The Johnston's: Snoqualmie

This past weekend, Taylor, Alli and I had the opportunity to visit some of Taylor's distant cousins who live up in Snoqualmie. The weather was horrendous so we didn't get to go hiking or visit some of the local area attractions like we had hoped to, but we did manage to visit Snoqualmie Falls for a few minutes before sight-seeing via front row van seats. Just while outside of the vehicle for 15 minutes viewing the falls, we were all soaked and freezing! My fingers were bright red from the cold. Regardless of the weather though, the falls were absolutely stunning.

Alli had a great time playing with Lucy, their 1 year old golden retriever. They were both running around like crazy girls, but once Alli had the opportunity to crash she did...HARD. I feel like Alli is a little anti-social when it comes to other dogs, but perhaps it was just the size difference. She really couldn't compete with Lucy. Her paws were half the size of Alli's head!

The sole purpose of us visiting was for us to babysit while Lori and Daryl enjoyed a night out on the town. Prior to them heading out on their date, we did a little sight seeing, chatted over pizza and played Gassy Gus. What a great game! Even the adults enjoyed it! For those who haven't played, you simply try to get rid of the cards in your hand, whoever gets them all down first wins. However, each card has some type of dinner: beans, tacos, spaghetti, etc, with a corresponding number. So for instance the beans were 6. You would have to pump up Gus' stomach (a balloon) 6 times and HOPE he didn't pass gas!!! It was hilarious!

Once the parents headed out, we watched How to Train a Dragon with the kids and made popcorn. Lena and Corbin are both so sweet and full of energy. Lena stayed up until 11:30pm (if not later) and didn't seem a bit tired! She wore us out for sure! Hide and seek, tag, puzzles....it was hard to keep up :-)