A Pacific Northwest Vacation

(I apologize in advance for some of the formatting. I wasn't watching when uploading the pictures and selected the wrong format)

We started of 2010 with a 10 day vacation to the Pacific Northwest. We flew out New Years Day headed for Seattle where we spent the night downtown then headed to Anacortes for the weekend. The kids did great making the traveling much easier. The weather was another story. It managed to rain most of the time and was cold and pretty cloudy but that didn't stop us from having a good time. Here's a look at our vacation in pictures.

A view of Anacortes, WA from Cap Sante nearing sunset (4:30 pm).















Haley and Daddy





We took a Ferry ride to Friday Harbor. In the winter they do not run as many ferries so we were only able to stop long enough for lunch but Haley really enjoyed the ride on the boat





Outside on the deck with Mt. Baker in the background. It was too cold for Jackson

Haley's favorite place to hang out

Arriving at Friday Harbor

The ride back. Haley giving her baby brother kisses
The weather cleared up just enough to get a beautiful picture of Mt. Baker

We then drove up to the top of Mt. Erie. It was really cold and windy up there. Good thing the kids fell asleep in the car.

Next we went down to Deception Pass. Jackson was hungry by now...

A view of the Deception Pass bridge. It looks really small but it is huge.










And on to our trip to Whistler, British Columbia. It is about a 4 hour drive from Anacortes. Again the kids were great travelers. Haley watched movies most of the time while Jackson slept almost the entire way.

Haley outside of the hotel

One night Matt and I took Haley down the bottom of the ski slope on the sled. It was COLD but we had a blast. She kept saying "again".

Daddy and Haley built a snowman outside our window

Haley named the snowman Frosty

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Grandma took Haley up for a ride on the gondola where she got to see all the skiers and had a snack at the top. She had a good time.

Matt and Haley at the bottom of Whistler Mountain

A closeup of Princess Haley

Jackson came along for the walk but slept out in the fresh air.

While Haley was on her adventure with Grandma, Matt, Jackson and I did some shopping in the village and had some lunch. Walking back to the hotel we took a wrong turn and ended up on a cross country skiing path. It was beautiful...

But not easy to push the stroller in the thick snow!

We finally made it back home and took a rest from all the walking :) We enjoyed our time in Whistler but by the end of the trip we were ready to get back home.

We had an early morning flight out of Seattle so we decided to hang out in Seattle Monday night to break up the trip some. We had dinner at the top of the Space Needle with the entire family (us, Grandma, John, Nathan and John's girlfriend Kendall).

A view of downtown Seattle from atop the Space Needle

A ferry coming to dock

We had a great vacation and a wonderful way to start 2010. One thing I have learned with two kids now is that it is a little harder to take pictures. My resolution for the new year is to take more pictures. The kids are growing so fast! Happy New Year!!!!