The Schauers Visit - May 2013

We had the privilege of hosting the Triple (going on Quadruple) A's a few weeks back.  They have been by far our most frequent visitors over the last 4 years of our lives here in Seattle and we couldn't be more grateful for all the time they take to come see us!  It's been so amazing to be more involved in their lives.

They arrived May 6th and the adventures began!  I had to work most of the weekdays, but was able to sneak away on some of the afternoons to hang out with the Schauers clan.  Regardless, Lexi and I had a wonderful morning routine going were she would hang out with me at my desk for a bit, we would eat some breakfast, and then she would always want to mimic my makeup and get a little eyeshadow and lip gloss.  So we had fun getting ready together! We even painted our nails together one day :)

 One afternoon we went to the market and Lexi got to meet the piggy.  We enjoyed the always delicious Beecher's Mac & Cheese and Pirochkys!

Another night we walked down to the West Seattle Junction for the Art Walk!  Ben got me a funky new bracelet (demoed below by Lexi), and Lexi walked away with a mini cupcake from Cupcake Royal!

 Right by our house there is a great scenic overlook of Seattle where we stopped for a photo opp.

While Lexi was here we did a crayon art project together too!  Here she is with the final product!

One evening we ate a BBQ dinner on our patio.  I love when the weather gets nice and we can eat outside!

Afterwords we hit the beach for a quick walk and some awesome people watching.

Amy brought me to Costco one evening.  Later, we decided to make personal pizzas!  Here is Lexi making hers :)

Meanwhile the boys were putting up the basketball hoop!  It is finally complete and we definitley played a few serious games of H-O-R-S-E!

 Though we did a good job of eating in, we also did eat out a bit.  Check out that HUGE pizza pie from Zeek's!  And the pistachio cake from Bakery Nouveau, yum!

On the last couple days of their stay, Aaron's brother Jared, and his wife, Heather, stayed with us before they headed out on their Alaskan cruise!  We brought them first to Alki beach, then to the market via the West Seattle water taxi. 

We showed them all the "hot" spots of Seattle and brought them to all the yummy places to eat :)

Riding the mono rail to the Space Noodle!

Hopefully it won't be long until we see this fun bunch again with their newest edition coming in August!  Thanks, as always, for visiting us!!!