A Much needed break....FRIDAY!

After some very nice date nights we were ready to see all the things we had heard about in Seattle. Quinton got done with class at 12:30 so we had all afternoon to play! We rushed off to downtown to start our day off with a Harbour Tour . Let me add that before we left I printed off  directions on how to get to each location we were going to ( yes I am that OCD)  but in the end it was pointless. Every single time we ran into a road closed for construction. Well apparently there they don't believe in detours. We were left to figure out how to get around the construcion and still end up oin the right vicinity. I hadn't planned on the extra drive time so we finally found a parking garage, about 4 blocks away from where we were supposed to be, with only 10 minutes untill we were scheduled to board our boat! about 1 1/2 miles & only 10 minutes.... needless to say that that was the farthest & fastest I have ran in a long time. But we made it!

After our tour we headed for Pikes Market. So much to see there! It was very neat. Of course we had to go find the famous "flying fish". Which we did indeed find , but were too cheap to fork out the money to buy. After checking out hundreds of booths we found the Gum Wall. Unfortunately I'm not going to put up the pics of that. We thought we would be brave & add our gum to the wall but all the pictures showed just how disgusting it was! 

After the market and Dinner at Ivars came the part of the trip we were looking forward to all week long ( months actually!)

The Seattle Mariners Game!!!! Section 136 Row 8 . Really Great seats! neither of us had ever been to a MLB game but we decided that its something we will definately have to do again. But next time we want to take the kids with us. They would have been in awe. Something that every child should experience. Though after paying for the tickets and all the Mariners stuff that the boys requested ( My biggest "boy" was just as bad!) We may never be able to afford to go again! Its bad enough that Kale now has a goal to have as many team T-shirts as he possibly can. I tried to explain that your supposed to pick a favorite team and then you just need one.... didnt work. But he did decide that where his Mariners shirt & hat had Ichiro on them that he was his Favorite player, for now.

The mariners had a great game and won! after the game we took a slight detour of our own to Alki Beach to take a look at the City at night from across the Sound. Breathtaking!!!!

We had to leave early Saturday morning for the long drive home.  At this point we were ready to get back to the kids ( & we were out of money anyway!) We decided that someday we would take the kids with us and head back to experience some of the childrens museums and the zoo and Im sure another ball game. But Somebody please remind me ...... NEXT TIME WE GO BY AIRPLANE!!!!

A much needed break!

For the first time since having kids ( almost 9 years!) Me & my handsome hubby got the chance to go on vacation alone. So ok it wasn't really a vacation. It was a business trip but hey, close enough right????  Quinton was headed for Seattle to attend a Forensic Interview School & I decided to tag along. Neither of us had ever been there so we were very excited. And of course the fact that the City of pocatello was paying for the Hotel, rental, and a nice daily Per Diem made it that much better!  My cousins came up from Utah and Florida  to stay with the kids .They did such a good job that the boys didn't even want to talk to us on the phone & when we came home Reagan didn't even want to come to us . Kale cried because he was going to miss them. Now that's a sign of the perfect babysitter! It was so nice to not to have to worry about the kids. They were in very good hands.
The Very long 12 hour drive to Seattle was just that, LONG!!! Next time we are flying. But once we got close to Portland it was beautiful. Everything was so green & lush that you couldn't even see Portland! All you could see were the exits that seemed to dissapear into more trees. It was such a relief to finally arrive at our hotel. 
Quinton had to be in class untill 5:30 monday-thursday so I had to find ways to entertain myself. My days went mostly as follows; Breakfast, nap, a run , a good read and maybe even another nap ( yep I really am that lazy!)  I did venture out one day to the mall & some shopping centers. but mostly the lake by our hotel was the perfect spot to veg out , read & people watch.

Monday night we went to the Space Needle. We even decided to enjoy dinner at the Sky City Resteraunt. Neat experience! We took in the whole city while eating a nice (aka expensive!) meal while our floor rotated.

We then went to the upper deck to get some pics...

After dinner we still had a while until we had to get the car from the Valet so we walked down to the pier for our first chance to see the water. Downtown Seattle was my first experience in a very large city so I took everything in. So Many apartments, condos & penthouses! & here I was thinking that our house was too close to our neighbors.
Gorgeous sunset on the Pier....

Most evenings were spent just enjoying each others company. A Nice dinner ( without kid menus and highchairs!) and  checking out a few of the local beaches & Marinas.

After some relaxing easy paced days we were ready for FRIDAY!!!!!

Ughh....SO NOW IT WORKS!!!!!!

Apparently it works now that Ive lost all my loooong post & have to redo them. Sorry!  Just ranting.
New fun posts coming soon!!!! ( hopefully)

testing....testing!

Just testing my Blogger. It hasn't been letting my publish posts or comments for a few days now. I can't get signed in.

Trouble!!!!

The picture says it all! She is now into everything.  She can keep up with the boys, which they arent sure they like. If they forget to shut their bedroom doors she will be there in no time. As for me I am in the Why bother stage; why bother picking up her toys when I know is just going to dump the basket again, why bother putting a bow in her hair when she is just going to pull it out, why bother sweeping up her crumbs when she will just get out of the high chair & eat them anyway :),  why bother teaching her to be soft when she just watches her brothers and takes in everything they do ( which at this point we can blame everything she does on watching them!!!) Why bother putting the toilet paper on the holder when she will just unravel it.

For now we are just enjoying it all. trying to laugh at all the funny things she does. She wont be a baby much longer and honestly we can't stop her just like we can't stop a hurricaine. So Watch out Hurricaine Reagan is on the move!!!

Nevermind! ......for now

well seeing as how my computer is smarter than I am our blog will remain public for the time being. When I have more free time to mess with it I will attempt the change.

Making our blog invite only!

With all the horror stories that I keep hearing about all the weirdos out there ( yes that mostly come from my dear husband)I am thinking about making our blog private and starting a new one minus all the pesonal info( names, places, ect...) If you are interested in an invite to this blog please send your email to me @ kraus5212@hotmail.com. Once this blog is private I will put a link to our new blog which will remain public since I want everyone we care about to be able to keep up with our hectic life!