Seattle with the Riedel's

Last weekend we went to Seattle to meet up with the Riedel Family. They live in California, so we don't get to see them often. So when we heard they were coming to the NW, we thought we would take the opportunity to take a mini vacation to Seattle to hang out with them. Daphne and I met in college our freshman year and have been friends every since. Barth & Daphne have 2 little girls; Ella 3, and Chloe 1. Andrew met them a few months ago on our trip to Disneyland and they became fast friends. Daphne & I have already planned Andrew & Chloe's marriage :) Anyways...back to the trip. We left on a Thursday and Andrew did great on the 4 hour trip up there. He watched the movie "Cars" most of the time, definitely his favorite movie. I was hoping he would take a nap on the way there, but no luck! We hung out with the Riedel's for awhile, shopped downtown and let the kids play in the hotel room. They had so much fun playing together! That night we met up with another one of our college friends and her girls. Andrew was the only boy out of the 5 kids, I think he liked hanging out with all the girls :) Friday we took the kids to the aquarium. It was Andrew's first trip to an aquarium and he loved it, especially the Nemo fish tank. He loves "Meemo"! He also really enjoyed watching the Otters play. It was definitely one of the highlights of our trip (besides hanging out with the Riedel's). The next day we took the kids to Queen Anne...our old stomping grounds! We went to Kerry Park, drove around SPU, and had lunch on the hill. Overall Andrew did great on the trip. He has never been good at sleeping anywhere besides his own bed, but this trip, he did great. He fell asleep right away at night and took naps during the day. I was so proud of him...he's getting to be such a big boy! Thanks Riedel family for letting us hang out with you on your vacation...we love you guys!

Andrea & her girls: Kyla & Heidi, Daphne & her girls: Ella & Chloe

Kerry Park with the Riedel Family

Chloe & Andrew