Seattle Aquarium

Still plugging away at blogging these Seattle adventures!



One of the things we did was visit the Seattle Aquarium. The last time we’d been there, Jake was this small:


My friend Jenn and her husband and son met us downtown for some aquarium fun and we were pleasantly surprised to see that it had been hugely expanded. Well, I was surprised. Jenn’s family comes quite often with their family pass. Speaking of the family pass, we were able to get us all in for FREE! Which was awesome because it would have cost my family about $60 to get in. I kind of ruined the blessing by getting a $40 parking ticket though...


Right as you walk in you see a huge 2 story wall of water full of fish. This was new. And awesome.


The “dome” is really the highlight of the whole experience and we arrived just in time for the feeding show. Neat.






We goofed off a little bit near the otter and seal exhibits.


Posing and stuff.





Jenn’s sunglasses were a big hit.



The Daane family. Jenn and I used to teach dance together. She’s from Alaska. She moved to Seattle and then I moved to Alaska. Weird.


We topped the day off with some ice cream. My kids are not awesome at eating ice cream. So LJ gave us some tips.


Also Doobie has a big bonk on his noggin.


Three J’s and one LJ tearing up Seattle.


We had a wonderful day!

A Day At The Park

One of the things we do a lot of when we are in Washington is visit local parks. We love playgrounds. Also we love sunshine. This is a small little park near my parents house that we don’t visit often because there is a huge park just a couple miles away. But this little local park was recently enlarged and we had to check out the new fun stuff. It is now, officially, a Powers kid fave.

Zoomania

This was actually one of the first things we did upon our arrival in Seattle but the sheer quantity of photos I took deterred me from blogging it promptly. Especially since my laptop can only handle uploading one photo at a time. But now I’m home and it’s time to get this one in the books.


Promptly upon our arrival in Seattle, my bestie Kelly and I took my kids to the zoo. She was visiting from San Diego and we had only an evening and a day to catch up on four years of not hanging out. We started out with dinner the night before with some other friends at a Mexican restaurant. The next day was “Rachelle and Kelly Day!” and we took my kids to the Woodland Park Zoo. I love the zoo.

In the words of my absolute favorite photographer ever, Jasmine Star, "sheep just don’t do it for me." Loosely translated, it means, I don’t enjoy taking photos of things. I need people. So in this case, lions and tigers and bears just didn’t do it for me. So, there aren’t many pictures of animals. Well, at least not the type you may be thinking of. *smirk*



Entering the rainforest.


What a GLORIOUS day!


Being spiders on the spider web.


Walking and navigating with the zoo map.


Some giraffes.



I'm a hip-hop-opotamus.


Some crazy monkeys


Resting near the lion cage.


Yoga break.


Yay! Elephant.


Staring at the elephants.


A whole zoo of fascinating animals and we got sidetracked by ANTS.


Visiting with a monkey.









It was a really big day.

The following is a little montage I like to call, "Auntie Kelly Points At Stuff."