Seattle/New Pool

I was pretty spoiled this summer. After our San Francisco adventure, I jetted off to Seattle with my sisters and Callie for the Harry Styles concert. We had planned for a long time. It kind of snuck up on us. We arrived very early in the morning (we left for Bozeman at 4:00 am) and wandered Seattle until our hotel room was ready.

If I lived in Seattle, I would go broke buying flowers, fruit, and seafood. These were gorgeous!

Mmm...all of us were excited to have some fresh sea food while we were there.

We literally had nothing to do the first day that we were there. We decided to hit up the aquarium because...why not? Animals are cute! Kels was quite brave feeling all the sea creatures. I did too. Erica and Callie, not so much. These sea cucumbers were so slimy!

The sea urchin hugs your finger!

Twinsies under some moon jellyfish!

My traveling companions. Erica looked way too nice to be hanging out with us.

We caught a sea lion show. They were quite entertaining!

Nice jump!

My favorite! These otters were so cute! One of them was giving the other one a massage and cleaning his fur. They are adorable.

Clam chowder time. It was so good.

It's vacation! You can enjoy an adult beverage with lunch.

Callie and I wandered into a Donald Trump protest while we were shopping. We were impressed by the paper mache head they made. If you know me at all, you know I'm not a fan. We enjoyed this!

We also wandered into a giant Polish festival. They had singing, history, crafts, and food. It was pretty cool!

You have to have Starbucks if you are in Seattle. It's a rule I think.

This beer festival looked pretty insane. Tickets were way too expensive though. We just people watched.

Harry! He sounded absolutely perfect, and we had a blast.

Our seats were really good. He was about four people away from us for a couple songs.

He looked very fancy that evening.

He can play guitar now too. Who knew?

Anyway, we had a lot of fun. It was nice to just wander and visit. 3 days was perfect too. We were ready to get back.

We arrived back just in time to taste test this cupcake war. Teague had really wanted to have a "bake-off" for awhile. Kyle helped them, and they all tasted great. We had classic red velvet, a vanilla with fruit, smore's, and chocolate. Yum!

We finally made it to the new pool! Butte passed a bond a couple of years ago to build a new water facility. It was so worth it! By the end of the summer, the Parks Department said they doubled initial expectations. I know we loved it!

Kyle and Teague had fun in the lazy river.

Sisters and their boys - what a cute picture!

Hawkins is such a little weirdo sometimes, in the best way! He loves his Mama.

Baby Cooper enjoys the pool also. When it gets to hot, he likes dipping his feet in. He's such an easy going baby!

Hawkins loves the Boo, and she loves him too.

Happy children eating a pretzel.

Buster loves to dig. Teague made a hole in the yard for a plant, but it was too shady next to the lilac bushes. Now Buster just uses it to dig. As you can see, he gets just a little messy...

One more pool day! My friend Alicia was in for a visit. Ave and her little Brooklyn had a lot of fun playing together. She has sweet kids.

Bryson and Teague had fun too. We always love seeing them!