Stay-cation Part 1

This summer our budget was pretty tight so for "vacation" we stayed with Nick's family and did things around the Harbor and went on small day trips. For one of the trips we of course had to go to the zoo! Nick's mom, sister Amie, and brother Taylor met us at the zoo the first day of stay-cation. We had so much fun!

Nick's favorite animals at the zoo were the penguins. They were so cute, animated and funny the day we were there.

Makenna loved watching the penguin's swim up to the glass. She kept telling them "hi" and waving at them.

She got her face painted for the first time. Makenna did so good!

Flamingos!

I didn't get a very good picture up close of her face but she has a pretty butterfly on her cheek.

Uncle Taylor, Grandma Sherrie, Nick and Auntie Amie with Makenna.

We thought it would be funny for Taylor to pose with the "Taylor Truck"

The giraffe's are always my favorite!

The beautiful lion.

Monkey.

At the zoo they have statues of animals all over. Makenna found them pretty fascinating.

Watching Makenna's favorite, the Elephants.

This statue was by far her favorite! She kept touching and talking to them.

Ice cream break! It was super hot that day so we stopped to cool down!

Pushing her own stroller. Little miss independent found pushing it much more enjoyable than riding in it. Imagine that!

Taylor's favorite, the kimono dragon.

The meerkat's were so cute!

Funny girl!

While we were in the food court we saw some of our friends from Ellensburg. It was so fun seeing them at the zoo! They even took this group picture for us.

We love the zoo and we can't wait to go back again!

Water Park Fun!

Yesterday our friends Alice and Brian invited us to the water park in Moses Lake with them and their twin's Casen and Libby. We loved being outside enjoying the sun, the water and GREAT friends! It was such a fun day!

Makenna loved everything about the park. She is such a water baby. Maybe it is time for swim lessons?

Casen thought this was the coolest place ever!

Libby had a blast to! She LOVED the slides!

Thanks again for the fun day! We will have to do it again soon! We love you guys!

Makeover!

This is the mess we used to call Makenna's play room. To say it was in need of a makeover is an understatement!

This rubbermaid container that doubled as a toy box was about to be the death of me. Makenna liked to use it has a hiding spot, for things like mine and Nick's cell phones and it was close to impossible to find anything that may have disappeared into it.

The other day I decided I had enough and did a makeover to make this room to make it a fun, enjoyable and organized place for Makenna to play. Her toys now go into the book shelf drawers. She has a basket for her books and there are now pictures on the wall. Considering our small budget I think the play room turned out fantastic!

One of Makenna's favorite things in this room is the full length mirror and her basket of dress up things in front of it.

Makenna liked her new play room so much that she showed off her dance moves in front of the mirror for me. LOL!

I'm loving that she is enjoying her play room as much as I do, it is so much better!

Kid's Gig

A couple of weeks ago we went to Gig Harbor and Nick's family took us to a fabulous park. We had so much fun! Here are pictures from our fun evening at Kid's Gig!

Thanks for the fun time Grandma and Grandpa! I had a blast! Love, Makenna