Weekend in Seattle

May 16-19th we ventured to Seattle for a long weekend.  We had an amazing time and did more than I would have thought possible.  First off, the drive there wasn't too bad and we had picture perfect weather all weekend.  We stayed at a Marriott Residence Inn off Lake Union in downtown, so we were close to everything and had a balcony overlooking the water.  The kids loved it and spent most of the time on the balcony.  Friday, we visited the Space Needle and amusement park there.  Saturday we woke up and went to Pike Street Market, then the Aquarium, and then the Harbor Cruise.  It was so clear that we could even see Mt. Ranier from the Harbor cruise, which is apparently very rare.  Then we crashed in our hotel room.  That was a full day with 2 kids.  Sunday we woke up went to the museum area and visited the Science Fiction museum, not quite our taste, and then the Science Museum.  The Science Museum was fantastic and should have been called a Children's museum because it was perfect for the kids.  We could have spent all day there.  Shane and Myann were attacked by butterflies, and they were quite shocked as you can see from the pictures.  After the museums, we just did more rides at the Space Needle park.  Monday morning we packed up to head home and made a quick stop by the market again to pick up fruit and flowers to go.  On the way back we stopped at the Snoqualmie Falls which were pretty impressive.  After the record snow this winter and then record heat the week before we were in Seattle, the water was just crashing over the falls.  So all in all, a pretty awesome weekend, and any time I can get Brian to actually take off work is bonus in itself.  He took 2 days, so I was thrilled.