A getaway

Busy Busy Busy!
Gone, Gone, Gone!

But this time we ran away together!
I find myself thankful when all four of us are in the car together...
I find myself thankful when we all sit down to a meal together and there is conversation and laughter...

It is getting harder and harder to find those moments...
So we ran away for 34ish hours to try to find some of those moments...

This was the first picture I took on our minivaca.  We are at CPK which makes the boys very happy.  I LOVE this picture.  I think they are two of the most handsome guys EVER!

We headed to Seattle and took the ferry across to Bainbridge Island...
We have had the opportunity to visit Seattle and Bainbridge several times in the month of Sept. and it is always delightful! The weather has never failed us yet!

I love the island.  It is so laid back and calm and the big city of Seattle is just a short ferry ride away...its the perfect balance.

Being wise parents we let the kids sleep and we took off for a morning jog around the island - a spectacular way to begin the day! We then browsed a farmers market - the picture above are not cherrys they are apples! So cute!

Then we woke the little darlings up and took them to our new favorite breakfast place on the island...we discovered it last year with our friends Darrel and Connie.  Very yummy!

Not sure what happened here...Ty asked him to hold his hat and it suddenly converted my husband into a gangster...

Then we took the ferry over to Seattle - the weather was cloudy but no rain and just the right fall temperature!



Josh doesn't look so tall when compared to the tallest man in the world!
We browsed Pikes Place, I picked up a chai and then we headed to Crystal Mountain and Mt. Rainer

We took a gondola ride to the top. At one point the fog was so thick the cables were just disappearing into the mist...thankfully it was clear at the top.

 However, Mt. Rainer remained hidden behind some haze...I wished we could have stayed until the sunset but my boys weren't interested...

They were interested in french fries and hot chocolate!

Enjoying the view...

And then we drove FOREVER to get home...

It was quick but it was worth it.

I'm sure gonna miss them when they are gone...

Frychik

PS- All of these picture were taken with my phone