First week in WA

1 View from our guest house in Lemolo. It has been unseasonably cool and grey but the sun has peeked out a few times! The boys are settling right in and insisting they are not cold. Sam hasn't worked a zipper on a sweatshirt before so that kept him busy here for a bit.	2 Despite being concerned about the light keeping them up in the morning, they are sleeping in just fine. It gets light here reaaaally early.	3 On our way to pick up the truck at the port of Seattle!	4 Ferry ride time!
5 A little tired, and a little in awe.	6 There's the same radar thing that was in Pearl Harbor!	7 Pulling back into Bainbridge - Eagle Harbor I think?	8 Signing for our house! The day has gone like clockwork - on time or early for everything. Wow! We had a funny moment when from under the table Sam says "Ooooh...[tap tap tap] whose shoes are these??!" He was tapping on the escrow officer's shoes! I guess he was enthralled with seeing something other than slippers :) We were all laughing. Well, maybe Dave wasn't.
9 Finally seeing our new house!!! At the end of the driveway they spied some blue spruce trees that will look amazing decorated for Christmas! Ben sees all these pine trees and says "oooh! Christmas twees!"	10 A little bird house on our property. The see attracts rats, though...hmmm...not so keen on that.	11 Dave took a picture of the beer selection. He was excited about that. So many options here! Not just the container's contents for the week - but anything you want!	12 Dessert at the Marina Park in Poulsbo. Sam really enjoyed his clam chowder at JJs!
13 At Battle Point Park playground on Thurs - less than two days after flying in. Thursday was about finding some shoes, pants, long sleeve shirts. It is a bit chilly - more like spring weather than summer. Makes the boys frisky!	14	15 I found cute shoes by New Balance - they worked out really well chasing kids on the playground! I was an instant hit - all the kids wanted me to chase them and growl. I managed to get stung by a bee today while on a run to my friend's house. I think the bee was baffled by my shorts (which I refuse to take off even though it is too cold for them). The bee got caught in my hair (perhaps because I had also refused to wash the saltwater out yet! - kidding! ) and when I tried to get it out it stung me!	16 New friends on the playground.
17 Lots and lots of room to run!	18	19	20 The Marina in Bainbridge. The rowing club was hanging out by their shells. I'm going to have to check that out.
21 A little walk along the waterfront before dinner.	22 Bainbridge is a mixture of English country, Saratoga shops, and European sensibility.	23 Delphiniums? Huge ones?	24 Flowers all over.
25 At dinner at Local Harvest - they partner with local farmers and MAN WAS IT GOOD.	26 The herbs were so fresh we were scraping leftovers off the table!	27 First morning in WA! Walking the beach at the guest house to see what creatures can be found. New pants and shoes!	28 Taking bunny out for a stroll with chocolate milk in hand. These boys are well loved. That is their "coffee" on weekend mornings.
29 Sam just looks so grown-up in pants. I can't get over it.	30 Sam found a crab! They are QUITE slow-moving here. Even I could catch one. Must be the cold.	31 Sam gave him a "ball" to play with. They are REALLY into playing ball - any kind of ball - right now.	32 Brothers on a walk.
33 Found these pants at a consignment store in Poulsbo. Really love Rumplenewskins. They were here when Sam was a baby. We bought his crib there, actually.	34 Love this fence. I want to do this on our driveway. Looks easy, doesn't it?	35 Showing Gramma around the new house! These are the gardens.	36 Look - strawberries!
37	38 A hydrangea! I love them!	39 Picked for mommy!	40 Aw - both boys brought me a hydrangea!
41 Trying to get a shot of two boys with mom...well...	42 This is the best we got!	43 I'm about to be knocked over by one!	44 Dessert at a concert we attended at Island Music Center - they put shows on every Friday for $10. I had made note of a few before we left Oahu as well so we could get right in on the music scene. This is where Sam will likely take lessons...along with Dave and Ben.
45 Visiting a favorite playground. They LOVE this merry-go-round!	46 Shaka, brah!	47 Funny face for friends back in Hawaii :)	48 Seeing Led Ka'apana at the Treehouse Cafe in Lynnwood Center (Bainbridge). I ordered tickets from Hawaii - couldn't believe he was going to be there! The crowd of over 100 in this little restaurant went wild for him. His laugh is so infectious and his music is compelling. Loved it.
49 Kama'aina dancers in the audience joined him on stage.	50	51 Going for a kayak ride with Sam in his own shell!	52 He really looks proficient, doesn't he? The tidal current as we got out a little further did annoy him for a bit but he kept wrestling with technique until he made good progress. Proud of him.
53 Off we go!	54 See the Olympic Mountains in the distance?	55 The guest house lawn overlooking the cove.	56
57 Sam did the polar bear swim across the cove - see his kayak in the distance where he beached it?	58 Dave and I kayaked around to a home we almost rented in Lemolo.	59 Dave's breakfast at Cafe Nola. I think he was in heaven. Salmon benedict I think?	60 On a motorboat ride with Mr. Wade - our host.
61 Ben and Sam taking it all in. Little do they know this thing has a big motor!	62 Whoa!	63 They really loved it! We are on our way out to see seals!	64
65 There they are!	66 I think this is the best shot we've taken as a family - just missing Dave!	67	68 Molly I thought of you and all your water skiing fun in TN!
69 Richard, Dave and Mom on their way out to check crab pots at sunset.	70	71	72 They hauled in probably a dozen?