Weekend Visit

We had a wonderful visit with the kids this weekend.  We went to the Woodland Park Zoo Saturday, we had an ice cream party (Auger and Akleigh earned by reading books), and we put a puzzle together.  I took a few photos and BJo took some photos so we have several to share.

Looking at the zebras ...

the elephant ...

 

 

playing in the cave ...

 

 

viewing the orangutan ...

 

 

On the way here the kids saw the 12th Man Flags everywhere, so on the way to the zoo Auger would yell it out when he saw one.  He was so excited to find each one, and we even saw a few in the zoo ... and we heard about it ;), and even encouraged it by showing him one if we saw it.  Fun times!

 

 

The puzzle we put together was a panoramic puzzle over 3 feet wide (less than a foot tall) ...

 

 

pretty birds on a branch ... 

 

 

We had a great visit and enjoyed being together ...

 

 

 

We didn't watch the big game Sunday, but on occasion throughout the game we would hear some yelling and celebrating going on around us, which made us wonder if there was a touch down or some other wonderful play being made by the Seahawks.

 

The town was all a buzz for several hours after the game ended. People yelling and carrying on, traffic picked up on the roads from one or two cars a minute to almost the normal full lanes everywhere and there was honking all around.  Pedestrians went from almost zero to several and each group was yelling and waving and encouraging cars to honk. We heard a few fireworks going off every once in awhile as well.    We thought that all of the noise subsided around 10:00pm, but at 10:30 we heard more fireworks.  Imagine the talk of the town the next day ....

PS
BJo showed me some photos Michael took while he and Elsie were here, so I added them to that post HERE - you wont wanna miss em!