We smuggled a cake onto the Seattle Great Wheel so that Emily could celebrate her 16th birthday in style.

2013

We went on a seaplane ride.

Prototypical teen pose.

Seaplane!

I was in a reflective mood.

Houseboats on Lake Union.

Gasworks Park.

Marina and Mount Baker (or Hood - something bordering Canada) in the top right corner.

Space Needle and Mount Baker (or Hood or something near Canada).

Mount Rainier looks like it's floating above Lake Washington.

Houseboat reflections.

The cousins shortly after Amelia surprised Emily.

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At the Purple Haze Lavender Farm. Really.

Purple haze.

Roxie, Emily, Ilda.

Ilda

Emily made a friend.

Lavender scale.

We skipped the lavender ice cream but tried the lavender lemonade. It was mostly lemonadey.

Cousins Emily & Amelia.

Emily & Amelia

Olympic Mountain range from Hurricane Ridge.

Olympic National Park

Milky Way from Hurricane Ridge.

Milky Way and a shooting star (or satellite) from Hurricane Ridge at the Olympic National Park.