     olympic mtns across the bay   from our balcony   |
| sweet baby Ethan |
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| Avery is more interested in playing |
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| This baby sea otter was fun to watch and very cute. We are glad her mom decided to go get her and bring her over to the glass for us to see. |
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| We waited around for the octopus feeding only to miss it by a few minutes. We got the time mixed up. There is a huge octopus population in the bay there. |
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| our tour boat which took us around the bay |
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| It was chilly but not too bad, 40s. |
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| giving the pig our change |
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| Pike's Place Market was smaller than I thought it would be but still hadsome good stuff but the kids were not feeling cooperative by that point in the day so we left. |
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| It took a few wrong turns but we finally managed to see the troll under the bridge. There's construction in the area. |
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| Ben is so good to always play games and such with the kids. |
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| It's Elder and Sister Newman all the way from Nauvoo! |
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| brotherly past time of taking their pulse. Ben's a real dad, spit up on his shirt and everything. hee hee |
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| Look at those cute kids! Ethan you are adorable! Baby face... |
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| Space needle day |
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| glass elevator, felt a bit like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
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| Discovery Park was fun |
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| the boys were in heaven playing in all the forts someone had made |
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| low tide |
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| Space Needle night |
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| Science Center day, we also saw Journey 2 in Imax 3D there |
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| The butterfly house was cool but Avery didn't like it at all. He was like, "Get me out of here!" He didn't enjoy the large butterflies fluttering around him I guess. However, he loved the armadillo at the zoo. We happened to be there when the worker was feeding it so he picked it up for the kids to get a close look and told them all about it. |
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| Zoo day was the only really rainy day but it was fine. We had fun anyway. Especially because Ben came with us. |
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| the river otters kind of looked like they had mange or something |
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| these little buildings gave us a chance to warm up |
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| Aiden loves monkeys and apes |
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| Who knew you could sit back to back with a gorilla at the zoo? =) |
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| Battlestar Galactica |
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| King of Pop |
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| EMP museum |
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| not so exciting Chinatown |
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| ice cream! |
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| our hotel, we were on top, 7th floor |
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| the kids love elevators and fought over pushing buttons of course |
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| we caught a glimpse of mt rainier on our way home |
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| other pretty mtns east of the city |