Thursday, April 24, 2008

Seattle Fun



Look how BIG those flowers are!
The twins are so big! And were sooo much fun. I realized I hadnt spent enough time with them actually getting to know them. They have some of the cutest personalities. Dean has never been one to just snuggle for periods of time, so I thouroughly enjoyed all the loves the boys gave me. They were so quick to be my friend. I love you boys!
They liked to poke eachother. Dean was pretty fascinated with the twins. They were so good to put up with him touching and poking them all the time.


We played frisbee golf or "Frolf " as Vernon calls it. Actually the guys and Tiffany did(with me subbing in for a couple rounds). DeAnn and I pushed the strollers through the dirt mounds. It was actually great exercise. I pushed the two seater for awhile and it worked some of my muscles good. The next morning I was sore. I know pathetic.
It was kinda funny when we flew into the Seattle airport Vernon and I thought it was so cold! When we got to there house and were talking about things to do, they all thought we should do something out side because of the "beautiful weather". We agreed (thinking they might be slightly crazy) and threw on our sweaters. The next day we understood what they meant. It was freezing and raining. The news said that day that they were expecting snow that week. SNOW!!! In APRIL!!! And it did snow and hail and rain. And if you readers really know me then you know that I of course only packed flip flops and one hoodie. I ended up borrowing jackets and buying shoes which were well worth it. (Vernon just threw on thick socks borrowed from Tommy with his sandles... hehe he makes me laugh-but he was warm).
The tulip festival was very pretty unfortunetly it was too cold for them to bloom so we only got to see the flower garden they have up front. They were still beatiful and HUGE! The drive was also beautiful. It was snowing through a lot of it and the fields were gorgeous with a light haze over them. I rolled down my window one time when it was snowing/hailing, I still cant decide wich one it was, to catch some and some fell into the truck and some ended up down peoples coats and in there hair I have NO idea who would be so immature to do things like that! Needless to say Justin locked my window after that. Sad day for me!
(Dont worry my punishment was shortly revoked)
We also went to the aquarium, but sadly since I had to hold Dean the whole time I completely forgot to take pictures. Luckily DeAnn is much cooler than me so you can look at her pictures of our adventures here : http://thebattys.blogspot.com/
We had such a great time visting with friends and family. It was so relaxing we didnt want to come home to life. Thanks Tommy, DeAnn, Justin, Tiffany and of course Mason and Justin for a wonderful vacation!

8 comments:

Maranda Whittle said...

How fun! Those flowers are soooo pretty! I was wondering if you guys were home yet, we need to go ride some horses!

Megan Turnidge said...

Looks like you had fun! Those tulips are gorgeous!!

Megan Turnidge said...

Oh, and love your new blog look!!

Maranda Whittle said...

Hey, we are having a Birthday party for Dylan in 2 weeks. May 3rd. I'm not sending out invitaions this year, because I'm lame, but can you guys come???? Let me know! We are gonna have it at my house and have hotdogs and hamburgers and stuff!!

Abby said...

Looks like you guys had a blast! I love the pictures!

Tommy n DeAnn said...

We are so glad you came to visit. Sorry we froze you out...our perception of hot and cold is a little different than yours. Come back anytime...oh yeah, we are coming to visit the last week of May (minus Tommy). Hope you will be around...the boys miss Dean!

Maranda Whittle said...

Sister Palmer came over to my house to give me some Mother's Day flowers(she's my visiting teacher)and I asked her what time the ward party was at and she told me 6pm. Now I don't know if we can even go. I was thinking that it was at 6:30. We have a family dinner at 5:30, so I doubt we'll be able to go to both. Oh well, we'll see! Happy Mother's day! You're such a good mommy!

Megan Turnidge said...

Where, oh where, has my Tia-a-na gone? Oh where, oh where can she beeeeee?! Teehee! :)