What did we do?

Most of this week T & I have been discussing what 'fun stuff' we could do together before the kids came home on Sunday.

It seems that most of the ideas were things that either I would enjoy or things that Tanya would enjoy.
Hiking? Vetoed
Scrap booking? Vetoed
Biking? Vetoed
Go to a library... in a different city? Vetoed

The ideas we had that we did agree on were things that we really should be doing with the kids.
Aquarium? Need to take the kids.
Zoo? Need to take the kids.
Science Center? Need to take the kids.
San Juan Islands? Need to take the kids.

It's true you don't really need kids to go to these places but we would just end up going back sometime with the kids so it would be wise to choose something else.

So... "What did we do?" you may be asking yourself.

It's good that you asked because we ended up having a really fun day.

The day started at about 8:30 a.m.
I got up... and started painting the downstairs (it was on 'my to-do list' if you remember)
Tanya got up and made us some breakfast.

Keep reading. It gets better.

We painted & straightened the house until about 11:30 a.m. or so and then had lunch at home.

Alyssa showed up to take the dogs out for a walk while I worked on assembling a hammock in the backyard.

At 1:00 p.m. or so we headed out to Deception Pass State Park to take a boat ride with Deception Pass Tours. One of T's scrap booking buddies suggested this tour and we agree that it was well worth it... highly recommended.

We saw bald eagles, sea porpoises and seals... plus a few tourists. The weather was perfect and we learned some interesting things about Deception Pass.

One interesting fact was that it cost more to paint the bridge in the mid 1980's than it cost to build the bridge in 1935 ($482,000). Also, the bridge was built within a 12 month period.

Here is a feeble attempt to make my photos & videos from this tour interesting:


After this perfect excursion we made a stop at the Dollar Store, went home to let the dogs fertilize the yard and then cruised down to the Seattle Premium Outlets in Snohomish County for a little bit of school clothes shopping.

Tune in later to read all about our final activity of the night... what a story it is.

~E