Leavin' On A Jet Plane

Last week Hannah and I got to go to LA to visit my family. Hannah did amazingly well on the flights--she never cried! hooray for that!



She had a fun time looking out the window and coloring, and reading the pamphlet about plane safety.

















We went to this park a few times while we were there. It had sand which was really nice for Hannah since all the parks in Utah and Washington seem to have tan bark.











Hannah really likes to make new friends. This boy didn't even speak english, but Hannah played with him for a long time. Actually, he kept running away and she kept following him. Eventually he gave up and sat by this tree, which Hannah took as an invitation to sit with him.





This park is actually where I went to pre-school. They have re-done all of the playground equipment except for these turtles-which I used to love to play on. It was fun for me to watch Hannah enjoying them, too.






























My dad got a puppy for father's day this year. His name is Jake. Jake doens't like his kennel, but Hannah thought it was great. She called it "Hannah's house."


































Hannah was really entertained at my parents house...she had stairs to climb (again, and again and again). As she climed she practiced her counting ("one, two, five, six, seven, eight, nine, twelve, thirteen").
















This is my cat, Mishi. He is not a very nice cat, but Hannah just couldn't keep away from him. He growled at her, scratched her a few times, and always ran away from her. She never gave up trying to hold him.



Hannah got to meet our friend Bryce while we were there.















The weather in LA was beautiful. It got up to almost 90 one day, so Hannah and I went to the beach. Since it was 40 in Issaquah when we left, I didn't take a bathing suit for Hannah, but she didn't mind playing in the water in her little shorts.









Other than juming in the waves, Hannah's favorite part of the beach was getting to chase the segulls.





















I tried to convince Hannah it would be really fun to run up this hill (I didn't want to carry her!) She ran more than half way up before she asked to be carried.






After a fun day at the beach Hannah was all tuckered out.








I wasn't that great at taking pictures while we were there. Hannah had so much fun playing with Uncle Josh, Aunt Karissa, Grannie, Nana, Papa, Great Grandma and Papa--and I didn't get any pictures of any of them! Sorry family--I don't know what I was thinking! But thanks for such a fun week--we'll have to do it again some time soon!

These Boots Were Made For Puddles!

We got Hannah some new boots for the rainy season and she got to try them out the other night.










Sorry it's sideways again! Hannah was more interested in checking out her new boots than talking to me, but oh well.

Salmon Days Festival

Last weekend was the Salmon Days Festival here in Issaquah. It was just a block away from our house. We went two days in a row so there are a lot of pictures. The first day it was pouring rain and we got pretty wet but we still had lots of fun. Luckily the weather was better on the second day. We started by watching the parade. There were floats there from all over Washington, Oregon, Idaho and even a few from Canada.








This float from Wenachee was about apples and they gave Hannah a little pin. She wore it on her overalls (which she calls "overs") all day.



This was our favorite float. It was about water conservation and every few minutes they did a little routine where they sat on thier toilets and read newspapers.





Hannah really liked any float with a princess on it. She wandered pretty close to a few of them and one nice princess offered to hold her for a picture.





When Hannah thought the parade was lacking, she entertained herself by gathering rocks from the street...















...and by playing in peoples front yards.

















A lot of the floats had music. Of course YMCA played a few times.

They had free train rides which Hannah loved.















Hooray for free pony rides!





They also had free jumping tents. Hannah jumped for so long. We didn't know how we were ever going to get her out of there. Then some big kids came in and it only took a few minutes for Hannah to get knocked over and start to cry. It was worth it, though.







This is our friend Jamie. Hannah was sharing her rocks with her.



They had a giant blow up salmon that kids could go in and hear a story.





Hannah eating ice cubes, drinking lemonade, and enjoying her red balloon.













Don't you just love carnival food?