Monday, August 3, 2009

Seattle, AGAIN!

After the tour we went down toward the Fish Market to eat at Ivar's since it was supposed to be so good.

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We sat out on the dock and watched the birds. Jery wanted clam chowder (yick) but he ordered the wrong one...he got one that had some tomato sauce in it or something...anyway it wasn't the original one unfortunately. He said it was okay, but he wished he had the right one.

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McDreamy....oooh la la! I almost bought one of these 'scrub' outfits that McDreamy wears but figured I wouldn't look as sexy in it as he does! During our Duck tour we saw the hospital building from Grey's Anatomy...it's actually an office building, I think where one of the tv stations in Seattle lives!

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Watching Breccan eat an ice cream cone is hilarious!

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One seriously funky guitar.

Then we hit the fish market, but they were cleaning up. We did get a couple pictures with this seriously UGLY fish. I never can remember what kind it was.
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Since they were closing, we headed back there the next day! What a fun place. I could have bought something at every booth probably. Everything was so cool, and so yummy!
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This one is hilarious of Breccan. He hates smells, and it was definitely smelly there!

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So this guy was standing there giving people bites of a peach. He says "It's the best peach you'll have this summer!" I thought, "Yeah, right...I live in Grand Junction...we have awesome peaches." But the first thing out of my mouth was "Oh my God!" and he laughs and points to the sign...

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This was an "Oh My God" peach. Really yummy!

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Oh and this is such a sweet story...we started running out of time at the market so we thought we'd walk on the sidewalk. Well, there's really no sidewalk because of all the vendors...it's a street, wehre people walk all over! Breccan was doing just that, walking all over. I was walking behind them (obviously). So I said, "Breccan, this is a street. Move over a little bit" and BayLea, my sweet, sweet little girl, just took his hand, pulled him over to the safer side of the road, and continued to walk. It wasn't a "look at me Mommy, what I did" kind of thing...it was "I'm going to help take care of my brother" thing. I love her, and that, and him!

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And here's that ugly fish again. During market hours it hangs here, kind of out of sight. BayLea was standing there looking at the fish on the ice and this thing jumped. They have it tied to a string that the guys in the back can yank when someone is close. It was hilarious!

Okay, I'm done with pictures from this trip...woo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!

But here are a couple left over videos that go with the trip too.


On the whale watching trip!


At the Aquarium...

The last of the Oregon/Washington Pictures

I am so ready to be done with these! LOL Note to self: don't take 1300 pictures next time you take a trip!!!!!!

On the 4th of July we were at Camilla's wedding, so we didn't do sparklers that night. So on the beach one night we did. Unfortunately, Breccan decided he was afraid of them and wouldn't touch them. So no pics of him...

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And then we headed to Seattle with Jill and Scott.

It was a seriously LOOOOONG drive up there along the coast. We finally made it to the 5:30 p.m. shuttle to Seattle.

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And then we decided to head to the Space Needle. For my little family this was a mistake. BayLea and Breccan were beyond tired, and they were just a wee bit out of control up there. Banshee mode. What we should have done was hit a park and let them play, play, play. But they got to experience it; and sorry Auntie Jill, Uncle Scott and Aaron and Lacey, you got to see my kiddos in banshee mode!

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Breccan loves his cousin Aaron.

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And BayLea loves her cousin Lacey!

Afterward we hauled our kids out of the Space Needle and checked into the Westin hotel, we opened the curtain to this view...

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Not sure how we scored like this cuz we usually get the furthest back corner, overlook some spectacular alley way and rooftop! This was amazing!

The next day we decided to take the Duck Tour. What a blast that was! Our tour guide was hilarious, and he played lots of fun music for us to sing along to. We toured around Seattle's highlights and then drove into the lake for a boat ride!

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The duck noise makers! Hilarious!

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Our guide...the man of many hats/hairdos...he must have changed his hat 10 times during our trip.

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One of the ships from Most Dangerous Catch (or something like that!) on TV.

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The house from Sleepless in Seattle! These lake houses were built by the loggers way back when when they were forced out of the downtown area by the rich folks. So they build these little contraptions on the lake. These now sell for $500,000 - $1 million dollars. Unreal.

Okay...one most post to do, and a couple videos to share later!

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Birthday for Daddy!

On Jery's birthday, I was out of town at a photography workshop in Ouray. So we celebrated his birthday on Monday. The kids, especially BayLea, love to do the birthday thing...decorating cakes, shopping, etc.

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I always make one cake but in two pans so they can each have one to decorate. I think Breccan ate most of the frosting out of the tube!

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The party table.

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BayLea wanted to get a birthday pin for Daddy. We couldn't find one at Target and we were too tired to head to the party store. So BayLea made one. At first I kept telling her to wait, mommy would help her...she did it anyway by herself, and CHECK IT OUT! She drew it all by herself and cut it out by herself! I was totally proud of her.

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He got shirts and tennis shoes (mostly because there are some cool looking shirts out there, but basically because he's really hard to buy for!)

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What a great birthday! We ate out at Los Reyes too, our favorite Mexican restaurant.

Saturday, August 1, 2009

OMG Great Egg Salad Sandwich recipe!

This is such an awesome recipe! It's egg salad with a twist and it is so yummy! Highly recommend it!

8 hard-cooked eggs, diced
1 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup dried onion flakes
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon mustard powder
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon dill weed
8 slices white bread

DIRECTIONS
In a bowl, gently mix the eggs, mayonnaise, onion flakes, salt, mustard powder, garlic powder, pepper, and dill. Cover, and refrigerate 8 hours, or overnight. To serve, spread equal amounts on 4 slices bread; top with remaining bread slices to make sandwiches.

It is good!!!

Tried to insert a clickable link, but can't so here is where I got it...

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Egg-Salad-Sandwiches/Detail.aspx