Fun in Seattle!

We have finally arrived home from Seattle, Washington, visiting Jeff's family! It was an amazing trip filled with fun with the fam.

We flew out Monday, June 16th at 1:20pm. We were in Seattle by 4pm, so it wasn't that long of a flight compared to other flights we have taken! The kids were really good on the flight, everyone was happy and excited to see their cousins so there wasn't much complaining! Nolan slept the whole flight with Jeff, and Emery didn't sleep at all! She was fussy, but wasn't screaming, which I was thankful for. It's embarrassing to have a screaming baby on an airplane, trust me, I've been there! We rented a car and drove the 40 minutes from the airport to Jeff's brother Gale's house, where we are staying. Gale and Evelyn have a 3 year old girl Ginny and are expecting a boy this winter! They have a very big house with 3 guest rooms. They are planning on 6 kids and wanted to start out with a big house. Jeff and I were in the master guest room with Emery and Nolan. Gage and Jamie were together, while Adrian and Braylie were together.

Monday we had dinner with Gale, Evelyn, and Ginny. I was busy unpacking and getting the kids situated! Tuesday we went to Jeff's brother Emmett's house with their 2 kids. My kids had a lot of fun playing with their cousins! We went swimming for the afternoon with them and it was a blast, relaxing by the pool and catching up with Emmett's wife, Rosalie. Wednesday Gale took us to a local aquarium since it was raining, and the kids love animals! Thursday was our big family get-together at Jeff's aunt's house! His 2 aunts, 3 uncles, 3 brothers, and their families were all present. The only people missing were his parents, who live in California with us and weren't able to get away to come along.

Our plan was to leave Saturday at noon and get home by dinner. Sadly, Friday morning the kids all kept throwing up and throwing up. Apparently the chicken they fed us at the get-together was rotten. Thankfully I didn't have chicken, but Jeff and the kids did. Food poisoning sucks, but it's usually over quickly. By dinner the kids stopped throwing up, but it was a long rough day and the kids wanted to go home. We changed our flight to 7pm Friday and arrived home around 11 last night. I am so glad that we came home a little bit early, because we have the weekend to relax before the kids start up their summer activities this coming week! Stay tuned for a post about that. :)