A beautiful day in Seattle

It was a beautiful weekend in Seattle, which was much needed. We have had a lot of grey skies and plenty of rain droplets. I know, for those of you outside of Seattle you aren't surprised at all. However, in reality, it is shocking how grey and miserable our "summer" has been so far. So, when Stephanie and I realized that it was going to be a nice day, we decided to take Jace out for a walk. We agreed to go to Golden Gardens and get Jace's feet sandy for the first time....



On our walk we saw many friendly critters basking in the glorious sun.





(that's right, the elusive black dove!)

And then there was this guy who made plenty of friends quickly...



(Look in his hands, you can see the tail feathers of a hungry bird, eating seed)

Taking Jace down to the water was awesome, he just loved it!



And here he is getting his feet sandy for the first time!



Of course we had to clean them off. What better way than to take a splash in the ocean!



On the way back to the stroller, Jace asked to play with the beach wildlife.



After our excursion to the water, we decided to walk the other way a long the beach and to just people watch. Well, we ran into our friends Jason and Cindy Goldner!



Little did we know that Cindy's dad was such a pusher of food. They were bbqing and we could not leave until we ate (and even after we ate, her dad still tried to make us eat more, how do Cindy and Jason stay so skinny?)



(Jace wanted the bbq chicken, he tried real hard to grab it)

And we all know that Stephanie loves her meat products!



Cindy's dad loves kids and he was super excited to hold Jace and share with him the art of bbqin.



What a day! It was great to spend it with the family and run into friends and walk the beach and and and..... So many great things about the day. In the end, we were very pleased to accomplish one of our goals for the day.