Fall Break - Kids in Riverton, Parents in Seattle!

First, some pics from the Riverton crew. 

Trying on dress-up costumes.

Feeding Grandpa a French fry.

Up the canyon.

Double-decker swing!

Now my pics. The week started with the primary program.

The grandparents came for it!

Charlie had class store.

And a pumpkin decorating contest.

Wednesday: Alice curled my hair before my trip.

Then Grandpa came and took over the kid duties. 

We were off on our adventure!

First view of the Space Needle once we got into town.

Fish and chips and clam chowder at Ivar's Acres of Clams on the waterfront.

Thursday: Early morning ferry to Bainbridge Island.

Grand Forest!

Greeted by a banana slug (we saw many on this trip).

We saw so many different kinds of mushrooms!

Our favorite pond:)

The soft ground.

Then lunch at a Thai place by the sailboat marina.

And to Sakai Park to see the first of these troll statues. There are 5 in the area, but we only got to 3 of them.

Bloedel Reserve, with one of the many great blue herons we saw.

We called these "hamburger bun mushrooms".

The old 1930's home on the property.

Japanese garden on Bloedel Reserve.

Fay Bainbridge beach.

Friday: Discovery Park.

Market House Meats. So incredibly delicious. Best food of the trip.

Troll statue in Lincoln Park.

Pho for dinner, plus takeout for later.

Beautiful night skyline.

Playing Wingspan in our hotel room.

Saturday: Queen Anne neighborhood.

This crow kept following us around and getting really close.

View from Kerry Park.

Halloween house.

Historic buildings in Tacoma.

This church is beautiful, and right across the street from the house where Bing Crosby was born (we later discovered).

Then to our fancy anniversary meal at Over the Moon. So romantic!

Sunday: We started off at the arboretum.

We saw rowers at the site of Boys in the Boat!

Then we got our church clothes on and looked for the nearest sacrament meeting.

It happened to be stake conference at this nice stake center.

We also checked out this Catholic church nearby.

Then back into street clothes to walk around University of Washington campus.

It was beyond beautiful!

Inside the library was like a cathedral!

We spent our final evening at Golden Gardens Park.

And checked out one more troll.

Monday morning at Seward Park. This is not a black and white filter. I love overcast skies!

Skipping stones.

Lunch at the Filipino mall.

Footlong fried banana (turon)!

We finished our trip at Kubota Gardens.

Mt. Rainier from the plane - wow!

It was an amazing trip!

Grace's pics - her date last weekend.

Jordan River in Riverton.

Swimming with Alice, Toby, and Grandpa.

On the jumbotron at the BYU women's volleyball game (bottom right).

Paul's pics.

Thai restaurant.

Bloedel Reserve.

Market House Meats.

Seal! We saw quite a few throughout our trip.

Anniversary date.

I loved every minute of our trip!

And I love this man eternally!

Artsy shots from Paul.

And a few more pics from Riverton. Three brothers in primary.

Costco pizza!

Chili prep.

Grandparents also have a US puzzle.

Bugles fangs.

Cougar tail at the volleyball game.

Up the canyon.

Ferris wheel at Scheel's.

Ready for bed.

They had a great time with their grandparents, but we are so glad to be back with our friends!