Seattle :: week 1

i am back in Utah! and as much as i am happy to be back in my own house, i can't stand this feeling of not having my best friend beside me. we were hip to hip // inseparable // when someone would go to the bathroom we'd miss each other // constantly together for a whole month. and now she is gone. its tough i tell ya. real hard

Seattle? SO MUCH FUN. i swear every year we go it gets better and better. {2011 HERE & 2010 HERE} we headed up the day us girls got back from EFY {the 15} and drove home Saturday the 28. 2 full weeks in Washington

monday

raspberry picking, and laying out at the pool all day long! it was nice weather 50% of the days in Seattle, and we were lucky enough to be able to have sunny, sunny days. we are also lucky enough that the Andersons have a very nice house, with a very sweet backyard. most days were spent poolside :)

we picked 58 pounds of raspberries that day. lets just say we had raspberries for that entire 2 weeks + bottles and bottles of jam made. and MAN they were delicious

tuesday

we spent the day at a local park playing on the unique equipment + enjoying Thai food. 

 when we got back from the park, the girls and i relaxed in bed {it was rainy that day} watching Keeping up with the Kardashians, reading magazines, and pinning away on Pinterest

wednesday

we headed to downtown Seattle to do some thrift store shopping! they have some pretty sweet thrift stores in Seattle so we bought some cute new suits. $14 + vintage. doesn't get better than that!

 also that night we went and saw the new Spiderman! i thought the old one was just okay, but the new one? i LOVED it. i love the actors/actresses they chose and i think the movie was fantastic.

thursday

we spent the day poolside

why are we in these clothes you ask? morning run. we went to the gym or running every morning, and couldn't wait to change, so we jumped right in! felt so nice

 then, we changed into swimsuits. AND acted like freaks in goggles.

 Briana and i went on a double date with 2 of her friends at around 7! we went to a baseball game in a city close by! so much fun.

later when we got home, we took Malia + Kenzie & Cory + Caleb to the new Batman at midnight! HOLY COW. i had barely watched the first 2 earlier that day, then went to the 3rd, and i loved it! i think the middle was a little slow, but the last 30 minutes? best part.

friday

we went to Brad's work party! he works for Microsoft, and they had a huge party at the park with SO much food. {seriously. it was delicious} so we spent the day there eating a bunch of food and doing so many fun activities

face painting + paddle boats + all you can eat corn on the cob, cotton candy, & pizza + 4D theater + a HUGE bubble pit + the freezing lake to jump into when you are covered in bubbles

 lets just say, when it comes to paddle boats, we're stupid.

+ life jackets that don't exactly fit...

the bubble pit. we weren't planning on joining in on this activity, but since us 4 girls have a rule {if someone says YOLO, you have to do it}.... so i said YOLO

SO worth it

and THAT, is just week 1 my friends. and although some days seemed like we didn't do much, it seriously felt like we were 'go, go go' all the time, never a moment to waste. 

 + i failed to mention that we didn't exactly go to bed a decent hour whatsoever. we tried to spend every bit of time we had together to the fullest extent... basically by hardly sleeping :) every night it was night swimming, movies, grocery store runs at midnight, hot tubbing, making food in the middle of the night, Pinterest, more swimming, etc. never a dull minute.

week 2 coming soon!