Grandpa & Grandma Visit Bellingham

Grandma and Grandpa had a great visit with Josh, Cheryl and Noah this last weekend. It was good to get away and spend a few quite days in Bellingham with family and without church or business meetings getting into the way. It has been a long time in coming. I think the last time we were at Cheryl and Josh's was last spring.

Thursday evening after the bishop was done with his interviews we headed to Cheryl and Josh's to visit for a couple of days. We went to the park, did some shopping, and celebrated Noah's first birthday. He really liked his first "Tonka Truck" and Legos . . .
If you run over the legos the dump truck picks them up
and puts them into the truck, kind of like a street sweeper.and his carwash magnets . . .
which teaches colors, vehicle names and sounds as you mix and match truck, car, plane, tractor, and many more pieces to create different vehicle combinations.

Every combination sings a song and all the pieces are magnetic.

Their front door is metal so Noah takes them on & off the door and likes to push the music buttons a lot. Sometimes he figures out that the vehicles can fit in the carwash. He played with them every chance he got.
Okay, being grandma makes me a bit prejudice!

He also got some new boots from Uncle Chris. . . . that he tried on but found that they were a bit too big....

He wore them for a very short time until he decided he had had enough. . .We also went to Larrabee State Park on Friday and had a great time outdoors and while we were there we discovered some of Noah's favorite things to do.

Here are some of them:
Noah likes . . .
. . . riding on Grandpa's shoulders

the slide . . . of course . . .

....to run everywhere now that he can,

especially when he is unhooked from his leash!
"I wonder how far I can go before they catch me? Ha...Ha...Ha....try to catch me now!"
Then we took him down to the beach and found that he liked more then anything. . .
. . . playing in the sand and
the feel of it running through his fingers . . .
. . . over and over
and over. . .
. . . until we decided to move farther down the beach
Where are we going Gama?! Is there sand there too?!
(At least that is what it looked like he was thinking)
He does say "Hi there!" and "mama", and "dada."
I found that Grandpa enjoyed spending time with Noah
as well as taking a few minutes in the shade with his new toy! His iphone!
The rocks were fun but Noah had enough of that and wanted to get down again, so we went back to the park and then to dinner.
And Finally BATHTIME. . . .
WOW!! Look what I can do when I push up in the faucet!

We had a great time and can't wait until we can go back again!