And what a trip it was . . .

On July 25th we drove up to Seattle for the wedding. It was a beautiful event (as evidenced by Sara's pictures) and it was great to see everyone.

I asked Nina what some of her favorite things about Seattle were. She said, "The fairy costume and the park in the forest." Jennie had the costume in a toy box for Rachel to wear, so Nina squeezed herself into it and wore it almost every minute we were there. She even wore it to a park where the kids (Jennie and Alyssa included) loved climbing the big rocks and swinging.

After the park, the kids were so dirty and sweaty that we dumped them in the tub. Look at that cute Jenna! Nina and Satch hadn't ever been in a tub so big and they didn't want to get out. Nina lounged for quite awhile.

On Monday we took the ferry out to Bainbridge. It was the perfect day for it. Jennie made the ferry ride even more memorable when she started to feed the seagulls. She would hold out some bread above her head and the birds would swoop down to her. Somehow I didn't get a picture, but she had those birds literally eating out of her hand. Rick called her "crazy seagull lady" and pretended he didn't know her, but my family embraced the craziness and tried to feed the birds.

On the ride home, both kids were tuckered out. They did lots of sleeping in their car seats on this trip.

Monday was also Rachel's 3rd birthday, so we went over to the Wi home and had a fun party, complete with Korean tacos. (I hope Kris will post some photos because I don't have any.) Rachel was a darling birthday princess in every sense of the word. And there was karaoke! Matt and Nina did a duet of "I Want to Hold Your Hand." I wasn't there, but Matt said Bryce filmed it so I am waiting for the next YouTube sensation to explode.

The other thing Nina said she loved about our trip to Seattle was "pom-poms." Jennie was Auntie Extraordinaire one night and actually made Nina her own set of pom-poms. Nina was a happy girl. She also loves that Aunt Jennie took her horse riding. That was a first for her and so exciting.

Thanks to all the Mellors for putting us up and for putting up with us. We had a great time!

P.S. Jen, did Ricky ever fix Satchel's handiwork and repair your dining room chair?