Barf Bag Buddies

No need for me to supply the anti-boredom activities for the plane ride to UT.  Southwest Airlines did a superb job!

Barf Bag Buddies perform best when empty:)

Liars

Weather people are such liars!  That forecast totally understated the highs AND lows for this week.  The first night we are home from UT, we can't even sleep in our own beds.  The squirrels are camped out in our piano room for the duration of this disgustingly rude heat wave.  

Yesterday, the day we returned home from UT, the record high was 103 degrees!  Today, 102 degrees.  After an orthodontist appointment this morning, I spent the afternoon in the dining room playing the piano with all the girls' fans blowin' my way.  I played for hours and hours, my back and brain sufficiently sore, but I didn't hardly break a sweat:)

Tomorrows forecast is upper  80's.  Humph.....we'll see.

Melting!

This is S.L.C. Utah's weather forecast this week. Looks pretty good, huh?! Last week was a whole different story. Yesterday was a new record for the high: 107 degrees! Sick. Gross. Disgustingly wrong. But tomorrow's the beginning of a nice cool down. Too bad we have to leave in the middle of it. Too bad for us, as you will see the NW weather forecast below.

I thought Utah weather was hot! This is the weather back home in Washington. Glad we're where there's air conditioning! Unfortunately, we will get a sample of this disgusting NW heat wave upon our arrival:(

Remember, we don't have air conditioning in the NW!!!

I'm going to DIE!

Ew. Sick. Gross. Disgustingly Wrong!

Just a Girls' Day Out (part 1)

My sister and her two girls came to visit us on their way to Victoria Island. We sluffed school (freakin' Washingtonians think school should take half of our summer!) and met them at the Science Center.  "Free" is always great incentive for a visit!

I wish I could figure out how to do picture collages. Then there wouldn't be so many pictures to look at. But since I'm not savvy enough, and I don't feel like doing another slide show, this will just be a long post:)

Brynn, Emma, Sarah, Kara, Livvy, and Emily on the caterpillar statue in the Insect Village.

Gross!  Which makes them cool!  They're a delicacy. :)

Yummmmm!

Naked Moles.  Only their mother could love 'em.

Isn't he soooo cute!   Totally made me laugh!  I can't remember what it is.  It's gotta be some kind of salamander.  It was completely submerged in the water tank and just hamming it up for the camera!

This is one of the only pictures Sarah willingly let me take.  I think it was one of the very first ones taken.  She got smarter as the day wore on.

Emily & Livvy at the Giant's Table.

I didn't even know they had a "tide pool" here.  But the girls were quick to find it!  It was just enough to whet their appetites for the Seattle Aquarium.   

Notice the back of Sarah's head?  Turkey-butt!

This is the butterfly of the month.  

Chrysalis Window.  Those 2 butterflies just emerged that day & were still drying out their wings.

These butterflies LOVED Emily!  She had one on her 3 or 4 different times and they sat there forever!  

This butterfly is the favorite.  So beautiful!

It's always fun when you're the destination of the butterflies resting pedestal!

Are we having fun yet?

Sarah had some land on her, too.

  She continued to stick her arm out hoping for another landing.  

This represents the seagull attack we experienced while trying to eat our snacks outside.  I was talking to my sister and then saw a seagull swooping in from behind her, aiming for our food.  Korin couldn't see the pesky thing coming.  I screamed ('cause that's what we do at our house to scare crows & seagulls away) and Korin totally did a girly scream & jumped up & ran away from the table.  By then all the girls were screaming.  It was hilarious!!!   We all had a great laugh at ourselves and we all agreed that it was a favorite part of the day!

Groovin' Gals

While my sister & her girls were in Canada, the squirrels & I decided to take an afternoon to tie-dye shirts for everyone.  It was a lot of fun!   Then we took pics of just us Groovin Gals!  This was the last night they were here in Washington.  It just wasn't enough time for anyone:(  Next time we'll have to make it a Girls Week!