Day 5 - Washington Vacation - Bracketts Landing Beach and Richmond Park

Today, we spend the day with my former supervisor, Norma, who moved to Washington in 2004. We visited Bracket Landing Beach for a low tide walk and Alissa collected all kinds of treasures. Norma brought some shovels and rakes so Alissa could use them to collect sea shells and such. Uncle Brad spent some time showing Alissa some great treasures that he found for Alissa. 

Here is Uncle Brad showing Alissa what he found

Here is Alissa with her bag of treasures. She is a happy camper

Here is Norma, Jill, Alissa, and I having a good time at the beach

Norma made us a delicious lunch of Spaghetti. It was so flavorful and declicious. Norma taught us a secret to bringing out all the flavors when using seasoning. You sprinkle the seasoning in the palm of your hand and then rub your hands together as the seasoning falls onto a plate. This brings the flavors out of the seasoning. WOW! Delicious...

After lunch, we all went to Richmond Beach and played a game of tag. There was a super fun playground that overlooks the ocean. There are also lots of walking trails and beautiful trees everywhere. We had a wonderful time. 

Day 4 - Washington Vacation - Pompeii Exhibit

We went to the Pompeii Exhibit at the Pacific Science Center with our cousin Alissa and her son Timothy. After seeing the exhibit, Alison had to leave to take Timothy to school. Alissa, Jill and I ate lunch and spend the rest of the day at the Pacific Science Center. We had a wonderful time.

Alissa, Jill, Timothy, Alison, and I running from the exploding Volcano

Me, Alissa, Jill, Timothy, and Alison

 

 

 

  

Alison and Timothy saying goodbye

Jill helped Alissa create this drawing with the Harmonograph

We took Alissa to see the Butterfly house. She was fascinated by all the different butterflies. She really enjoyed spending time looking at the butterfly's to see where they would land. It was fun to take pictures of them as well. Here is a few of them. 

 

 Jill and Alissa are inside this giant guitar

 Alissa and Jill are ready to eat at the giants house

The giant table and chairs

 

Day 2 - Washington Vacation - Archery

Brad and Jill took Alissa and I to Cascade Park, which is owned by the LDS Church. While we were up there, we did archery, rode on a funky swing, and played on a playground. We had a wonderful time. Jill and Brad have their own Bows and arrows, but we rented a little one for Alissa to use. Here are some pictures:

Alissa learning how to shoot a bow

 Alissa after she released the arrow

 Alissa putting an arrow on the bow

Jill aiming for the target

 Jill and Brad did well as these are their arrows

 Alissa and I collecting our arrows 

 Alissa is ready to try again now that she has collected all her arrows

After a lot of practice, Alissa got closer and closer to the target. This was her best shot. Can you see the arrow in the grass right in front of the target on the right side? I felt this was very good for a five (5) year old learning to use a bow for the very first time. 

 Brad using his own bow

 Jill using her own bow

 Me trying to figure out how to use Jill's bow when I would have preferred aiming with my right arm instead of my left. I suppose Jill and I are mirror twins since her left eye is dominant and my right eye is dominant.  

 Taking my turn with Jill's bow

 Alissa in the funky swing

 Alissa and Jill in the funky swing

 Brad in the funky swing

 Alissa and mommy in the funky swing

 Alissa and Jill on the playground

 The Three Fudgeteers: Max, Bethany, and Mason

This picture was taken in Jill's van after we picked up the Fudgeteers from work at the Fudgery.

Day 1 - Washington Vacation - Imagine Children's Museum

Alissa and I went to Washington to spend a week with Jill & Brad's Family. Since we had "Stand By" tickets, I told Jill not to plan on doing anything with Alissa and I on Friday in case we were unable to get on the airplane. But the travel went so smoothly that Alissa and I arrived in Washington at 11:55 on Thursday, March 26, 2015. So, when Jill went to work on Friday, Alissa and I went with her to work. After Jill introduced us to all her co-workers, Alissa and I walked to a nearby children's museum called "Imagine". Here are some pics of Alissa and I at the museum.

Here is Alissa milking a cow

 Alissa is driving a bus

 Alissa in a tent

 Alissa and I built this Log Cabin together. Alissa enjoyed knocking it down after. 

 Alissa sitting on a bridge

 Alissa walking across a bridge to get to a tree house

 Alissa and I built this camping scene out of paper

 Alissa and I built this hut out of blocks

 

 Alissa riding a dog statue