Seattle Trip Day 1-Aquarium and Space Needle

We had a bunch of hotel and airline points due to Kody's planning when we were spending a ton on finishing our basement, so we decided to take Tessa and Mal with us to see Seattle (Kylie had a fun trip back East and Baylor is still a handful).  It was the girl's first trip flying.

They were so EXCITED!

When we got to Seattle we picked up our rental car and headed to Becca's apratment. She took us to get some awesome sushi!

We lucked out on this Seattle City Pass that gave us discount tickets to all th best venues in Seattle.

Our first stop was the aquarium.

We saw the most awesome fish and otters.

We got to see them feed an octopus and we stayed until almost closing and the employees let us feed the sea urchins sea weeds...it was the coolest thing ever!

Then we headed for the Space Needle.

While we waited we found these cool flowers that play music and played at this awesome park nearby.

We lucked out on some beautiful clear weather and were able to see the whole city from the top of the space needle and we planned it just right so we could be on top at sunset.

We ended with some awesome seafood at Ivar's. Tessa loved the Clam Chowder. Becca always knows the best places to eat.

It's GREAT to be EIGHT!

This was Tessa's special year.  I really talked with her about getting baptized being her choice because of the obligations and scaredness of the ordinance.  We loved taking pictures at the temple and her baptism day was so special!