The girls were a little grossed out by all the slimy seaweed exposed during the low tide, but we saw lots of neat ocean life, including a red lion’s mane jellyfish, anemone, and lots of crabs of several types. There were a few naturalists from the aquarium that were on […]
Banana Stand
There’s always money in the banana stand. (Or free bananas courtesy of Amazon’s Community Banana Stand, anyway.) I think it’s funny that we were served by a “banista.”
Solar Eclipse
This weekend, our family joined thousands of others and drove up to Wyoming to be in the solar eclipse’s path of totality. (Thank you to my sister and brother-in-law, Cindy and Kendall, for hosting us and to Karen for making the long drive with us!) Even though our drive home was twice as long as […]
Branson
Branson Trip with the Reimers to celebrate Dave and Marilyn’s 50th wedding anniversary. 16 people (7 of whom were between the ages of 1-12) in one house for a week = chaos + lots of fun and family togetherness. Silver Dollar City, Swimming, a Family “Variety Show”, game nights, boating, a show (Moses), and good […]
Steamboat Springs
More fun at our family reunion in Steamboat Springs on Thursday. The Yampa River Botanic Park, followed by ice cream for lunch (because vacation!), swimming, and then screen time to wind down a busy day. Also, a photo to show what happens when you leave your phone unattended. Then we introduced Aunt Karen to the […]
Fish Creek Falls Trail
Fish Creek Falls Trail near Steamboat Springs
Great Wolf Lodge
I wish I had photos of our time in the water park, but we didn’t bring our phones in. We all had a wonderful mini-vacation. It was fun to have Karen and Zach join us, too. And we got a great deal on the room prices by going with a large homeschool group. We stayed […]
Seattle Trip
Greg needed to spend a couple of weeks in Seattle for a work trip. Since it was such a long duration, the rest of us decided to tag along. Since we drove and saved his company on airfare, they were willing to get us a bigger hotel (though it was farther from downtown so Greg […]