Sun!

We had a fantastic weekend here in Seattle. Dennis and I got to take advantage of it and play in the sun.
Saturday we took Burton to Marymoor Dog Park, we liked it cause we did a nice walk, but Burton could have cared less. He walks right along side of us, hardly smells another dogs butt and is just content walking with us. I hope to take him on a few hikes this summer. He is such a good walking buddy!
Most of the time here, when you have one hot and sunny day, the next is crappy and we all miss out, but his weekend was a nice exception. Both days were over 70 (we are so not use to it!) After church on Sunday we headed to our friends house for a birthday BBQ. Gorgeous day for it, had fun playing with all the kids and seeing their new house. Looking forward to many BBQ's this summer there!
We decided to see what all the fuss is about and check out the Tulip festival that everyone has been blasting pictures on Facebook with. Right as we get in to Mount Vernon we hit traffic.... then more traffic though Mount Vernon, we got confused and stopped in town, no fields, so we hop back in the car or more traffic out to the fields.
It is hot outside, we are getting grumpy, we both hate traffic, pretty sure we are lost, just starting to get on each others nerves. I'm borderline from crossing my arms and screaming at the top of my lungs.. then we make each other laugh. I love that! That is how most of our stressful moments go. We know that the only way to make it better is to laugh, and one of us does something stupid or points out something that we can't help but chuckle at, or even going so far as throwing out a little tickle to cut the tension. I love the tough moments with Dennis, because the way we pull ourselves out of them are so worth it.
We finally arrive, and the first thing Dennis sees is kites, a large kite field, he is in heaven and ready to have fun!

 The first kite we saw, and the sun trying to peek out

 Too bad I don't know photo shop and I can't take that kid out in the background

 The colors were beautiful!

 My Tulip Angel

 Kite time! We ended up buying a little pocket kite (we already have 2), Dennis had to fly something, the wind was picking up, but could have been a little better kite weather

 See, not enough wind!

 I love barns!

 Heheh, Dennis attempted to fly this little baby kite, didn't work!

When we finally decided we had enough tulips, we made the trek home, holy smokes it was horrible! There was traffic everywhere, luckily we took a pretty scenic route and tried to make the best of it. (Should have taken 10 minutes to get out of town, it ended up taking us over an hour!)
There was a huge traffic stop on this corner, then we looked up and saw this swarm of birds, they did the most amazing moves, it was quite beautiful to see.

I had to stop and take this picture, again with my love for barns, and with the mountains in the background, I would love to wake up to this every morning!