If you LOVED anything Star Wars what would you look like if you just found out you were about to meet some "REAL" live Star Wars characters? Yup, I thought so!! This is
Ayden when he figured out why we drove up to
Bellevue on Saturday morning and then stood in line (amazingly not very long) outside of Pottery Barn. There were these little boys behind us all dressed up like
Obiwan and Yoda and there was even a little, little boy dressed up as
Chewbaca (so dang cute I might add). They all had their light sabers, which we forgot to have
Ayden bring, but he was wearing his Star Wars Lego shirt.
Meeting the guys-and gal-for the first time. I was hoping for Darth Vader or C3PO but
Ayden was excited to see the Clone Trooper. I guess they were suppose to have some other people but they didn't show!!
The Pottery Barn lady asked
Ayden if he wanted the people to sign his cast and he said sure. So they hunted down a marker and he got his cast signed. The clone trooper sadly declined because he couldn't even see his own gun, let alone write on someone else.
Ayden was pretty stoked. He then proceeded to find everything Star Wars in the store that he wanted. Which is why I am sure they do this sort of thing. But unfortunately for him there was no Pottery Barn purchases made.
The day was made even more special because Grandma Margaret had come up for the weekend to take
Ayden on a date. With Grandma along you never know what she has up her sleeve. Well Wyatt had come with us on our surprise trip and she thought it was time for him to have his first build a bear experience. We picked out a little dog for him and we named him Toby!! Wyatt was so cute as he picked out a heart and then put it inside Toby. He of course wanted the heart back but was happy when he got to love on Toby for the first time. He has been sleeping with him the last few nights and this morning I found him all snuggled up on top of him sleeping. I guess a dog is a boy's best friend. Thanks Grandma Margaret, he loves it!!
My sister and her husband came over this weekend to go clam digging. We went over to Ocean Shores and unfortunately we were unable to find any clams whatsoever. Except for what we "caught" at a fish market on the way home. We still had fun but got rained on pretty hard. On Saturday we were going to try and get some couple shots of my sister and her husband since it had been a while since they had had any done and I am always up for guinea pigs to practice on. I checked the weather in the morning and it said 10am was the only time where the percentage of rain was less than 20%. So we booked a move over to Tolmie State Park to snap pictures. When we got there it was a slight drizzle, more like a mist actually. The longer we were there, the more the rain picked up and we had to eventually retreat to under the eaves of the little lodge there. And wouldn't you know it, later in the afternoon there was no rain, and blue skies. I had the best luck this weekend with trying to plan things. Oh well I guess, here are some of the pictures that we were able to get before the rain poured down. Thanks Amber and Jeff for letting me practice on you and dragging you all over in the rain!! 
On Saturday night Ryan took the girls to a Daddy/Daughter dance. One of the local High Schools does it every year for a fund raiser. Meysa had brought home the flyer weeks ago from school and was so excited and really wanted to go with Ryan. So I told Ryan that he needed to ask Meysa "out". Well a week ago, right before bed he asks Meysa what she is doing next Saturday and Meysa was like, "why?", "What did I do?". Ryan said asking a girl out these days is no easier than it was 12 years ago when he was asking me out for our first dance!! Poor guy!! Finally she understood what he was asking and the date was set. Of course Lauryn was included in the date because she would have been devastated if she hadn't of gotten to go. I thought it would be cute to have corsages and boutiniers, which it was but at a pretty steep price!! I guess when memories are made like this sometimes the cost isn't a factor!!
We of course had to have dance pictures!! They could have gotten them there but I think these turned out just fine!!
Lauryn's little arms were too small for the wrist band, even though we cinched it up. She loved the flowers I tell ya, all the girls did!!
Marlee and her dad, Nate went along with Ryan and the girls. It was fun to see how excited these little girls were to get to go out with their Dads. When they got home they talked non-stop about what music they listened to, what they ate and drank. They had a wonderful time and I think Ryan and Nate had fun in spite of themselves. Lauryn got tired though and fell asleep there at the end. All in all I think it was a great success, especially because Meysa and Marlee can't stop telling everyone about going to the dance with their Dads.
