We have just returned from our trip to Seattle and we had a blast! We went up to visit Eric and Paige Blaser (Marc's brother and sister-in-law) as they were blessing the newest addition in their family, Sommer. She's beautiful! She was so fun to hold and cuddle. Paige was great to let us all come and invade her house. Marc's parents, Ed and Lynne, and his brothers, Chad and Todd were also there. I hope that we were a help more than a hindrance. Their house was so cute. Paige did a great job of decorating. In every room there was an extra touch - a cute light fixture, painted accents on the wall - something that gave each room a special look. I wish I was that creative! Paige and Eric's other 3 kids (Ridge, Cannon and Laine) were so fun to play with too. Laine usually avoids me, but I finally broke through on this trip!! We played "Skater Girl" together and formed a bond. Hopefully she will remember that the next time I see her.
Ed flew down with us and we arrived on Friday afternoon. Eric kindly picked us up from the airport, with Chad and Todd following behind in another car. We all went to lunch together, then Marc and I went off to explore downtown. We went to Pike's Place Market and looked at all of the shops. They had everything you can think of! I wish we had our camera, but we forgot. Pike's is the place where they throw the fish around as they prepare them for buyers (as seen on the opening of Real World: Seattle, for those reality TV buffs out there). They also had a booth where they make mini doughnuts fresh. You could watch the doughnuts being made from start to finish. And they were yummy! (Yummy is the theme for our trip because we ate way too much food.....)
Saturday morning we all went to Chinook's for breakfast. Chinook's is this cool restaurant that is located right on the water. You can see all the fishing boats at the dock behind me in the picture. They serve baked scones with every breakfast and again, they were yummy. When we were finished, we walked out on the dock and looked at all the boats. It was interesting to see the names of the boats and wonder where they had been. Some were really beat up. It was amazing they even made it to the dock in the first place. After breakfast, we went downtown to check out more of the sites. We saw the Space Needle and went to the EMP/SFM (Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum). It was really cool. They had a bunch of exhibits with different music and movie memorabilia, along with some interactive sections where you could learn to play instruments, scratch a record or watch a movie. They had this large tower made of guitars that were programmed to play on their own. It is the only picture we have of the museum because we were quickly chastised by security - no pictures allowed. After the museum, we took the monorail over to the mall. This mall is the location of the very first Nordstrom's. They also had a Sephora, one of my favorite stores. Hooray for shopping!
Sunday was the blessing and Eric did a great job. It was beautiful and Sommer stayed awake for the whole thing without making a sound! After church Paige made an elaborate dinner of salmon, pear and feta cheese salad, rice and rolls. Of course, she did this in about 30 minutes without breaking a sweat! Marc also surprised me with tickets to the Seahawks game! We walked about 2 miles to get there, but once we were there it was so cool. It's hard to describe the energy at a pro football game. It was mass hysteria! There were people painted head to toe with dyed mohawks of green and blue. Before the game started, we went to Safeco Field (the home of the Mariners) and watched the Cowboys/Patriots game on the big screen. It was awesome that they opened the stadium for a little pre-game BBQ.
The view from the stadium is gorgeous! The skyline is so pretty with all the lit up buildings and the clock tower. Even though I cheered for the Seahawks, I still privately cheered for Reggie Bush :) The Seahawks ended up losing, but it was still a great experience. I was able to witness a few animated fights between some drunk Seahawks' and Saints' fans. It was pretty entertaining.
2 comments:
Gosh, Cammi--that was the weekend in a nutshell--you covered everything except for the marshmallow war, but that was during your Seahawks experience. I'll have to fill you in sometime! Thanks for being so much fun to be with!
Wow! Makes me feel lucky that I live here. Thanks for the compliments on my house, that makes me feel good especially since it wasn't as clean as it should be. I'm so glad you were able to make the trip to be with us. We always have fun doing all the Seattle things with visitors.
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