Labor Day In Seattle

Looking up from the bottom of the Space needle

View from the top

after we went up in the space needle

butterfly house

In The dinosaur exhibit

Giant checkers

They can also be used as hats...

Giant table

This Monday, September 1, 2008 we went to Seattle for the day. We started at the Science Center. We looked through all of the "normal" exhibits, the ones that are always there. After looking at the "normal" ones we walked down to McDonalds for lunch. After lunch we walked back to the Science Center. This specific week is Bumbershoot so the street were particularly crowded. Bumbershoot is a festival that happens in Seattle where bands come and perform and there are other things to do and buy. When we went back to the Science Center we went to the "special exhibit". Special exhibits are only there for short periods of time. Right now the special exhibit is "Speed: The exhibit". There were a lot of things for the kids to do. There were remote control cars to race and many other things. After we spent a little time in that exhibit we went to see an imax movie. We saw one about Mt. St. Helens' eruption. It was only 30 minutes long but it was still really interesting and informative.

After we watched that movie we left the park and headed to the space needle. It costs 80 dollars for my family to go up in the space needle but I think it was worth it. When you get in the elevator a lady is in there with you and she tells you all about the space needle. She is right in front of a wall of windows. It was so pretty. As we rose higher and higher we saw the beautiful city of Seattle shrink beneath us. Once we were up there we went outside and walked around the entired thing twice. It was so pretty. When we were done and we decided to go back down we got back into the elevator and it felt like we were flying into the city. We got closer and closer until we were back on the ground. It was so cool. After we were done with that we got back in the car and went to get ice cream at a malt shop in Pacific Place. When we were done with our ice cream my family took me up to the appartment that I'm living in right now. I'm living as a nanny in Seattle so we thought it would be easiest to drop me off that night instead of coming back Tuesday morning. We had a really fun time in Seattle.

Josh's Baptism

Josh

Dad and Josh before the baptism

Family picture

Grandma and Josh

Grandpa and Josh

Last week was a very busy time for us as we prepared for Josh's baptism. My grandma Pat and aunt Linda came in on Wednesday, August, 27, 2008. My grandpa Ron came in on Thursday, August, 28, 2008 and my grandpa Wiser came in on Friday, August 29, 2008. On Friday I had to work for a little while but while I was at work my family went to the grocery store to buy food for the baptism. My aunt is an amazing cook. My mom calls her the "kitchen Nazi". So, she's the one that decided what food we should have at the baptism and cooks it all. We had chicken salad sandwiched, fruit with dip, vegetables with dip, raspberry punch, and her homemade salsa and chips along with a cake from Costco. That night my grandpa Ron took Josh to an Aquasox game for his birthday. Aquasox is the Everett baseball team. However, they had to leave the game early due to the rain. That night my dad went out to dinner with Jackson and my grandpa Wiser. They went to Applebees. That left me, grandma Pat, aunt Linda, and my mom to stop by the church and put everything in the fridge and set up the tables. Then we drove to Lynnwood and went shopping and then we went to Olive Garden for dinner. It was really good. We spent the next day getting ready to leave for the baptism at 10:00 am. When 10 rolled around we all piled into the cars and drove to the baptism and started preparing everything. Once the baptism started it was great. However, half way through I realized that my mom didn't put my name on the program. I was supposed to play a musical number before he got confirmed and my mom didn't put me on the program. But she fixed that for me. They just announced me during the program. When we were all done we got to talk to everyone in the Young Womens room while we enjoyed the wonderful food that Linda prepared for us. It was a great experience. Everything about this was amazing. I'm excited that Joshua decided to get baptized and that he is living according to his standards.