we were surprised to hear that jon's grandma dee, aunt karen, cousin lori & her two kids megan & dylan, were coming to visit us over the 4th of july! we found out the week before and i was so excited - we don't get visitors often, so it is always nice surprise when we do :)
the boys had an amazing time with the non-stop excitement and attention! grady just had a huge smile on his face the whole time & woke up every morning saying "go see megan. go see dylan. where dee dee?".
jon and i both had to work some of the time, but the week was spent visiting seattle - the space needle & aquarium (which grady LOVED - we will definitely have to take him back since I missed it too), shopping, eating out & visiting the woodland park zoo. we spent the 4th at the beach, grilling out, parade fun, and playing with sparklers.
jon reading grady books before bed.
he couldn't let go of his red robin balloon.
great-grandma dee dee reading to graders
dylan and grady
dylan is over a yr older than grady, but you can't tell from pictures. dylan is still a little peanut :)
it was so fun to watch them play together though - so cute. they were good buds!
cousin megan snuggling with drew :)
dee and her cousin margo (who lives in mukilteo!)
morning at the beach
karen, lori & kristin
yuck!
me and my boy - not a fan of the camera. wonder why?
it was a 'pass the cranky baby around' kind of day
there's a smile!
mmmm... whats a day at the beach w/o ice cream?
sooooo sleepy on the way home
lunch on the picnic table
arlingon parade...patiently (or not so patiently) waiting
trying to see better from auntie K's shoulders
well, the kids were really hoping for candy at the parade. no such luck. so, after the parade that was not so great... we made our own parade at home (and threw candy, of course). i'm pretty sure the kids found it much more entertaining :) as did i.
waiting with the goody-bags
karen marched, waved her american flag, and sang a patriotic song of some sort
i rode grady's strider bike
and jon rode grady's trike.
tired drew
poppers/snappers, smoke bombs, snakes & sparklers. kid fun.
my pathetic attempt at bring to shoot fireworks.
maybe i will figure it out by next year.
drawing with the sparkler light
woodland park zoo
"hey grades, stand by the money"
the boy can't keep his fingers out of his nose
this guy was just cute!
watching fish and otters
...and all she wanted was a pic with her great-grandchildren. I snapped this the last night.
(was too dark and i didn't use flash - but best I could do)
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Dee with her 4 (of 5) great-grandchildren :-)
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we had a wonderful time with all of our company. seems like it went by way too fast. i'm sure grady is just bored to death again now though. it's a good thing we are going back to visit family this weekend already - he will have two weeks of non-stop entertainment with everyone :)
love you all!
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