More Washington

How could I not post pictures of the cousins?! Friday was a free day while in Washington, and we had great plans. Oh, how those plans never work the way you think they will. Here is how it was GOING to go:

• Go to the Howard Amon park to play at 10AM and meet some friends that live in the area


• Meet up with Doug in The Dalles Oregon for lunch


• get back and have a yummy dinner


• Go to the minor league game we had tickets for


• Drop Ryan and Jacie off at the hotel and Judy and Alli go see The Dark Knight ( we had free tickets)

Here is how it really happened:

• Go to Howard Amon park, drive around for awhile to find a place to park. Nothing available because of the Art Fair that was also at the park. Miss out on the friends (even forgot to call them to tell them!!)


• Drive to The Dalles. In the car forEVER.


• Get there and say hello and go for lunch at Taco Time


• Play at the park in The Dalles


• Drive home. In the car forEVER. Really only 1.5 hours, but still in the car. It was very fun to see Doug and his kids, though, so very very worth the drive


• Get back to Washington in time for Judy to become a monster because she is starving and needs food. Settle in for some PF Changs with Wild and crazy Jacie hair and the rest of us a little dusty and windblown from being outside


• Go to the game, albeit late.


• Skip the movie, go back to the hotel to do laundry and pack for our departure the next morning

All in all, it was a fabulous day, although we flaked on some people. Speaking of which, I need to call them...

Zack was Jacie's best bud. She thought (or I think she thought) that he was making the wind blow. They sat in the sand and laughed and laughed.Trevian was very excited to see Jacie. She even brought her a toy from her toybox. It is one of those octopus's that have squeaky tentacles. Jacie loves it because it makes some sort of noise. This is a funny picture to post, I know, but the reason is because of the following conversation: Judy-I think she is OK, Trev. She can get through by herself.

Trevian- I'll just help her

Jacie-~~clunk~~ as she hits her head

Trevian-I think I helped her too much.

It was pretty cute.

Here is Allison trying to looked interested in being at The Dalles, but she really was less than thrilled with being hauled yet another place with nobody her age. Poor kid.And the crazy hair. This is before she pulled out the right side pigtail. It got a whole lot worse because we lost one of the barrettes, and the hair tie. I think he must have eaten the hair tie.

Finally, the baseball game! it was a lot of fun, and Jacie enjoyed the mascot Dusty until she got next to him, then she backed as far away as she could. It was a very good trip, but too short, or course.