Trip to Seattle

I was really excited to be in Seattle this weekend to celebrate with my good friend Ian when he married his beautiful bride Kaylene! It was a lot of fun to be there and hang with my friends Molly and Josh as well as their mom Christine and brother Jake and his girlfriend Erin. We had a great time together and it was a lot of fun to see so many good friends from my youth! It was fun to laugh and catch up. The events were as follows:

We got in Thursday about noon.

We started our adventure down at the Pike Place Market 

 Our first entertainment was this nice young man who was doing a street performance.

He sang three songs:

"I love my mom"

"I love me dad"

and "I love myself"

The Song names were also the song lyrics and the music was the same for all three songs.

He was pretty funny.

 

The Farmers Market was amazing.

I'm pretty sure that if I lived in Seattle I'd be getting flowers every time someone went downtown!

Beautiful full bouquets for only $5 or $10.

Molly, Myself and Josh posed for a well placed picture right into the sun...

but this spot looked iconic!

 

After having some lunch at the Market we headed to our hotel to settle in. That evening we enjoyed a dinner in honor of Ian and Kaylene. Molly and I ended the evening sitting and visiting with Ian's sisters Chelsi, Sasha, & Demri as well as Ian's cousin Bethany. It was a lot of fun to catch up with them.

 

 

Friday morning we had a few hours to kill so we headed out to Snoqualmie Falls that we lovingly nicknamed Don't Follow Me Falls. 

 Molly and I trying to capture the falls in a selfie.

 Christine, Jake, Erin, and Josh in front of the falls.

 

My selfie and the falls

 

On our way to Snoqualmie Falls we saw a sign that said U Pick Blueberries -->

We figured if we were there we should go pick some blueberries.

It was a ways out of our way, but the country was beautiful! 

 Jake and Erin picking away!

 

 Molly modeling the bucket!

 



Christine showing off the goods!

That afternoon we enjoyed the most beautiful Wedding Sealing in the Seattle, Washington LDS temple. The groom had one of the happiest smiles I have ever seen him smile.
Such a blessing to be there!

 The Family of the Groom

 ATTRACTIVE best men!

The Reception was at a small zoo and while I was skeptical of how a wedding at the zoo would work it was a beautiful, fun, and wonderful party/reception.

 Two tigers who believe it or not are brothers!

 The man who raised these tigers taught us a lot about Tigers that we didn't already know.
It was great!

 Josh and a few others gave a wonderful toast to the newlyweds.

 Kaylene is quite the party planner...
all the way down to the details of the root beer bottles.

At the end of the night they lit this lantern and watched it drift away.

Mothers of the newlyweds were terrified of this starting a fire, but to my knowledge no fires were reported that week.

 

Saturday was a trip back downtown for a tour of Seattle's Underground. Apparently when early settlers came Seattle had major problems with flooding. They solved the problem by building above the ground level. It was an interesting educational history.

 I got a kick out of these tour buses.

This is the underground view of....

 

 this! Crazy I know!

 There were problems with plumbing at high tide...
this was the solution. lol

Before our plane trip back home we had lunch on the docks at Ivar's. By the time we got down there and got our food we were pretty hungry to the point of being ornery. We started joking that we were hangry. lol

 It was so fun to sit where we could watch the boats.
I loved seeing the ferry.

 The fire boat was pretty cool too.

 And it always reminds me of the Pacific Northwest to see the barges.

Overall it was a marvelous and fun trip to Seattle. I hope sometime soon to take my family back for a visit. It such a beautiful part of the country. I am very thankful for all the help from my friends and family who took care of my kids so Kent could work while I was able to enjoy the blessings of wonderful lifelong friendships and to be there to support one of my closest friends. Thank you all for your help and especially you Kent for all you did and all you continue to do to support me!!!