What a {FUN} weekend...

...a couple weekends ago we all jumped in the car and headed over the snowy pass and went to celebrate my sweet niece Brinley's Birthday! We arrived in Mount Vernon late on Friday night because I had to work...we arrived at about 10pm seeing her decorating her own {MUSTACHE} cake! ...rolling out the marshmallow fondant and covering her chocolate frosted pound cake...I was very impressed with her kitchen skills.

...we were looking forward to this weekend away...it was going to be filled with FUN..family...and adventures!!! ...not to mention snow and LOTS of it!!!
Saturday we woke up to rain, snow, sleet...and snow again...I don't think the weather could decide what it really wanted to do...but then it decided on SNOW...we had a delicious breakfast and then headed to Seattle...by the time we got to Seattle the weather was great and the sun was out! ...our first stop...Archie McPhee's...all the kids had a great time shopping...have you ever been there? What a CRAZY store! ...then we went to see the Fremont Toll...

Aunt Ashley is telling the kids all about the Troll under the bridge...I can't believe we've never heard of this place before...right now it's under construction...but it was still a BUSY attraction...
...the sun was BRIGHT...can you see Mason and Camryn...what are you two digging for? ...are they actually picking the Troll's nose!!! LOL Brinley is trying to gather everyone else up for a picture...before the rest of the tourists get up there...Kelli...can you believe I DID NOT get a single shot of them all up there together? I will send you what I have though ;)

...after visiting the Troll we went down to the Ye ol' Curiosity Shop...Aunt Ashley just spoils the kids...here she just gave them a coin to have some creepy lady in a box give them their fortune...as you can tell from the picture...the kids thought it was pretty neat!

and then we had a delicious lunch/Dinner at The Crab Pot...Yummy...
...Sunday morning we woke up to MORE snow...church had been cancelled but that did cancel our plans to drive to the Beach and cross the bridge!!!


Sunday Night we had a {TACO BAR} and Ted and Ashley ventured out in the snow and enjoyed a delicious dinner with all of us...it was wonderful to have dinner together as a family...play games...laugh...and just enjoy one another...we were just missing one very important person...peepaw!
...Ted...I don't know how you managed it...but you didn't get yourself in one single picture!

...as the weekend came to an end we decided it was time to celebrate Camryn's Birthday just a bit early...we hit the American Girl store and Build-a-Bear...
before leaving the West Side...
...and we had to stop and eat...we stopped at this amazing little place called Triple XXX Burgers...where I got this...and it was {amazing}...
...this little place had this old time feel...my dad would have {LOVED} it! ...we told our sweet little waitress we were celebrating Camryn's Birthday early...and this is what they did for her...I thought Camryn might cry...but she held it together...she totally doesn't like things like this...
...and then it was {finally} time to start heading back over the snowy pass...and just like that our weekend was over...
*** most of these photos were taken with my iphone...it's just so much more convienent...plus...I need someone who will some me how to use my new camera...I've had it now for 4 months...I still haven't figured it out!