Living in Georgia

 It's so hard to travel with friends when you live across the country from each other and one set has kids that are graduated from high school and the other have young kids in elementary school but we did it. We planned a great cruise out of Los Angeles to Mexico. After spending a week in Seattle getting the boys settled in with their grandparents, off I flew with Bill and Janine to Los Angeles, where we met up with Jason, who flew in from Atlanta. Whew, we were ready for a week without kids and no stress!  We had one day and one night in Long Beach, where we enjoyed some fantastic food (best Mexican ever!), fun sightseeing and even passed by a couple movie shoots!!  The weather was perfect so we strolled around by the water.  Caught a view of The Queen Mary.  Enjoyed looking at some yachts.  And took a water taxi around the bay area.  Traveling with this group is nothing short of non-stop fun!  We really love these two! H

Seattle bound ... We had so much extra time at the airport due to a quick security check and a delayed flight. Luckily the boys had things to keep them busy.   It made for a long trip with a late arrival and no one sleeping on the flight. I think this will be the last time we take a night flight, now that the boys are older. One of our favorite things to do when in Seattle is visit all the play parks we can find. It's a great way to burn off energy and fun to see all the different toys. This was just a little neighborhood park in Normandy Park/Marvista that we stopped at on our way home from the grocery store. It was a fun park that we found ourselves heading back to several times. Both Wyatt and Ethan loved Nana and Granddad's cat Marco - and for the most part, Marco was very friendly with the boys. But there was a few times he had to let Ethan know not to pull his tail. The boys loved soaking in all the Uncle Jason time they co