The last weekend of April, my parents and my sister Kaarin joined us on an outing to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. We all piled into our van, stopped at Starbuck's and were off for a day of adventure. Unfortunately, Tom had to work that day, so he couldn't join us. He was surely missed by all of us festival goers. As you can see from some of these photos below, we had a great day. The following are some obligatory shots of us kneeling by the flowers.
I found myself attempting to take some artistic shots of tulips. Here is one that isn't half bad. Boy, the tulips were gorgeous. We were nervous we were going post bloom, but that wasn't the case. We were at the tail-end of a wonderful season.
This is a photo taken by Charlie. He is still learning the camera. Getting the heads in the frame is his next goal. The flowers are pretty and that is Nonnie and Boppa, if you couldn't tell.
Gabriel had lots of fun out of the stroller, when we let him. It was a bit muddy in spots that day, so he was tied into the stroller quite a bit. Running into this field of yellow tulips was awesome for him. He was giggling and laughing.
Charlie took over stroller duty for a while. Thank you Boppa for assisting Gabriel as he hops back into the stroller!
This was our favorite flower stop by far. These fields also had several huge kites flying in the air. Of course, flying kites are a great magnet for kids. Our kids included.
All in all, we had a wonderful visit. Several stops at tulip fields, lunch and a stop at a road-side market made for a great outing. Thanks everyone for joining us!
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