Pacific Science Center

This past Saturday we had lots of fun at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle City Center. I think that of all the places that we've been so far, this has been my favorite. We only saw about half of the exhibits (if that), so I think we may have to try to go back again before we leave.

 Lacey was fascinated with the half-toilet, and probably would have stood there flushing it all day if i hadn't dragged her away to look at all the other cool things. 

 There were some really fun mirrors.

 And a really big zipper.

 And a big weight.

 And some more fun mirrors. Silly daddy. :)

 Included in the price of our ticket was admission to an IMAX show, Flight of the Butterflies in 3D. It was the girls' first time in a movie theater, and they both did really well. Here's Amy wearing her 3D glasses. Lacey immensely enjoyed this show. I think that the best part was all the kids in the theater trying to grab the butterflies out of the air. :) 

 We got to sit at a giant table.

 And stand inside a giant guitar.

We were all pretty hungry by this time, so we headed to the Armory food court for lunch.

We obviously had a lot of fun. :) 

Visit from cousins

One day this month, we got a visit from my aunt and cousins. It was so so so much fun to see them, and Lacey and Amy sure did have fun playing with the kids (these cousins are closer to Lacey's age than mine).

Woodland Park Zoo

Lacey was SO excited to see penguins. 

 Somehow these little spinny info signs are the funnest things in the zoo. 

Go-rill-a. 

Amy watched this little meerkat run back and forth for ages.

4th of July

We started off our Independence Day celebration with a special program and then breakfast with our ward. 

Then we headed over to Grass Lawn Park to play for the rest of the morning.  

Then it was home for afternoon nap, and then out again to Juanita park in Kirkland. We went swimming in Lake Washington this time. Well, Daddy went swimming in lake Washington, and the rest of us played in the sand. Then we went to dinner at Outback, and home to bed! It was a fun day. 

The rest of June

We were able to do some really fun things in June. One of the things that I've loved about being here has been the awesome public parks. The girls and I went to one that had farm animals that the kids could look at. 

Like the chickens

And the bunnies. Amy really loved the bunnies.

 And the 500 pound pig. This picture doesn't really do justice to how massive this pig is. Or how disgusting. I almost threw up. 

 Also, the puddles were fun to splash in. Way more fun than getting in the car when it was time to go.

We made a family trip to the Seattle Aquarium. It was really cool and lots of fun for all of us.

 You could reach in and touch the star fish, anemones, and other weird sea creatures.

 I'm not sure why they thought that this would be more fun than looking at the fish, but it did happen.

 My sweet baby.

 This is my family standing next to an octopus. Evidently, this view of the octopus is fairly rare (that's what the worker there said). 

 Amy loved the orca fin.

 And here she is pretending to be a sea lion.

After the aquarium, we went for lunch at Ivar's. Phil and I got fish and chips (seems like a must if you visit the waterfront), and the girls, of course, got grilled cheese.  

We had a particularly hot Sunday when we just didn't want to sit around in the hot apartment all day. So we went for a drive to see this waterfall. Snoqualmie Falls, I think. It's a pretty impressive waterfall. Unfortunately, the trail down to the base of the falls is closed this summer due to construction, I think, so we didn't get to take the hike down to cool off. It was very hot where we were.