THE LARSENS

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Being 8 is great

Jaxon turned 8 April 7th 2011. The morning started off with our family birthday tradition, breakfast in bed. But any of you that know Jaxon, knows that he could hardly wait. By the time we came in with his breakfast he was dressed and waiting under his covers for us to come.

He opted to eat his breakfast downstairs with everybody else.

This year I turned 30 and Dave made me a beautiful cake. It was a cake in the shape of a 30, it got such rave reviews that he decided he would make Jaxon's cake this year. Jaxon is into Pokemon big time so Dave picked one of his favorite characters and fashioned the cake after it. I couldn't tell you which one it is but it is was a smashing success. This is before we frosted it what an amazing dad.

Jaxon is one of the loves of my life. He is such a smart and loving boy. He tries to be kind to everyone he knows and doesn't have a mean bone in his body. He love reading, writing, playing Pokemon and building things. I have loved having Jaxon in our family for the past eight years and look forward to many more fun years to come.

Seattle City Passes

A couple of months ago we bought some Seattle City Passes, if you have never used a city pass I strongly recommend them. They have them for most all of the big cities in the United States. It is the cheapest and easiest way to see all of the most famous attractions in that city. We made it to almost all of the attractions on the Seattle City Passes. The next several post are dedicated to our 2 week long trip around the city.
Up first is the lovely Space Needle. Probably Seattle's most famous landmark. I remember riding up the Space Needle when I was little. We also went as a family a couple years ago when I was pregnant with Kinley. For those of you that have never been there you take a really neat elevator ride of about 600 ft. to the observation deck, there is also a revolving restaurant right below that. This visit was rainy and really windy up at the observation deck, I was pretty scared to go outside but Dave took the kids and walked all the way around. I seriously felt like I might blow away up there (outside that is).

Pacific Science Center (Seattle)

The Pacific Science Center is located right next to the Space Needle and has a little bit of everything in it. We didn't' have a ton of time to spend here so we will definitely go there again. We watched a cool IMAX called Antarctic Adventure, it had breathtaking views. One of my other favorite things was the Tropical butterfly house. It was a huge room that you could walk through, full of many different kinds of butterflies. It was very interactive. The kids really loved the dinosaur and creepy crawly exhibits.

Seattle Harbor Tour (Argosy Cruise)

We went on a beautiful tour of Elliot's bay. The skyline from the boat was fabulous.

We also saw lots of Sea lions lounging around.

We saw two bald eagles perched on top of this ship.

These are some of the worlds largest shipping terminals.

Seattle Aquarium

I am surprised we only got a few photos actually taken inside the aquarium. There were a ton of cool things to see. We even got to see them weigh the giant Pacific Octopus.