tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90018954038976359272024-02-19T17:44:57.389-08:00The Wheel is Turning and the Hamster is Still DeadMatthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09349459212059720022noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001895403897635927.post-41362215773037550172013-08-11T20:08:00.000-07:002013-08-11T20:08:26.313-07:00Arlington 3on3 Basketball TournamentArlington has a pretty good-size outdoor, 3on3 basketball tournament held on one of the tarmacs of the Arlington Airport. I (Matthew) made a team up for the Saturday-only bracket. It was basically adult recreation level basketball in our bracket, so not real stiff competition, but enough to make you work for it. Our team went 4-0 in our double-elimination bracket and won the Championship game. It was a lot of fun, tiring and the sun got the best of me by the end of the day. Kristina and the kids were able to video 2 of the 4 games, so I put together a little video of a bunch of my highlight clips, it's educational and awesome! Enjoy.<br />
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<br />Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09349459212059720022noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001895403897635927.post-45010680962729024442013-08-02T15:00:00.002-07:002013-08-02T15:00:53.492-07:00Heather LakeWe have tried to do a bunch of hikes this summer. When we first moved here, people told us that everyone spends all their time outdoors during the summer (mostly because of the excess of rain during the rest of the year). I didn't understand that because I grew up in the south when you definitely spent alot of time indoors during the summer because of the heat and humidity. I understand the Washingtonian mentality much better this year! I have found myself looking forward to the warm days of 80 degree heat and planning hikes for those days specifically.<br />
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Heather Lake is an alpine lake. It is probably one of the longest hikes we have done as a family and definitely the longest climb the kids have done. It is switchbacks up on a rocky trail up to the lake. The kind of rocky trail that you have to be aware of where you are stepping constantly. Xavien lost his shoe a couple times in between rocks. :) The lake is beautiful with some snow on one side and a ton of bugs. We had a nice picnic lunch and then made the hike back down.<br />
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<br />Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307623557127883990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001895403897635927.post-6656543417081902912013-08-01T16:48:00.001-07:002013-08-01T16:48:15.580-07:00The Family DayDay 4 of our vacation was spent with extended family. Both Matthew and my grandmother's live about 30 minutes apart around the San Fransisco area. We were able to enjoy wonderful visits with both grandmothers and then visited my sister-in-law and her family for a 4 of July barbeque.<br />
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<br />Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307623557127883990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001895403897635927.post-50368134325856513812013-07-22T21:42:00.000-07:002013-07-22T21:42:06.548-07:00Lake TahoeAbout 9 years ago we visited Lake Tahoe for a few days. I have awesome memories of that trip!<br />
This year we met up with some friends for a short hike and lunch. While driving around the Tahoe area I was reminded of all the things that I love about the Tahoe area...I am already planning our next trip out there. Hopefully the next time we visit Lake Tahoe we will be able to stay a few days and do more things.<br />
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<br />Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307623557127883990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001895403897635927.post-88483224977870321762013-07-14T17:07:00.001-07:002013-07-14T17:07:23.823-07:00RedwoodsDay 2 took us through the Redwoods! We stopped at two different groves and did hikes. The only things the hikes had in common were trees and bugs!<br />
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The first stop was at Stout Grove. The hike was 1 mile and completely filled with mosquitoes. The mosquitoes really liked Xavien and he was not pleased during the hike. The grove is off a river so it is possible that the humidity and water gave us mosquitoes. We haven't really encountered mosquitoes since we moved west so it didn't occur to me to pack any bug repellant. So even though we made the kids brave the bugs we did get to see some awesome trees!<br />
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The next hike was at Lady Bird Johnson Grove. This one was really high in elevation so no mosquitoes but the path was littered with caterpillars or centipedes. You couldn't take a step without hitting one of these guys! Ivie nicknamed the place "Caterpillar Town" which I thought was really cute. This was a self guided hike with numbers at various points of interest. My kids have always liked that type of hike because they race to see who can find the next number.<br />
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The last stop one this day was at the Chandelier Drive-thru Tree. There are about three trees (I think) in the Redwood forest that you can drive your car through. The tree is absolutely huge! I did a really lousy job and didn't get the best picture but in my defense it is hard to snap shots with multiple cameras and especially on Matthew's phone. I'm just not used to using it.<br />
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The Redwoods were my favorite thing we saw this trip. I immediately felt more at home in the forest. No one complained about windy roads because everyone was in awe of these amazing trees! Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307623557127883990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001895403897635927.post-17746196673208531242013-07-12T15:55:00.000-07:002013-07-14T16:49:34.281-07:00Crater Lake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We got back from vacation about a week ago. We drove down to California to see Matthew and my grandma's and stopped at lots of place along the way. The first day we went to Crater Lake Oregon. I love this lake! We visited this area once before when Kanayla was about 4 months old and it was cool to see the changes.<br />
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The day we were at the lake was really hot. According to park information, the average high temperature is 69 degrees in July. We were well into the 90s! It was kinda neat that we were high enough in elevation that even though it was really hot outside there was still snow on the ground. Matthew and the kids enjoyed an impromptu snowfight.<br />
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The lake is a gorgeous blue color. Kanayla and I liked learning more about how the lake was formed. She is very interested in science right now so the workings of a volcano were very interesting to her. We found out after we left that they offer boat tours of the lake now and I can't wait to come back and do that some time. It was quite the drive to get to the lake but well worth the extra effort!<br />
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<br />Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307623557127883990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001895403897635927.post-49895371596372029962013-03-02T19:31:00.002-08:002013-03-02T19:31:24.752-08:00Sapphire Mining from July 2012Last July while we were in Montana, we stopped by Gem Mountain to mine for sapphires. It was a lot of fun, I (Matthew) could have spent hours doing this, but the kids didn't have the same amount of patience, but there wasn't too much complaining for the 4 hours we were there. I put together a small video of the process of mining for sapphires at Gem Mountain. At the end you can see the glass-like rough sapphire, we collected about 75 of these rough sapphires from 4 buckets of gravel.<br />
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We paid to have 7 of the sapphires (that were large enough) to be heat-treated and cut. It takes them 6-9 months to complete this step, I guess there is a large waiting line. The remaining rough sapphires, Kristina put in a small vase with some sand. You can see that below.<br />
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We got the finished product in the mail about 2 weeks ago. They are small, but pretty. The first picture was not heat-treated, they left in its natural state because of the unique coloring. The last 3 are all similar in size and color and they recommend a mounting and possibly a pendant for these 3. <br />
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Here is the best close-up of the larger sapphire (a whopping .31 carat). We don't know how much any of them are worth, but I'm pretty sure their value is at least twice what we paid to get them heat-treated and cut. Nice souvenirs from a fun vacation we will remember. We'll definitely visit Montana again.<br />
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<br />Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09349459212059720022noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001895403897635927.post-21851881846826077742013-03-02T18:53:00.001-08:002013-03-02T18:53:39.474-08:00Kids Basketball Season<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kanayla and Xavien's basketball seasons are almost over. It has been fun watching their practices and games and the improvement they have made on the court. Today they both put on forward a great and aggressive effort. Kanayla scored 6 points today (her team scored 18), here is a couple of her made baskets. Not bad for her first year playing.</div>
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Xavien just loves being on the team. His first year has been great as well. He listens really well to what the coach tells him to do. He is also a tenacious defender. His hands are always up and most the time in the face of the opponent. You can see that in the video below.<br />
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The next video of him is a bit longer, but you get to see him cheer for his team when they make a basket and he also steals the ball from the kid he is defending and then wisely passes the ball to the point guard (we have some dribbling work to do before next season).<br />
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<br />Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09349459212059720022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001895403897635927.post-6241984849946993802013-02-22T15:03:00.001-08:002013-02-22T15:03:53.505-08:00More crafts and a treadmillThe weather in the Pacific Northwest is rain and more rain. It can be difficult to get outside for exercise so Matthew and I got a new treadmill! We love it!<br />
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I made some pillows to go with out couches in the living room. I really like how they turned out.<br />
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<br />Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307623557127883990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001895403897635927.post-52636120293184142882013-02-22T15:00:00.000-08:002013-02-22T15:00:09.636-08:00Ivie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ivie recently got new glasses and a new hair cut. She is feeling a little shy in this picture...but we think she is adorable!<br />
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<br />Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307623557127883990noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001895403897635927.post-14031837774137458152012-11-26T16:18:00.002-08:002012-11-26T16:18:37.329-08:00LunaThis is our second cat, Luna. Even though she is almost exactly the same age as Thunder, Luna is about half his size. Whenever I see the two of them together I always think of David and Goliath. <br />
I came in the family room the other day to find Luna asleep and tucked into a blanket. <br />
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Looks comfy doesn't she?<br /><br />Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307623557127883990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001895403897635927.post-30131112474044660692012-11-18T10:28:00.001-08:002012-11-18T10:28:23.827-08:00Xavien's Birthday!Xavien turned 7 this past week! He has been SOO excited for his birthday. I have always struggled a bit with Xavien's birthday presents because a month later comes Christmas. This year for his birthday Xavien asked for Trash Packs. So from Matthew and me he received Trash Packs and Nana and Papa took care of all sorts of other presents.<br />
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Xavien's favorites this year:<br />
Colors - green, orange, black<br />
Song - Fearless by Olivia Holt<br />
Primary Song - Follow the Prophet<br />
Scripture Story - Samuel the Lamanite<br />
Story- Skippyjon Jones<br />
Animals - Dalmatian Dogs<br />
Food - Bacon (He requested BLTs for his birthday dinner! )<br />
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Xavien is an amazing boy! He is all-boy but very sweet, loving toward all his family. We are lucky to have Xavien!<br />
Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307623557127883990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001895403897635927.post-26773889661146435612012-11-05T17:05:00.001-08:002012-11-07T15:51:27.502-08:00ScarvesRecently I started making these ribbon scarves. They are really easy to make but it does help to use wooden knitting needles. It only takes about 3-4 hours and 1 skein of yarn. I love the way they look!<br />
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I made one for my girls and I am giving some as gifts to various people. Check out your local Michaels or JoAnn's for abetter variety of yarn.<br />
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This year for Halloween the kids had 3 parties to attend. Their school does a harvest festival which is essentially a Halloween carnival. The Trunk or Treat at church and then the regular trick or treating. I consider that a party as well because of how many friends you run into while walking around the neighborhood. We even purchased some outside Halloween decor. My favorite was the half buried skeleton...</div>
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Kanayla decided to be a blue sorceress. She got a lot of compliments on the dress.</div>
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Ivie was Bloom from the children's tv show called Winx. Basically Bloom is the fairy of fire(dragon flame).</div>
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Xavien was a ninja. Matthew found these cool knives to go with his costume. Xavien loved showing off his skills. </div>
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Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307623557127883990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001895403897635927.post-12819256337642279012012-10-23T09:28:00.001-07:002012-10-23T09:28:22.909-07:00Crafts for my SisterMy sister keeps after me to put up some pictures of some of the crafts I've finished lately. So here you go Tiffany! :)<br />
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This is a Ribbon Christmas tree. I was asked to teach how to make them for our ward's Super Saturday. I had to learn how to do it myself first but I think it turned out well!<br />
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These are flowers made from brown lunch bags. I found the idea on pinterest. I love how they look and how cheap they were to make!<br />
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This is a stitchery patten I found on a website a while ago...I think it was youcanmakethis.com. We need some more Thanksgiving decorations and I made this for some of our family members for a Christmas gift this year as well.<br />
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In our kitchen there is this random opening in the wall. It would be perfect for artwork.....but since nice artwork is out of our price range I have been looking for something to do with the area. I found this idea on pinterest for making an flower out of scrapbook paper on canvas. Soon the walls will be the bright blue in the flower.<br /><br />
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<br />Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307623557127883990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001895403897635927.post-58166601428638958322012-10-23T09:20:00.000-07:002012-10-23T09:20:03.595-07:00First Day of SchoolSchool starts really late here in the Northwest...after Labor Day. It still feels unusual to me because I am used to starting school the second week of August in NC. But here are pictures of the kids on the first day this year. Kanayla is in 4th grade, Xavien in 1st grade and Ivie is a Kindergartener!<br />
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<br />Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307623557127883990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001895403897635927.post-71463007574261661982012-06-07T13:18:00.002-07:002012-06-07T13:18:33.832-07:00Soccer 2012Kanayla just finished another season of soccer. We tried to sign Xavien up for soccer as well but he missed the cut off age by 3 months. Bummer but next year for sure!<br />
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The cool thing about our soccer league here was that there were no games on Saturday. All games were played on Monday and Wednesday evenings. So our weekends were still free! Kanayla enjoyed her season this year on the Orange Tigers. (I don't understand why their team name was Orange Tigers, it seems kinda of redundant to me but whatever...) Her coach thought Kanayla was a very talented goalie. Matthew worked really hard with her on understanding the game and her ball handling skills. <br />
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<br />Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307623557127883990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001895403897635927.post-81271340546269430432012-06-07T13:07:00.002-07:002012-06-07T13:07:28.797-07:00Kids BathroomIt is no secret that we lived in apartments for a long, long time. So I think it is pretty natural that I can not stand white walls anymore. When I am done there will not be a white or beige wall in my home!! But I have a husband who is a painting perfectionist and is unwilling to let anyone other than him paint so the color is slow going. In fact for Mother's Day all I asked for was for him to paint a room. <br />
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I knew that I wanted the kids bathroom to be turquoise. I had found a sea turtle with the color in it. I designed and made their shower curtain to go along with that theme. I still have a few more things to do in their bathroom but I love the color and the feeling like progress is being made in my home. (I even got Matthew to agree to paint 2 more rooms before my parents visit in August. Yipee!!)<br />
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<br />Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307623557127883990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001895403897635927.post-32962121759854821292012-04-26T14:29:00.002-07:002012-04-26T14:29:45.780-07:00Ebey LandingLast weekend the weather was really nice so we took the kids on a hike at Whidbey Island. It was by far the longest hike we have tried to do with the kids (4 1/2 miles). Luckily they did a pretty good job with some minor complaints during the last mile or so. We climbed a bluff that overlooked the ocean and a lagoon and then looped back around on the beach. I loved the beach part of the hike. The kids were able to find drift wood and some really interesting rocks. Kanayla even carried a medium sized rock all the way back to the van to take home. <br />
Here is a bald eagle we saw while up on the bluff.<br />
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Then at the beach we saw some seals and a coconut that looked like it drifted in with the tide. Xavien and Ivie decided to make sand angels. :)<br />
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<br />Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307623557127883990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001895403897635927.post-43248487503561366152012-04-26T14:18:00.001-07:002012-04-26T14:18:12.683-07:00Ivie BirthdayPart of the fun of April is that my girls birthdays are 3 days apart. It makes that week extra busy and I am thoroughly caked out for a while after their birthday. This year I made a butterfly cake for Ivie. She loved her special day!<br />
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Ivie turned 5 years old. Her favorite colors are pink and red. Ivie loves to play dress up, Little Pet Shop, Squickies and My Little Pony. Ivie is extra excited for school so she can be big like Xavien and Kanayla.<br />
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<br />Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307623557127883990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001895403897635927.post-67837987612174870532012-04-17T14:02:00.000-07:002012-04-17T14:02:04.451-07:00Pinewood DerbyOur ward recently held a Pinewood Derby that was open to anyone in the ward. Matthew was very excited to design his own car. The kids and I tried to do a car as well but it didn't work out. Overall Matthew came in 3rd place! Since he hasn't made any pinewood derby cars since Cub Scouts he was really pleased with how well he did! <br />
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<br />Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307623557127883990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001895403897635927.post-38684409477377651392012-04-17T13:58:00.001-07:002012-04-17T13:58:34.379-07:00Pacific Science CenterDuring Spring Break we went to the Pacific Science Center....twice. I purchased a year membership for our family so I suspect we will be going down there alot in the coming year. The Science Center was really cool. There was a butterfly room which the kids enjoyed. It was hot in there but not humid. There were large versions of checkers, chess and other games. Xavien and Ivie enjoyed the play center. Kanayla liked the Tide Water area. Everyone liked the laser show ( I have to remember to bring ear plugs next time because it is TOO loud). We are excited to go back when the King Tut visit is being exhibited.<br />
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<br />Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307623557127883990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001895403897635927.post-58886111562859583222012-04-13T14:43:00.002-07:002012-04-13T14:43:45.290-07:00Kanayla's 9!Kanayla is nine years old. The time has flown by!! ( I know that is cliche but it is SO true!)<br />
I made a marbled rainbow cupcakes and cake for her birthday. Seriously, I made 5 cake mixes worth because of all the cupcakes she needed for school and Activity Day girls and then our family party. I have no desire to do more cakes for a while.<br />
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Before icing...<br />
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Kanayla's favorite color is now blue. She is about 8 inches shorter than me so she will definitely be taller than 5 feet. She still loves animals. She has developed a love for legos (which made up the majority of her presents). <br />
<br />Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307623557127883990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001895403897635927.post-12447963716998154402012-04-13T14:38:00.002-07:002012-04-13T14:38:43.419-07:00Marbled PaperAt preschool we made marbled paper with shaving cream. The girls loved the activity! I let them make three sheets each and choose their own colors. I remember making marbled paper in elementary school with chalk shavings. It was one of my favorite art activities. I am glad I got to share it with the preschool girls.<br />
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<br />Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307623557127883990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001895403897635927.post-59202962567096338042012-04-07T18:06:00.001-07:002012-04-07T18:06:15.384-07:00Space NeedleThe Pacific Science Center is located right by the Space Needle. I was able to get a couple of pictures while we were in the courtyard. One day I want to go to the top...<br />
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