The Bredensteiners: Awesome Saturday with the Barlows

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Awesome Saturday with the Barlows

A few Saturdays ago Jon needed to get some work done on his truck and the boys and I needed to get out of his way, so I looked online for some ideas and decided to go to Ballard Locks. Once I decided where to go I need to call around and get some allies (I mean friends) to come with. I called Carlie Barlow and when I asked her what her and Josh were up to she said they were thinking of heading to the Locks. Crazy! So, we decided to go together.
The Locks were cool - we got to watch all the boats arrive in the lock and tie up then fill up to head out. However, before we got to see them leave my kids got bored so we had to move on-
what do you do?

As we were heading to the salmon run and underwater viewing window we were able to see some seals grazing on the desperate little fishies- ahh...the cycle of life being "slightly" helped by man. The viewing window were very cool and after a short looksy we headed out.
After leaving the Locks we went on a short 1.3 mi hike in Lynnwood to a little beach. The hike was pretty, easy and shaded. My boys really enjoyed it (as did I). Once we got to the ocean we did some tide pool investigating and deemed this little beach- VERY COOL! We'll go again soon. My boys and Natalie (The Barlows little baby) were such troopers- it was almost relaxing. Thanks Barlows for such a fun day! (Thanks for the pics too!)

THE HIKE:

Standing under the train tracks.

Collecting cool sealife.

Waiting for the trains.

Fresh seaweed always tastes better.

1 comment:

Heidi said...: Holy cow, I seriously didn't recognize Kai--he is looking so old with all that beautiful blonde hair!; September 10, 2008 at 9:23 PM

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Funny Things my Kids Say

Eph: When we both grow up and live next to eachother maybe when your mother (wife) leaves and my mother (wife) leaves I can sneak up and go to your house and we can play. Clay: Adults don't play and it's not your mom it's your wife.
Mom: Ouch, my foot is really hurting! Kai: You're still alive Momma.
Kai and I were going back and forth with the,"I love you to the moon, I love you to the sun, etc." I said, "I love you to Venus" and Kai responded, "I love you to the penis"...LOL!
Clay: Ephraim, why do you always copy me? Ephraim: Because I love ya.
Kai was playing with his train the other day and I overheard him saying, "You can do it Thomas" and of course I was thinking Thomas the kid's engine, and then I heard him say, " You can do it, Thomas Monson"...LOL!
Kai always sleeps in my bed. One day I asked him why he didn't like his bed and he said,"It's too fluffy."
Whenever asked any question from "What is your name?" to "What do you want to do today?", Kai always responds with "Quesadilla".
Kai spent a couple months calling everyone "boob-butt" (boob was taken from the recent Horton Hears a Who movie).
When Kai wants to be picked up he says, "Grab me".
All my boys sing the song Paradise City by Guns N' Roses...embarassing.
When you ask Kai his name he says "Coc-head"- he means coconut head.
In between Conference sessions they played the movie "The Other side of Heaven" and during the scene where the rats are chewing on his feet Kai yells, "Wake up Dude!"
Ephraim says' That's ridiculous!"
When I ask Kai anything he shakes his head violently and says, "No-no!"
Clay told me that he was making funny faces in his class and that the girls were laughing. I asked him if the boys laughed too; he said, "no, they got mad". He told me he likes girls better then boys because they're "pretty". Oh boy!
Clay had some food stuck in his throat and I told him to drink some water to wash it down. He said, "I think I need to use a screw to get it out"- OUCH!
I told Clay that if he ate all his veggies he would be big and strong like his daddy. He said, " Well, that's not strong enough".
Clay turned to me after a meal and said, "Thanks for making dinner Mom". Then he turned to Jon and said, "Thanks, Dad". Jon responded a bit surprised, "What for, I didn't do anything?" Clay replied, "For working". WOW!
Josh came over and was checking out our pear tree in the front yard and Clay put his face up real close to him and said, "Jesus made the pears, Uncle Josh." Josh said he felt like he was in church! HA HA
Clay was being a stinker and I told him to "please be more obedient Clayton Ryan" and he responded, "I'm not Clayton I'm Nephi" and my mom told him that Nephi would be obedient to his parents. So, after some thought he replied, "Oh, I'm not Nephi".
When they don't like a food the boys say its too "spicy".
When something is too hard for the boys to do they say its too "heavy".
My boys both say, "I don't want that ever ever again, so there!"
Clay informed me the other day that he also liked Momma's milk (like baby Kai). I told him that he drank cow's milk like Mommy and Daddy and after a moments thought he said "No, I just drink seahorse milk!"