summer 2011: washington style

we flew home from washington state and arrived at 5pm yesterday. we're leaving at 5:30 tonight so i can catch the train to NYC for five days. in that short time frame we've discovered a hole chewed through our bag of bread and part of about 3 slices chewed by a mouse. AND we've removed almost every item from our basement due to insane flooding. ohhhhhhhh the joys of home ownership.

our trip to seattle/the suburbs was beautiful! it was much colder than i expected (high of 75 and mostly about 63 the rest of the week!) but at the same time incredibly refreshing and crisp. basically no humidity. mountains everywhere. gracious/generous hosts. here are just a few photos...
the bridge at deception pass.
the dogs thought joel was so much fun. they're right, of course.
snow covered mountains! in august!

space needle in seattle
someone made this cool fort on the beach so joel tried it out...

we spent most of one day in this car. so we documented that. ha.
dutch windmill over a coffee shop.
joel tried to give caitlin a flower, but she didn't want it. so he wore it instead.