seattle trip, or "heron meets her family"

josh & i love seattle.  & we look forward to our visits there all year.  thankfully most years we can even visit more than once, if josh has shows out that way.  

we took an august trip for 2 1/2 weeks so heron could meet her family.  all of the ramsdales & garrelses (clunky, but correct!), besides me & josh, & my mom, now live in seattle (transplanted from indiana & l.a.).  so a trip to seattle means two family reunions.  this time, we travelled as a family of three.  heron had met her grandma & grandpa garrels while we were still living in indiana, but she was meeting her uncle jeff & aunt cris ramsdale, cousins lucas and wren; uncle zack & aunt gala bent, cousins ezra & solomon; aunt teal and aunt alli, for the first time.  plus, SO many of our dear muncie, indiana friends have moved there, too!  (i'll apologize in advance that she's in almost every photo... or do i have to apologize for this?)

: story time with jeff & lucas :

: carkeek park :  heron loves the forest :

: at josh's park pub show :

: we went swimming at greenlake almost every day :

: pleased to meet you :

: tree climb :

: the bird cousins, heron & wren :

i had a difficult time selecting photos, so i'm posting more on flickr.