Puget Sound

We went up to Tacoma to visit the grandparents since Orin had a three day weekend.

Mom took a family picture of us to laminate and send to Ethiopia to my new sister B who just turned 7. I still can't believe my children are technically going to be her neices and nephews!

Grandpa's the tickle monster



Nyah wants to ride bikes like the big kids

Marquez loves to get tickled!

silly

had a picnic at Sunnyside Beach on the Puget Sound with Grandma, Phaedra, Jeffrey and Jojo

Hi honey!

The kids couldn't wait to get down to the water while the adults were finishing up lunch. They were so adorable.

Are you guys done eating yet?

a good spot to dig

My dad has been out scuba diving in this spot last Fall and saw an octopus!

time to make seaweed soup

They had so much fun!

good morning sunshine

Point Defiance the next day to enjoy the gardens

Chinese gardens

Nyah kept asking "Pick it?" because she knows she isn't supposed to pick the flowers in our backyard.

They had so many varieties of interesting plants that I didn't know could survive the winters in the Pacific Northwest, like banana and palm trees.

Orin wants to make me a flowering arch in the backyard like this one. Maybe for our ten year anniversary next year.

Ben and Marquez watch the parasailing in the bay. "Kids fly free" the sign said and Marquez was trying to talk someone into going with him.

seafood restaurant on the waterfront

Yum! Thanks Dad:)