This my first post for my new weekly series “Outdoor Adventures with Littles.” We are an active family that likes to be outdoors. I am hoping these posts inspire your family to get outside and not slow down your life just because you have kids. Of course, everything in life now takes tens times longer to pack up or complete. However, life sure is more exciting.
I had a hard time narrowing down our weekend plans especially since there were so many festivals and events going on in Seattle. I got the idea for the Lavender Festival from the Northwest Healthy Mama blog Friday link post. Her website provides so much inspiration! I researched the Sequim Lavender Festival and decided we needed to venture out of the city at least one day this weekend.
We started off catching the Edmonds ferry over to the Olympic Peninsula. Logan’s first ferry ride!!
If you love lavender, lavender products, food trucks and craft vendors, this is the festival for you. You can learn more about the festival here. You can buy lavender beauty products, lavender ice cream, lavender mixed drinks and more.
We stopped at the Jardin du Soleil farm first. The lavender fields were swarming with bees so I didn’t get any cute photos of us deep in the lavender. All the lavender was beautiful. We missed the demonstration the owner put on at 11am where he talked about the extraction of the lavender oil. This just means I will be back next year! This farm had a petting zoo and a craft tent set up for the kiddos. Logan spent most of his time in the Ergo and loved all the people watching.
I bought some lavender essential oil and have been using the last few nights. I put some on my pillow last night to help with calming and plan to start incorporating more into my life. Check out the Mind Body website for more ideas on how to use essential oils.
Next we hit up the Olympic Farm. What I learned here was there are so many different types of lavender.
We finished our day grabbing lunch at a cute restaurant near the street festival in the town.
My top is no longer available but linked up some similar ruffle camis and the rest of my look below.
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Wow, you are looking so lovely dear!
Your little guy is adorable and those lavender fields are gorgeous..its crazy this is on my side of Seattle, I live in Kitsap County, and I have never been! I need to go , great share Sarah, have a nice week!
VAlerie
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Thanks!!! What a gorgeous area you live in!! I love it over there and yes you need to go next year. We will go back for sure!!
What a fun family adventure. Love all of these photos, Sarah!
Thanks love!!! You are so sweet!
First of all you look amazing! What a fun family day. Second of all, it was SOOO much fun running into at the ferry. After I walked away I was like OH NO, I didn’t take a Snap of running into her! Next time hehe 🙂
Keep smiling!
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Thanks friend!!! Hope to run into you again soon!!
So fun! It’s been years since I’ve been to Sequim, and I’m hoping to get back soon! Such a fun town–and great to visit in the rainier months since it’s in the rain shadow. Love how you coordinated your top to match the lavender fields–you look fabulous! 🙂
Thanks for your sweet words!! It was so gorgeous over there!!
This looks like so much fun! Dave’s grandma lives out in Sequim so I’m going to have to convince him to go to this next year!
It was ! Y’all need to go next year and even a day trip later this summer is worth a trip out that way!