Seattle!

How fitting that Dom was a member of the "Safari Club" (look on the stroller) Too much fun! Time to take a nap :) He took a big nap while being pushed around the park. He is also holding the Moose from the Mariners game the night before.

So we spent like 5 minoutes watching the Hippos walk into the water... didn't know if they were going to have to take a break before they actually got there. I guess 20 feet is a really long way to go for a Hippo!

Getting a better view of the Flamingos

Here are the Flamingos Dom was eyeing

The best part of the africa exibit was the drums!

Dom so happy to be playing on the beach!

The girls busy discovering some lady bugs.

Aw!

He really is the best Great Grandpa ever :)

NIC Beach

When you run out of bread you just throw rocks right?

Gabi trying to get a closer look at the goslings, they were so cute!

Looks like someone was a little scared again :)

Not this guy though, cool as a cucumber!

Grandpa showing how to feed the ducks

A little snuggle time
Somewhere towards the end of the "fish" project, there was face painting...
Not quite sure of all the details.
Here is one of the braves sporting her war paint

We attempted to make scones...it was fun!
Too bad the end product wasn't the best.
I guess you really do have to follow the recipie...
Sorry Morgan, guess we need your help next time:)

Grandpa and Dominic. The "fish" project
Puzzles...
(Life is never too boring around our house)

Goofy Dom

What a Great Garndpa!

Playing outside

Bloomsday 2009!

We planned on meeting up with the Deulings, but Lisa didn't get much sleep the night before and had a difficult time leaving the house so we ended up getting there just in time for the delayed start of the stroller section. So we end up starting at the very back of the pack, but we worked our way through dodging left and right. I remember having to say "excuse me, just trying to catch up with my 85 year old Grandpa!" as he sped away from me! We kept a pretty good pace, in my opinion, at two hours ten minutes. We all had a great time especially Gabi. I think she might have been a little overwelmed in the begining with the crowd. She kept hiding under her blanket. She was the perfect little passenger even if she wasn't feeling her best, she didn't show it! She kept us going throughout the 7.5 miles with a smile on her face!

So we did finally catch up with the Deulings after the race and shared some snacks before heading home. Here is Isaiah and Gabi sporting thier race shirts. Gabi was playing peek a boo :)

Gabi wanted to show off her own running skills on the way home as we walked back to our car. Here are the geese we stopped to talk to. They were definately not afraid of people, but I think Gabi was a little afraid of them! She didn't want to get any closer.

I am always amazed by Malia's interests and insights into life as she knows it. And I knew she loved dirt, but I found this day was just too cute for words!

It started as I was pulling weeds in the girls "garden". As usual Malia asked me to find her some worms and this day we hit the jackpot! There were worms in every weed I pulled up. Malia started out holding them with Gabi watching from the side in disbelief. She was exibiting the same disgust as I was, but I tried to look past it, and she wanted to be involved so we both just kind of watched Malia and enjoyed her enthusiasm.

The more worms I pulled, the happier she was and kept commenting on how wiggly they were and how cute they were. She encouraged them not to crawl off her hand and fall off. She started in on telling stories about which worm was the mom. the dad, the baby, the brother, and the sister. When attempted to take her picture with her beloved worms she said "not me, just the worms mom" I had no idea how deeply her love for dirt and worms ran! I actually had to convince her that she shouldn't bring the worms inside because they would miss the rest of their family! Oh Malia, you make me smile!

Now that the weather has been really nice, the family has been able to get out and enjoy disk golf! Here is Gabi hiking along side us at Corbin Park. We are looking forward to many more days together enjoying a great game and good times. Now that Lisa has her own disks, watch out!

Durring Dom's bath time he decided that his bath seat was just too confining (as usual) So baby houdini got out and was discovering the water. He put his face under the water and then lifted his face up looking shocked, but then he giggled and then did it again! No fear here! He just kept doing it and he thought it was sooo funny. Looks like we have another water lover in the family!

Yay for Sunshine!

We are sooooo happy to be outside loving the sunshine!

Easter!

Helping Grandma Kenner bake is always a highlight for the girls. Here they are making Green Jello Salad for Easter Dinner at Isaac's house.

Boys and thier love of cars :)

Goofy Girls :)

Egg Hunt

For a reason unknown, this is Malia's new pose for pictures...everytime...

Oh, I put the eggs in the basket?

Hunting Easter Eggs is always a fun adventure at Cousin Isaac's house! Gabi and Malia really got into finding the eggs. Dominic was having a great time banging the plastic eggs together and I had fun playing tag with Isaac.

Strawberry Jam mmm!

Picking strawberries in Green Bluff 2008! I think the girls ate just about as many as we came home with! They were so sweet! The perfect activity for little hands!

Strawberry Jam II mmm!

Making strawberry freezer jam was one of the highlights from Grandma Merritt's last visit, so of course Malia had to make plans with grandma over the phone when we saw strawberries in the store. The girls had a great time. Gabi made sure the strawberries were "clean" by sucking on the ends of the berries. Malia tried her hand at filling the tubs. I was impressed by how few spills she had!