We decided to venture out in the nature. Washington is full of outdoorsy activities and the nature here is breathtaking. The beauty of this great state makes any "normal" person eager to partake in all it has to offer. So, we together with the Briere's gathered our crew and ventured to the Issaquah Alps, Tiger Mountain.
Side note: although there are no pictures of Mattias, he was with us. He was the photographer that day. Sorry babe!
Locking up their house and making sure we have all we need.
The kids all strapped in and ready to go.
Aleksander ready, pacifier in mouth in an attempt to get him to take his morning nap which was an hour and 30 min overdue. In order to get an early start on the hike we thought we could get him to take his morning nap in the car. Right!!
Mommies ready to go.
We made it!! Surburbia has hit the mountain...Katey with her latte in hand. Aleksander still awake. Of course he fell asleep 10min away from the exit and woke up once we parked the car. So much for a morning nap.
Enzo and Garrett. Those two were two peas in a pod during our adventure. Rachel didn't like that too much.
He's still awake. Little stinker. Kept the pacifier in his mouth in hopes of him dozing off to la-la land.
The kids exploring a rusty old bus.
We originally planned to travel up the mountain hoping to see some amazing sights of seattle but once we got there we decided to take the trail around the lake. Kids like water and we thought that would keep them eager to keep on truckin'.
Lunch time. This came about 25/30min into our walk.
Another Surburbia pic...this is totally inappropriate when you are trying to become one with nature, but someone called me. No cell phones should be allowed unless it's an emergency, right?! I told Mattias he couldn't have a coca-cola while we were out in the woods and here I am accepting a call. Well, I had my uncle's cell phone that day just in case we needed to get in touch with someone or someone needed to get in touch with us.
Still awake! Nosy butt!
Uh-Oh! Where's Aleksander. He got blinded by his hat. This was not done in an attempt to get him to go to sleep. Somehow he actually did this himself.
Isn't this a creepy picture. It looks like a bear or something.
Signs that a woody woodpecker has been around.
Time to get wet.
It's amazing how fascinating water can be.
We had a great time and I think the kids enjoyed themselves. We were out walking for a good 2hrs. Enzo marched along and only started to complain about being tired when we were about 15min away from the car.
What's up with girls and babies. I swear everytime Rachel or any of Enzo's girl friends see Aleksander they are all over him, oohing and ahhing! Is it really an innate behavior?!?!
Us mothers deep in mommy talk... or maybe we're comparing shoes.
Enzo says "talk to the hand"...no, not really, he just didn't want his picture taken.
A huge playground, huh? It's awesome and it even has a water area that opened up that has fountains that splash out water. FUN!
Who doesn't enjoy swinging?!
