Grandpa's Visit

The morning after my dad arrived Brayden woke up early and came into by bed, I asked him what he wanted to do and he gave me his standard answer, “play all day”. I Asked him who he wanted to play with and I saw his face as he realized that Grandpa was here. He jumped off the bed and ran into my dad’s room. He was so excited to have Grandpa here. Reagan was excited to see him too. The weather was not too bad so we headed up to Point Defiance park to have a picnic lunch and show my dad around. We walked along the rocks and the kids had fun throwing in rocks. Reagan would walk right in if we let her. Brayden had a blast too and wanted to have Grandpa right by his side. We walked up to the play area and had our lunch and let the kids play for a bit. The play area is a lot of fun, but it was pretty busy. When it isn’t raining the play areas are always super packed.

We spent the rest of the evening at the house and the kids had a blast playing with Grandpa, I don’t think Jared and I were even acknowledged the rest of the evening.  Saturday we went to watch the Daffodil parade in Puyallup. There were so many people that we didn’t have great seats, but it was still fun to see the parade. We saw pirates, a float for about every fruit festival you could imagine, dancing grandmas, and a band from every high school and middle school around. We stayed for over an hour and the kids started melting down so we decided to head out. 

We decided to head up north for a drive of the area. We drove up to Lake Tapps; which is really pretty, but it was super windy and cold. We went over to Federal Way and had dinner at Ivar’s; it was some yummy fish. Then we headed out to Browns Point lighthouse. It was pretty windy, but Brayden loved being able to throw sticks into the water and also being able to see a light house. We weren’t able to stay too long because it was so cold, but on our way home we drove by the shipping yards in Tacoma.  I am always grateful when we have visitors, because we get out and see the area. We need to start doing more of that on our own.

Sunday we went to church and let the kids play with Grandpa on his last day here.

It has been a great visit with my dad. The kids have absolutely loved having him. Reagan was a crazy brave girl and Brayden loved to hear stories about Excalibur from my dad.