Seattle

Luke and I both flew into Fort Lauderdale yesterday, and it's nice to be back. Jonah slept really well last night, so we all did! The pictures on our blog will cover Luke's time in Seattle... to see pics from my trip to Michigan, you'll have to visit Maria's blog or Andrea and Angela's. (Hint hint, guys- post some pics!) We both had a nice weekend, but it's great to be home, too. I think Jonah is happy to be back and in his own crib. It will be great to get him in his own schedule again also, which will take a bit of time. He's been sleeping a lot this morning, but right now he's in the saucer squealing away.

Angela, I wanted to tell you that I took a few of those egg shakers from your house, and Jonah LOVES them. It's quite a challenge for him to pick one up, but once he does he totally shakes it! It's hilarious. I'll have to get a video of that.

Now onto some pictures from Luke's trip and then a video of Jonah...

Here is the fish market that I wanted Luke to visit. It's the origin of a philosophy that we implemented in the middle school at South Arbor... the Fish Philosophy. The four key concepts of the philosophy are: Be There, Play, Make Their Day, and Choose Your Attitude. So how is this connected to Seattle? Well, the Fish Philosophy was created by John Christensen, and he first got the idea from visiting the fish market in Seattle. When he was there, he was struck by the employees and how animated and happy they were in their work. They would involve customers in the fun they were having, and they sold TONS of fish! He spent time observing them and the customers, and came up with the Fish Philosophy, which is used in many schools and businesses now. Luke visited the Fish Market this weekend- isn't that cool?!!! Here's a pic of it:

To Market to Market

The view from Luke's hotel room (along with the next 2 pics)

Uncle Tom and Aunt Maria bought Jonah a bunch of clothes from Old Navy, and here's a little video I took of Jonah for them... and for all! Have a great day, everyone. God bless!