Come What May, and Love It: Our First Seattle trip!!

So we have lived here almost a year now, and apart from visiting Don's campus I hadn't been to Seattle! I know it's crazy, but when you have two little kiddos it's not always easy packing up for a day trip. Our friend Isabelle offered to go with us for our first time to Seattle and be our "tour guide". She knew where all of the tourist sites were so we thought it would be fun to go, and with her around we couldn't get lost! :) Thanks Isabelle, it was so fun hanging out with you and Jordan! Since then we have gone 2 more times. We bought 2 city passes for $120. I know that sounds like a lot, but it was a smoking deal. We could go to the zoo, aquarium, a cruise, space needle, the science center and the EMP (Music museum). The prices are ridiculous! Otherwise, the zoo was $17 for an adult, the space needle was $19...it is highway robbery! :) So I'll have to break my post into the 3 separate days we went because I took a million pictures each time! So stay tuned for our Seattle adventures!

1. Our first stop was the "Troll under the bridge"...it's not exactly a creative name, :) but I was shocked at how big it really was! That's a real Volkswagen under his hand!

2. Our next spot was an amazing lookout of Seattle, the picture doesn't do it justice. But the city and the water is absolutely beautiful!

3. We also stopped at Pike's Place. This a very well known spot for tourists. It's best known for the "fish throwing". When someone orders a gigantic fish the person they order it from throws it across the shop for packaging. I wasn't able to get a picture of the flying fish :(

4. The Gum Wall. I know...I know...very weird! haha, but it's a well know spot as well. And it's exactly how you would picture it. Millions of pieces of gum all over the place...it's quite colorful! :) How does something like that start and become famous?....I have no idea.

5. Our last spot was the Seattle temple. I know it's pretty pathetic to say, but Don and I have not had a chance to make it up there yet! So this was our first time seeing it...and everything about it was beautiful! The temple was exquisite and the landscaping was breathtaking. It's amazing how well the church keeps up every temple and the grounds. Hopefully soon Don and I can go up there together on a date! :)

I love this statue. I wanted to get a picture of us doing this with Jackson, but by the end of the day he was exhausted and fast asleep!

A ginormous bumble bee we found in a flower, Don put his finger next to it so you could truly see how big it actually was. I would never put my hand that close. I have a HUGE fear of bees and such!