Graduation!

Just too darn cute! 

Getting her diploma!

First hugs post-Grad!!!

Jonathan, Georgia, Zoe, Stephanie and George!

cousins!

The Graduate!

The Stacy women

So yeah, we had a bit of Chinese food.
It was all amazingly tasty though and I was very sad we had to leave so early that I didn't get to partake in the leftovers on Wednesday!  We were the only non-Chinese people in the place, so you know it was good!

Zoe and her classmates had an overnight lock-in for Graduation.  They traveled around the city and stayed up all night, so we got a few minutes the next morning when she rolled in before we left for the airport.

opening our present

Sophia was sad to leave

love!

and as always, a little comic relief! :)

We all headed home together with Aunt Bess and Rachel too.  The two girls enjoyed the plane ride home and played nicely on the iPad and watched a movie.  I relaxed a little bit and got to read some of my book but we were all happy to be greeted by our loved ones when we landed!  I think Leo and Sophia really missed each other.  This was the longest they'd ever been apart!

Woodland Park Zoo

So I've been super crazy busy getting ready for the remodel (which has now begun) so I have to finish up on our Seattle pics!

The Otises introduced me to the Original Pancake House many visits ago and now I must eat there every time.  It's way awesome.  Seriously.  So of course we went there Tuesday morning so help Zoe carbo-load before Graduation! ;)

Then I took Sophia and Rachel to the zoo.  It's close to their house and a great zoo.  We had to buzz through though because we didn't have a ton of time...and since it was record highs in Seattle that week, most of the animals were asleep.  :(

Sophia really wanted to see the penguins and is very excited that KC will be getting our own penguin exhibit later this year.

Here she's practicing her wild animal skills of climbing bamboo stalks.

Snow leopards sleeping.

Rachel feeding some birds

peek-a-boo, I see you little meerkat!

Komodo Dragon

The girls wanted their picture with the giraffe...I tried! :)

Flamingo!  One of Sophia's favorite animals.

I'm Sailing!

Because our day still wasn't busy enough, we left downtown and loaded up in the boat to enjoy the gorgeous afternoon.  

cold water doesn't scare our fish!

after boating and before dinner, Sophia needed some George time!
The kids played basketball outside and Soph even scored a few!

Zoe won a special award for her art.  She has been working on this project for about 2 years.

Such a wonderful artist!  I love how it's creative but also controlled!

sitting down to a dinner of leftovers!  I ate as many of those leftovers as I possibly could before we left! :)