Memorial Weekend - Trip to Washington

We spent Memorial Day Weekend with a trip to Washington to see Josh's family and a trip down memory lane by spending a couple of days in our old stomping grounds: Seattle.  It's always nice to visit Josh's hometown of Warden, WA because its always quiet and relaxing in that little farm town.  For a long time we have been wanting to go back and visit Seattle before we move to North Carolina and decided to just do it.  It was really fun to drive by all of our favorite places and eat at some of our favorite restaurants.  Rex loved spending some time on Alki Beach picking up rocks and shells.  Grandpa even showed him how fun it is to throw rocks into the water.

Quick funny story.  Before we made the trip we called Grandpa and Grandma Garner to see if they wanted to join us for our trip to Seattle.  The thought of cramming into a 4-door sedan with a rambunctious 20 month old didn't sound like a ton of fun.  Grandma Garner proposed that if we upgrade our rental car to a mini-van, they would pay the difference and consider joining.  Well, the difference was RIDICULOUS--like $300 more!  So we decided to pass on that idea and just suffer in a sedan if the Grandparents decided to join.  As fate would have it, when we went to pick up the rental car the lady apologetically informed me that due to the busy weekend they were all out of cars and only had mini-vans left.  So, we ended up with our mini-van for free!  Pretty sweet.

OK, enjoy some pics:

This is driving into the city from the south, just like we used to do when we worked downtown.

Rex and Daddy carefully walking along the water's edge.

Mommy and Rex

Grandma and Grandpa with Rex

Throwing rocks with Grandpa.  Rex loved this.

Our old favorite breakfast spot--Luna Park Cafe--just down the street from our old apartment.

We checked out the fish (or "biss" as Rex calls them) at the Seattle Aquarium

No, Josh didn't fall into a pile of dirt.  That is from Rex crawling all over him with dirty feet.

Rex-man hamming it up at Grandma and Grandpa's house.