Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Annual trip to Manito Lights

Every holiday season we either go to the Nutcracker or the Symphony. We also go to Manito Lights - where volunteers decorate the conservatory with holiday lights. It's awesome. The photos can't quite capture how magical it is.







Cool old Jade tree.


Family Pics this December


At the Xmas Tree Elegance.


Our house is safe with Clone Trooper Matthew.



Kyra and her dog Ginger.



Look at those cute kids.

Pacific Science Center

On of Matthew's favorite places in Seattle is the Pacific Science Center. And, they had a special Harry Potter exhibit. How cool is that! No photos allowed in the special exhibit though.


Curt's Aunt Jenny, her grandson Aiden and Kyra. Kyra doesn't want to ride the catepiller.


Matthew and Yaseen (the oldest son of one of Margee's oldest friends, Megan, they've been friends since preschool - over 34 years!)



Matthew and Mateen (Megan's youngest son) riding the catepiller.


The butterfly exhibit is totally awesome. We could spend all day there.


Curt, Kyra and Megan. Kyra must have had some good boogers, in most photos of the day, she had a finger in her nose!


Megs, Margs and Kyra.


Pile-up on the slide!


That was fun, let's do it again!


Kyra and a red sports car.


Kyra had fun in the toddler section at the science center.


We're waiting for Matt and Curt to get out of the Harry Potter exhibit - Kyra had a meltdown, so we left. It was a long, cold wait! But we had a nice view of the space needle (below).




The troll under the freemont bridge - always fun to visit.


And climb!


Curt's favorite statue in the area.















Thanksgiving Dinner at Curt's Aunt Jenny's

We went to Seattle for Turkey Day because Curt's mother (Connie), brother (Chris), sister (Adrienne) and her daughter, Porshe were all in town visiting. Curt has an Aunt (Jenny) and cousins that live in the Seattle-area. Ususally when we visit Seattle, we get to visit with some part of Aunt Jenny's family.

Unfortunately, during this visit, I didn't get any photos with Connie and her grandkids, Kyra and Matthew. Connie is good at hiding from the camera.

We had a great time visiting with everyone. I think it's been almost three years since Curt saw his mother.


Adrienne and Kyra.


Porsche and Curt. Porshe is Curt's oldest neice, she graduated from high school and is working at a childcare center at the AFB in San Angelo. This was her first paid vacation - checking out the sights in Seattle.



Chris, Brent, Renee, Adrienne, Matthew, Porche, Kyra, Curt, Alicia, Aiden, Cynthia




Chris and Kyra.

Thanksgiving Morning at the Zoo


A snowy morning at the Zoo. And we had the place almost to ourselves, being Thanksgiving and all.











It was too cold outside for the gorillas, but the statues were fun to play with.






The bears were out. Bears are Kyra's favorite animals.

Bath fun


Bath is one of Kyra's favorite things.

Snow Play

Time to play in the snow!




Hockey Time



Getting ready to go to hockey early one Sat. morning.



Who's that cool hockey dude? In the video below, Matt's in the red and navy jersey, #12.