Fun Weekend...

On Saturday morning we headed into Seattle to drop the girls off and my cousin Kevin and his wife Helen's house. They offered to take them overnight and Jason and I got a hotel room in the city. The girls had a blast...brunch, carousel riding, children's museum, Starbucks treats, and pizza making. Plus, all the attention they could want and a little dog to play with.

Jason and I had a great time as well. We had lunch at the Lunchbox Laboratory and experienced quite simply the best burgers we have ever eaten in our lives, walked around the funky neighborhood of Freemont, had Starbucks treats, went to the movies and watched it snow. It started snowing Saturday afternoon and hasn't stopped. When we woke up this morning Seattle was like a ghost town...everything closed and hardly a car on the street (even though they only had about 3-4 inches at the time). We walked for a total of 3 miles and only a couple of restaurants were open (execpt our trusty Starbucks) and even fewer shops. When we got home we were greeted by almost 9 inches of snow and it is still snowing heavily. The first day of winter has proven to be plentiful!!

Yes...that is a beaker full of water. Yes...that is black velvet on the tables. And, Yes...I did eat the whole thing! Yum, Yum, Yum...
Pike's Market amidst the snow...

Our little car with a thick covering of snow (and that is a lot for here)...

Annika sufficiently bundled...

Snow bunnies...

Great to play in...not so great for making gigantic snowmen...

Jason piled all the driveway snow into a sledding hill in our front yard. He said it was a hill to make sledding faster. Annika thought he said a "Hill of Disaster". I agree with the latter...I just looked out and him and another dad are launching the kids off of it...

Our jar of seashells that got left out too long. Goodbye summer, hello winter...