grandma jan's may visit

we did lots of fun stuff and had beautiful weather while my mom was in town for the last week. she has been here quite a few times over the last 3 years, so there isn't a whole lot of "new" stuff to do, but we did squeeze a few things in. here are the highlights: 

wednesday

my mom arrived at noon. we picked up azalea from school (early release day) and then took the kids to ross park for an hour. we hung out with martine and the kids out front (driveway happy hour!), had dinner at home and visited with thatcher the rest of the night

thursday

we walked to the locks in the morning with ashford,

then went to rays for lunch. i love that place in the spring/summer. makes me feel like i'm on vacation :) 

then we walked the path at golden gardens park. it was such a beautiful day!

  we had dinner and hung out at home in the evening with thatcher and the kids. and packed for our getaway to leavenworth!

friday

thatcher and i went to leavenworth (as recapped in my last post). my mom took the kids to the hi life restaurant for dinner and got them ice cream at the grocery store :)

saturday

thatcher and i were gone til dinner time. my mom took the kids to the library and played lots of games at our apartment with them. they were super into yahtzee, marbles, and solitaire (on her phone) all week. we picked up mod pizza for dinner after we got home.

sunday

my mom, azalea, and i went to the ballard farmer's market in the morning. thatcher had to work in the afternoon, so my mom and i took the kids to the woodland playground and then to azalea's soccer game. i'm glad my mom got to watch her play! we were all overdressed though and were roasting on the bleachers. oops. we made dinner at home that night and all hung out.

monday

both kids had school, so my mom and i had a special date to the chihuly museum at seattle center. my mom had been wanting to go and i had never been there. i'm so glad we went. the art was beautiful and it was nice to spend some kid-free time with her :) 

 they take your picture for free, which is really nice!

we even had time to grab lunch after at a cuban place in ballard that i've been wanting to go to. it was delicious! 

we hung out with the kids the rest of the day and made dinner at home. thatcher and i got to sneak away for a walk together around ballard at sunset. it was a beautiful night!

the week went too fast as usual. thankfully we will be back in minneapolis to visit in 7 weeks. here's one more pic of the kids and my mom:

also, my brother and some of our family from new jersey will be visiting in mid june. so much fun stuff on the horizon! i love this time of year. before we know it, school will be getting out! what?!