Visiting Seattle!

I was lucky to be able to visit Mandy and Bryant in Kent, WA with the boys and my parents. Poor Isaac had to stay home to work, and we missed him. It was nice to see where Bry and Mandy are living now and to spend some time with them.

Aiden was so excited the night before that he slept with his clothes and backpack on.

The drive took us about 14 hours, so we were all happy when it was time to get out of the car!

We did some sight-seeing in Seattle, visiting the aquarium, zoo, & Space Needle; taking a harbor cruise; perusing Pike Place Market; and touring the Museum of Flight.

These boys were definitely worn out from our adventures!

Mostly we enjoyed spending time with Mandy and Bryant when we could, and we can’t wait to see them again, once Baby Bingham has made her appearance, if not sooner!

Scooting… almost crawling!

He hates being on his tummy, so this is his current way of getting around.

Aiden has been crawling backwards slowly all day trying to get Landon to do this.

Project Completed

My mom is the best. She took time to help me put together the cushion cover for our bench. I am SLOW on the sewing machine, even just doing a straight line, but she was super patient with me and walked me through her thought process as we figured out how to put it together, which was so helpful. Isaac’s work building this bench for me was so appreciated, and it’s so nice to have the cushion ready too. Now we have this lovely bench to house my scrapbooks AND serve as extra seating. How did I get so lucky to have such a great mom and a great husband?

Disneyland!

We measured Aiden this summer and discovered that he is about 41 inches tall (almost 42 with shoes, but not quite), which meant that he was tall enough to ride all kinds of fun attractions at Disneyland. We went to WDW two years ago but hadn’t been to Disneyland here in CA for eight years, so we decided to spend a few days there.

My mom was nice enough to come too, and having an extra adult sure made it easier in a lot of ways and more fun to do ride swaps. Aiden was so excited to go that he didn’t sleep enough the night before and wouldn’t eat breakfast, so he had a rough mid-morning and early afternoon, but he was great the rest of the trip. Landon was peaceable the whole time and made us laugh by being completely fascinated by a ride or show and then falling asleep almost instantly when it was over.

I would say Aiden’s favorite part of the trip was Cars Land in CA Adventure Park, so we went there twice to let him get his fill. It is amazing to see the movie town of Radiator Springs life-size with real cars rolling down the street every so often.

Aiden’s favorite ride: Radiator Springs Racers:

The second day we spent at the original Disneyland Park, and Aiden got to go on Space Mountain (but he wasn’t a fan), Star Tours (which he also wasn’t a big fan of), Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (which he loved), Autopia (liked), and lots of other rides. Landon was happy to take everything in and eat. Aiden was not into meeting characters on this trip, which was sad for me, but I guess it’s not so bad to not have to wait in lines for that.

Landon’s favorite ride was definitely King Arthur’s Carousel. He did NOT want to let go after it was over.

On our last day, we hit a few things we’d missed (Splash Mountain, lots of Fantasy Land) and favorites (Cars Land, Toy Story).

We had a wonderful trip. I love Disney and think Disneyland can be fun for all ages, but it’s definitely way more fun to see it through a child’s eyes, and I’m so glad we could take our boys.