Trip to Vancouver... B.C!!!

As we come to the end of a weekend in Vancouver, B.C, visiting the esteemed Marylee, I thought I would give a brief photo recap:

"Don't drink out of that bottle, River!"

Downtown skyline by night

A walk with Marylee down to the quay

North Vancouver from the wharf

Also notable but not photographed: the delightful Granville Island Market, Capilano Park and Fishery, numerous Canadian supermarkets, and, of course, the Karen Magnusson wave pool.
Looking forward to more adventures on the next trip up!

Halloween in Leavenworth

Just got back to Monroe after spending the weekend (and Halloween) in Leavenworth. Unfortunately, it rained most of the weekend so trick-or-treating was pretty wet. This did not, however, have a noticeable impact on the huge amount of candy brought in.

I don't have any pictures of costumes or candy, but here are some from a walk I took along the river earlier today:

Autumn Walk With the Twins and Teal

Just got back from a beautiful fall walk with the twins and Teal down the road. . . I can't believe we're halfway through October already! We saw lots of colorful leaves, some late season apples, and even a horse! The twins and Teal also took a couple swings on the buoy (our neighbors' have an old buoy hanging from a rope swing) and I was happy taking lots of pictures. Looking forward to doing it again!

Trigger

This is the dog that invaded our Leavenworth climbing trip and camp site. His name is Trigger. At first he was a complete pest. He stole the twins' socks and hats right off their heads. But then he grew on us and turned out to be a nice boy after all.

Divisionals at Momentum

Here are some pictures of our recent trip to Divisionals at Momentum in Sandy City, Utah. I am on Team Vertical World (Everett). To my surprise, it was sunny and warm! I came in 4th in my division (female youth D). Hooray! :))

Going to Vancouver, Canada

I am going to Vancouver, Canada to see my great aunt Marylee. My parents cleaned the car; we're going to wash it too. I would like to go swimming. I would like the pool to be deep. I am looking forward to it.

Shells

I have a shell collection. There are some very weird shells. I like to draw. I don't like to write.

Swimming with Papa

We swam in Forest Park Swim Center pool. I mostly swam underwater. I went off the rope swing 3 times. I also jumped off the diving board once. The pool was moderately warm. I had fun.

The Pizza Party.

There was a pizza party at school today. We had Alfy's pizza, Hawaiian Punch, Dr. Pepper, Capri Sun, apple juice, lemonade, Oreos, chocolate chip cookies, hawaiian pizza, 2 cheese pizzas, 2 pepperoni pizzas, three bags of chips, 30 mini-bags of chips and 4 bags of hard candy.What kind of pizza do you like? I had fun. I hope I eat pizza again soon.

Lopez Island Creamery

The first time I had Lopez Island Creamery was a long time ago... I can't remember when exactly. I had it at their little place where they made it. It is kind of a little shop/factory because they make their ice cream there.

The last time I went there they moved to selling the ice cream at a Fudge shop in a different location. I liked it better when I got my ice cream at the factory. It tasted fresher at the factory.

At most of the big events in Snohomish County, Lopez Island Creamery has a stand where they sell their ice cream. There was a stand at Sorticulture and also one at the Evergreen State Fair.

Lopez Island Creamery makes my favorite ice cream.

My Favorite Memeories of Lopez Island

There are lots of driftwood forts on the beach and in the dune grass. We pretend the forts were clubhouses. There are lots of broken clamshells. We use the shells as dishes and decorations. We saw crabs that were 6 inches long, claws included. We did not pick up the crab that was 6 inches long because it had 1 and a half inch long claws with pinchers.

Another Friday Night with the Family

We went to Sorticulture. I got ice cream from a little stall from the Lopez Island Creamery. I ate Lemon raspberry swirl ice cream in a kid's cone. The flavor was lemony. When we went home we watched a movie, ate pizza and breadsticks.