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Seattle Garden Walk

 The boys absolutely LOVED playing on Nana and Granddad's deck and loved playing in the turtle sand box (which thankfully wasn't filled with sand - LOL).
 By the end of the trip they were having fun hiding inside it from each other.  But it was also great to fill up with all the cars and trucks!
 And we always enjoy picnic lunches in the front yard.
 We really did have great weather while we were in town.

 I think one of my most favorite activities we did while in Seattle was the Garden Art walk.  It's a yearly event where homes open up their yards for people to walk through.  The weather was perfect and Nana and Auntie Jake were the perfect company.  And the boys and I simply loved all the pretty gardens.
 And the art.


 Smiles all around.
 Wyatt loved the turtles.
 We enjoyed all the beehives, since we have them ourselves here in Georgia.
 And I'm not sure why, but it seemed like all the houses that had beehives also had chickens, which is what Jason really wants but I refuse.  Of course, that just make Jack go crazy asking over and over, when can we get chicken?!?!

 So many pretty gardens and homes.
 I love this flower.
 We ended the walk with a stop at a playpark for the boys.
 Which they didn't want to leave.

 Another activity that we did almost daily, was to visit the bald eagles nest down in the valley by the Green River.  There were eaglets in the next and we were fortunate enough to see the parents and then the babies fly for the first time.  It was very exciting to see them so close up.

 Not sure if you can see the big nest but it's the brown blob almost directly in the middle of the photo.  We were able to see the adult eagles sitting on the branched before taking off in flight.
 Not sure what he's doing, but Ethan was always able to amuse himself.
Maybe he's eating his pretzels under the table instead of at the table - silly boy!

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