Garrett and the Beach!!!

This was Garrett's first experience with the beach. He wasn't sure what to think.

About time :)!!!

We had such a great time in Seattle.  Why is it that vacations never seem to last long enough.  We got to see lots of friends and family and it was great to have time to just relax.  I loved getting lots of help with the boys while we were there.  Most of these pictures are from the day that we went to Edmonds Beach.  We made Garrett put his feet in the water and that was so funny.  He was not very happy about it cause it was really cold.  Here are just a few highlights from the trip that I want to make sure we remember.

* Garrett loves his Poppa (grandpa)  They had so much fun playing together.

*Garrett also really loves his Momma (grandma)  I mean who wouldn't she is such a good person.  One morning he woke up at about 5 am and was calling for Momma, so Karen came in and got him and he was fine after that. 

*Daniel learned to climb up the stairs while we were there.  We had to create a make-shift gate out of a cardboard box to keep him in the family room.

*We got to see lot of cousins and family which include: Phil and Christy and their little girl Charlotte, Nikki and Eric and their kids Tyson, Natalie, and Alivia, Uncle Doug and Aunt Cheri, Kyle and his girlfriend and Nikki's cousin Amy, Grandma and Grandpa Swietzer, Uncle Bob and Aunt Vicki and Cousin Hailey (first time meeting them for me), we also saw Grandpa Hanson and Grandma Gene while we were there.

*We got to see several friends while we were there as well.  Brandon and Bethany and their little boy Chandler, and also Jason and Cindi and their little girl Alara.

*Jason and Cindi also made us a great dinner and let us rock out to rock band with them. 

*We played tons and tons of Pinnochle.  I am getting a lot better, which I am glad about.  You can't be a true King if you don't know how to play Pinnochle. 

*Garrett had a blast at the Stevenson fair.  It was a tiny little fair we went to and he had a blast.  He got to go three times while we were there and he fed the baby goats everytime.  He really like those baby goats.  There were other animals to feed but he just kept going back to those baby goats. 

*We went to the Rainforest Cafe and Garrett was petrified of the big animatronic elephants.  Poor thing was scared to death.

*We had family pictures taken and Garrett was just not in the mood for that.  We had to have his binky in for quite a few of the pictures.  I think part of the problem was just minutes before we took pictures he bonked his head on the table.  He didn't realize that it was so low and went to reach for the toys that were under there and bonked his head really good.

*Grandma and Grandpa bought the boys some toys to play with whenever they come and they sent us home with one of them.  It is a little ball pit toy, the boys really love it. 

*Garrett had a good time looking at the alpachas and big huge dogs on Grandma and Grandpa Swietzer's farm.  Garrett really loves animals.

*Chad got Grandma Swietzer to start up her amazing '86 Nissan 300 Z.  She has taken such good care of it.  It still looks brand new. 

*Daniel travels really well.  He never made a fuss unless he was hungry.  Getting him to sleep at night in the hotel was a little hard.   On the way home we stopped at a hotel and we didn't have a bed for him so we had to make a bed on the floor out of chairs and he wasn't sure what he was supposed to do in there.  He did finally go to sleep though.