Spring Break- Seattle

Following Kevin's interview Thursday we headed up to Seattle to go see Scott and Adrienne. (Okay lets be honest it was to go see Savannah). We got there just in time for dinner on Thursday and enjoyed a yummy dinner and had some good catching up time. Savannah was cute and very friendly with me from the beginning, however she took a minute to warm up to Kevin (opposite of London).

Friday Kevin and I headed downtown Seattle. We got the city pass so we decided to try and use it as much as possible. We started the morning off with a harbor cruise. Although the weather was supposed to be rainy, it ended up being really sunny so we enjoyed the fresh air, sunshine, beautiful scenery, and all the information that was told to us about the city. We then headed over to the aquarium. It was fun aquarium (especially the sea otters). We stopped for lunch at Ivars and then headed up to Pikes Market. We enjoyed the gum wall, all the beautiful flowers, fresh fruit, and of course the people watching. We ended the night by going on a walk to find a "little Italy" that did not exist. And then to The Pink Door, a yummy Italian resteraunt where we enjoyed some yummy Lasagna.

Harbor Cruise

Seattle Skyline

Petting Zoo at the aquarium

Octupus

Sea otters showing off

Gum wall

Pikes Market

Saturday we spent the day with Scott and Adrienne. We went out to lunch at a chowder house (yum!) and then went and enjoyed the sunshine at Point Defiance Park and then went around the city enjoying some more sights.

Sunday was Easter and it was spent at church and enjoying the sunshine and the company. And this cute little girl.

Monday we headed down town again. We started the day off at the Zoo (My choice) and then to the science museum. We had a free Imax documentary so we went to watch that and then started exploring.
                                   

Thanks for the view Mr. Bear

Scott and Adrienne were able to meet up with us there so we spent a few hours exploring and acting like little kids again. Kevin and I went next door to the space needle (beautiful from up top) and then met up with them again for dinner at the Cheesecake Factory.

Tuesday was our day of parting. We had to say goodbye to Scott, Adrienne, and Savannah in Seattle, and then I had to say goodbye to Kevin at the Portland airport. It was such a fun, relaxing trip, full of lots of sea food (mmm) (TMI: my urine smelled like Sea food for days) and Great company. It was fun to actually really get to know Scott and Adrienne better and spend some time with them and Savannah. Thanks Scott and Adrienne for a great trip. Tell Savannah that Kevin and Kallie will be back to visit soon!

Spring Break (Oregon)

This year spring break was a bitter sweet situation. I was very much looking forward to spring break and a get away (I was getting pretty worn out) but spring break also meant packing Kevin up and moving him to Oregon.  So when Friday rolled around I was both really excited and very nervous for the next couple weeks. Our spring break was only a Thursday, Friday, and Monday (Okay lets be honest that is not a spring break more like just a long weekend). Due to it being so short I had to take 4 days off of school. I took Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (had Thursday, Friday, and Monday off for spring break) and Tuesday. So on Friday the 30th we headed to Caldwell where we stayed at Uncle Steves, and then woke up and drove the rest of the way to Grants Pass on Saturday. We of course stopped in Bend at the duck store to buy us a new sticker (since our last one was taken away with our shattered window). After Bend we hit some snow but not enough to slow us down too much. We arrived in Grants Pass just in time to send Kevin off to Priesthood. I spent the night with Shelby and the kids.

Sunday was spent watching conference and spending time at Jeff and Shelby's and playing the the kids. The exciting part about Sunday was Kevin received an email at about 10:30 that night from Oregon with an interview invitation. Talk about perfect timing. Anyways Monday he called and set up his interview for Thursday. The rest of the week is kind of a blur we went to a party at the office, did some babysitting, and a lot of relaxing.

Kevin and London's Pouty faces

"Hey Mr. Alligator can't catch me, can't catch me"

Wednesday we headed off to Portland. We first stopped by the Portland Temple, only to put the car in park right as a big hale storm started. We ran to visitors center and enjoyed a quick but fascinating tour. Once the hale and rain subsided we spent some time wandering around the grounds and admiring the beautiful grounds and enjoying the peace that always comes when you are at the temple. 

We then headed past Portland and made our way to Multanomah Falls. It was beautiful but cold. So we spent a few minutes enjoying the beauty and then headed down town to our hotel. Our hotel was about 10 min from campus so we decided to drive over to campus so I knew where I was going in the morning. Side note- I hate driving in cities so I was petrified to have to drive Kevin to his interview and back to the hotel by myself. However after driving it a couple times I got the routine down and felt somewhat comfortable driving him. We then spent the rest of the night relaxing and getting ready for the next day.

Thursday consisted of taking Kevin to his interview and me going back to the hotel and doing poetry lessons. I picked Kevin up a little after 2 and we then headed North towards Seattle. Kevin said he thought the interview went well (they were really impressed with his letter of recommendation from Kent Granat). So now we wait...