Summer Activities

Mid summer already and we hadn't been to the farmer's market yet ... until a couple of weeks ago.

We got there a bit earlier than noon because this place attracts quite a bit of people.

Saw this monster of a dog. I think great danes are very cool but I would be a bit scared to own one because they are so enormous ... and having to walk this type of dog could most definitely be a disaster.

There are several flower stands and I happened to spot this pretty bouquet but we continued to walk. I thought, surely they will still be there after we ate.

This is what I was looking for during our visit. I've had their chicken nachos before and I loved them. I had been craving them for months since the only place I can get them at is here. This business doesn't have a restaurant, they just make their business at this farmers market. I wonder if they maybe go around different farmers market around the Seattle area throughout the year. Hmm, I should go back sometime soon and ask them because it would sure be nice to have loaded chicken nachos every now and then.

Delicious! and their lemonade is very refreshing.

Sydna got what I got. Jacob got a salmon po'boy and Nathan got this yummy looking pizza. Oh man, it took everything I had not to ask him for a slice ... cause you all know that pizza is my favorite food in the world!

Riley made friends with a little girl and they were running in circles around the tree but you see that low limb there? Well, the little girl was having such a good time that she failed to duck and she ended up hitting her head and running to her momma. Poor thing. That was the end of that.

After we were done eating, we walked around the stands again and I stopped at the flower one I had spotted those pretty bouquets at but they were all gone. Gasp! Horrible. So, we asked the guy if he could make me my own personal bouquet and he agreed. I chose red/orange dahlia's and white hydrangeas. He kept wanting to throw in some pink flowers and I kept saying no.

Isn't it pretty?!

Thank you so much husband. Love you!

There were several guys crab fishing and Jacob had spotted some in the water and was showing Riley. We saw one guy throw a crab back in the water and Jacob asked him why. He said that soft shell crabs are illegal to catch. ... Oh! We didn't know that.

After the farmer's market we drove to Tacoma.

We had been wanting to go to the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium since we moved here and we finally did. We had decided earlier this year that once our membership to the other zoo {Woodland Park zoo} had expired that we would purchase the membership at Point Defiance. Jacob had the idea of buying tickets then if we liked it we would buy the membership.
The view was so pretty, so I thought surely the zoo would be awesome.

It was windy. I loved that but it was a very warm day so we walked over to the aquarium thinking that it would be cool in there. It was not. I couldn't believe it. I was dying in there. Sweating like crazy so I began searching for the exit sign and went outside where it was at least windy and cool if you stood in the shade.

The shark tank was pretty cool though.

There was an area where we thought it looped but when we got to the end of the trail we were devastated to realize that it was a dead end. Boy! I told Jacob that I almost collapsed from heat exhaustion and from despair. It was a hot day and this zoo was on a hill so you can imagine how tiring it was walking here on such a hot day. I was so discouraged.

At one point Jacob said, "there's supposed to be animals at the zoo right. Where are the animals?" Seriously, it felt like we had to walk a good distance in between animal exhibits. We compared this zoo to the Dallas Zoo. Aesthetically they are pleasing to the eye but when it comes to how many animals a zoo houses well, these two zoo's are at the bottom of our list. Even the Tucson zoo is better than these two.

Before we left we let Riley play in the children's section. After he was done climbing this rope web we were done.

Not buying membership at this zoo before we went inside was the smartest thing. We would have regretted it. Although we didn't care for it, Riley had a good time. That was the only thing that made it worthwhile. Seeing him having a good time on this warm day was worth every drop of sweat.
Needless to say, we wont be coming back. We will be buying the Woodland Park Zoo membership again. That zoo is nice and has a decent amount of animals plus, it's close to several parks and lots of restaurants.

Once we got home I immediately went upstairs to my bedroom to shower. Cannot stand being sweaty. After we've all had freshened up we enjoyed some cinnabon and watched my favorite show, A Haunting Of ....

It was such a nice ending to a long day.

Libby is a long hair cat. Since she's gotten older she really has lacked on giving herself a good grooming so the fur on her belly has become matted. I felt bad for her and I'm sure that couldn't feel good. The knots were probably pulling on her skin so I asked Jacob if he could shave her all over her belly and the backs of her hind legs. She had several big knots.
She didn't fuss or meowed. She didn't fight me as I held her. We kept talking to her, telling her sweet things. It wasn't until the end when Jacob was shaving behind her hind legs that she got impatient and began to freak out a little. She began to meow and squirm and as soon as Jacob was done with that last big knot we let her go.

I'm allergic to cats and because of the fur that was flying around I immediately began to sneeze and got a runny nose. I didn't dare touch my eyes because that would have been devastating. Even after I washed my hands and arms and rinsed my face and changed my top I still couldn't stop sneezing. My nose was all stuffy. I don't have any allergy pills because in all reality I don't ever get this bad. It wasn't until I was dozing off at night that I noticed my sneezing had stopped. Thankfully I woke up the next morning with no symptoms.


Lord,
Thankful for all that we get to enjoy and for continuing to be a strong knit family. May we always seek each other's company. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.