Campbell's 2nd Birthday

We spent Campbell's birthday weekend in Portland visiting Michael & Stephanie and Dan & Adrianne. We had a great time (minus the hideous BYU loss...).  Sunday Dan and Adrianne had us all over for a nice Sunday dinner to celebrate Adrianne and Campbell's birthday. Stephanie found a pretty decent vegan chocolate cake recipe so Campbell could have a treat. I'll post a picture of him eating 3 pieces of cake later!

When we got home Monday evening we talked to Grandma & Grandpa T on Skype. Then Campbell opened his presents.

I can now see where perhaps some kids get their greedy, "more presents for me" mentality. Campbell opened his first present and it was a yellow cement truck. He was more than content to open its packaging and begin playing with that, but no, we as parents force him to open another one. He soon learns then to "oohh" over the toy for 2 seconds then toss it aside for another one to open. Thus, a spoiled child is created.

He is fond of the city/road carpet map. I'm afraid it will become a permanent fixture on our "living room" floor. Adam says, "why bother picking it up - or any of his toys  - they will just be back on the floor tomorrow." With that logic, why do we ever make the bed?

Oh Canada! (for a day)

Luckily we were able to have some fun whilst Adam's parents were here. We went to downtown Seattle and Pikes Place Market, which is awesome good fun. I loved looking at all the cheap, beautiful flowers; fresh produce, gourmet foods, fish, crafts, etc. Alas, I did not take a picture of this venture so I will continue on...
Saturday we left early to drive to Bellingham and catch the ferry to Victoria. This ferry ride was 3 hours. Oj ve! It could have been enjoyable; however, the seas were 'an angry that day and were very rough. You could hardly walk around the cabin without swaying like a drunken sailor.

Here's Campbell playing cars with Grandpa.

Victoria on Vancouver Island is beautiful! The port area is filled with neat architecture - old buildings, hotels and modern condominiums. We went to Butchart Gardens and tip-toed among the tulips...and lilies...and roses...and every other species of plant life.

Adam took this picture in the Japanese gardens. It reminds me of his Lord of the Rings/Warhammer/trolls in space fascination.

Yum! Gelato!

Campbell had a great time. It was his first riding a boat and a bus. He reminded us of BOAT and BUS the entire day.

The boat ride home was amazing compared to the previous. Smooth sailing and a salmon buffet dinner. As we were passing the San Juan islands we even had a great show of killer whales surfacing. They were so close we could hear them breathing in or out air - whatever they do. No pics as proof. You'll have to take my word!

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa! We had a great time :)

Fitting a camel through the eye of a needle

This title aptly describes us trying to fit too much stuff into an impossible space.
I do not enjoy the moving process. It is "no es frio"/not cool.  
We arrived in Seattle on September 1st.  Adam's parents drove their truck up to help.  The truck and CR-V were stuffed beyond capacity. Honestly, I should have taken a picture. No, really. It was ridiculous. There was no crevice left for dental floss to fit through.  It took 3 days to unload and unpack things in the apartment enough so that we could see the floor clearly without boxes everywhere.
Adam's birthday was September 2nd. It was quite the under-whelming BD celebration. We spent the whole day unpacking so no one even felt like going out for dinner. Thus, Asian take-out.

By the way, the parents ended up taking quite a few boxes back to Utah. So let's count how many places our stuff is spread between: four: 3 cities and 2 states.