Washington Trip '09: Sunday and Monday

Grandma Swan and some of the grandkids on the stairs at Lisa's house.

Saturday was the grueling 12 hour drive to Washington, but I'm happy to report that we arrived all in one piece and that the kids did really well on the drive all things considering. Sunday morning we went to church with Sydni and Jake. I decided that sacrament meeting is not the best place to see someone you haven't seen in awhile for the first time. Aaron had to keep reminding me to be quiet because I kept talking to Syd. :)

After church and naps we headed over to Lisa's new house for dinner. Her house is absolutely beautiful. It's pretty much everything you could ever want in a house and more, complete with a large yard and a wooded creek area in the back. She fed us a yummy dinner and we sat outside on the patio and talked while the kids played.

Lincoln watching the sea lions

On Monday we went with Sydni and Jake and Zac and Luke to the Portland Zoo. Lincoln had a blast there. He thought everything was so cool, but he had a little bit of a hard time wanting to leave one thing to go see the next, even though when we got to the next thing he thought it was awesome and didn't want to leave. :)

Aaron and Lincoln feeding a lorakeet

We spent a few hours looking at the Africa section of the zoo. I was amazed at how many of the animals were out and about. I don't think I've ever seen animals as active as they were at this zoo. We had a picnic lunch on the grass, and Lincoln and Zac and fun chasing each other and running around. They are so cute. I wish we lived closer so they could play together more often.

Zac, Linc, and Aaron on the stone elephant

Monday night Grandma and Grandpa Swan watched Lincoln and Ivan, so that Aaron and I could go on a triple date with Sydni and Jake, and Lisa and Jared. We went to a really really good Thai place in downtown Vancouver. Lisa and Jared treated us to dinner to celebrate graduation. Thanks guys! It was really nice to be out with just the adults :)