Skagit Valley Tulip Festival

The kids are out of school this week for spring break, so Garreth took a few days off, too.  Yesterday we went down to Mt. Vernon, about 30 miles south, to the Tulip Festival, where they have acres of tulip and daffodil fields.  Not all the tulips were in full bloom yet, but it was still gorgeous.  (And the smell was unbelievable!)  I wish we would have taken some pictures by one of the daffodil fields, but by the time we walked around the tulips, the kids had just about had it.  (And Liam had taken a fall in the mud and was soaking wet!  We got a funny picture of that, but he doesn't want me to post it!)

By the mural inside the Tulip Town shops.

A few miles away, there's an old farm called Cow Town, where they have tons of farm animals that kids can see and pet.  Sam especially loved it there.  He'd approach each animal, get right in its face and say, "Hey, buddy!  How are you doing today?"

If you think this picture is gross, then maybe you don't want to know that the camera didn't quite capture this moment at the right time... I tried to get a shot of when the cow actually LICKED Garreth's face.  Yes, it was truly disgusting and I still haven't kissed him since.  The memory is just too clear in my mind.  (There's loving animals and then there's LOVING animals.  Nasty.)