Mother's Day Ferry Ride

Today we celebrated Mother's Day and I have wanted to take the boys on a ferry ride to Bremerton forever.  So we took advantage of the beautiful day and headed to downtown Seattle and Pier 52 to the ferry terminal.

After finding a place to park (finally!) we bought our tickets to walk on the Seattle to Bremerton ferry.  Then we had an hour to walk around and grab a bite to eat.  Colson and I headed to Starbucks for a sandwich and drink.  Cannon and Chris stopped at Ivars for some chicken strips.  We met back at the outdoor seating next to Ivars and had a wonderful lunch, watching the boats and seagulls and people.

The boys couldn't wait to get on the ferry boat!  We rode on the Walla Walla on the ride to Bremerton, which is a huge ferry with a great outdoor, upper deck.  We spent most of the trip up top,

We had a great time walking around the docks at Bremerton.  The boys enjoyed all of the fountains and we were able to look at boats along the guest docks at the marina.  There was an old Coast Guard ship docked and we got to get on board to look around.  The day was beautiful and it was so nice to be outside, with family and near the water.  So perfect!

This was the best picture of the boys and I.  Isn't this typical.  They are SO NOT interested in pictures!

Yummy ice cream from Cold Stone.  It was so good!  

 On the ferry boat ride back.  So happy!   

We had a great day.  I could have stayed in Bremerton longer and would have loved to hike all around Seattle, too.  But the boys were tired and I knew we needed to get home.  Colson lasted about 15 minutes before he fell asleep in the car!

What a fabulous day!  I love our beautiful state and feel so lucky we have so many wonderful places to visit. The boys loved going on their first ferry ride.  The best part of the day was their excitement about the ferry and how they wanted to see everything.  I loved how they wanted to watch the ferry leaving the docks as well as docking.  I loved all of the questions Cannon had.  I loved that they were so interested in the upper deck, the inside where people sit and also the car decks.  It was all amazing to them!  Colson loved looking at the gigantic map of Puget Sound on the Walla Walla.  I remember loving all of the same things when I was a kid and rode the ferry!

So incredibly blessed!

Enjoying every moment!