it's no italy, but...

we planned on going on a big vacation this summer

but decided to save our money for more important things

instead

we had a mini vacation

here's how we started

noah's lookin' cool ready to go

we went to my sister monica's house and had fun with her family

then we slept at michael's aunt debbie's house

and headed to see my grandma the next day

on our way to my parent's house

a picture of not so happy hazel with her great grandma jordan

noah was too afraid of a tractor ride this time

so hazel got her first ride with grandpa all by herself

we did lots of fun things with my parents

including a 9 mile bike ride to a really nice park

and playing on the coast throwing rocks

and they watched the kids so we could go see

the time traveler's wife

then we stopped to see michael's parents

on our way to seattle

and we took the ferry which was really fun

and

a little windy

we stayed at a swanky hotel in seattle

called the Hyatt Olive 8

here's a before of our beds

our yummy ordered dinner

and an after of our beds

we had a lot of fun swimming at our hotel

and we shopped around seattle

and of course enjoyed pike place

and a healthy dose of ikea

it's no italy

but it was a really fun family vacation