This picture is out of order, thought I had this posting thing figured out :) Here's me and Sarah at Pikes Place with the Seattle skyline beind us.
Robbie, Jake, and Sarah have been in Seattle, WA since May selling security systems. They are leaving for Houston this week and we haven't seen them all summer. So Robbie surprised Rob and I with airline tickets and a rental car for this past weekend so we could have a little fun together in Seattle. It was so much fun...THANK YOU ROBBIE! This is our first day having a little breakfast at IHOP and then off to Lake Washington for a TEAM activity with the rest of the ICON gang. Not sure why Jake looks so short in this picture :)
The day was beautiful and started off with some sand volleyball. You can see Robbie in the blue shorts and Rob in the dark blue shirt. The game was bound to be very competetive and sure enough it was...almost good enough for the Olympics I'd say.
Here's Sarah and Jake going after the ball together. Looks like Jake got it.
Way to serve Robbie! That's Darren in the picture too.
Rob and Robbie waiting for the ball.
Rob and Sarah on the dock at the lake. So cute.
Me and Sarah Ann
The 2 Lawrence Robert Readers :) I sure love these guys!
Then off to Pikes Place. What fun!! There are beautiful flowers everywhere for sale. This entire bunch was only $5! It smelled heavenly with every kind of flower you can imagine, and then some.
We found some fruit flavored honey sticks. We had mango and watermelon, cherry and cinammon. So yummy. You bite the end of and suck the honey right out of the straw.
Pretty Sarah with more wonderful flowers. She carried her ICON notebook all around so that she could be with us while we we were sight-seeing and still work.
This is the first STARBUCKS Coffee ever, right at Pikes Place. You can find great musicians playing on the streets all around.
This is the famous Gum Wall down an alley at Pikes Place, kinda gross but interesting. By the way, we are not really touching it!
Late that night when some of the team got back from selling we ate at Olive Garden.
We went back to Pikes Place again the next day after we called our good friend Diane Lefrandt. She used to live in Seattle and told us that we needed to go back and try some really yummy food that we hadn't even seen. We started out at the Doughnut Company. They have delicious little bite sized doughnuts that you can watch them make right there.
Then we found this place...oh wow...so incredible. It's called Crepe de France. They have all kinds of crepes and you watch them make your crepe to order. We had the spinach with provalone and mushrooms and topped it off with a fresh peach crepe with vanilla cream and powdered sugar. Honestly, Rob and I and Sarah felt guilty eating it because it was so good and Jake and Robbie weren't able to go with us that day. A pure delight, mmmmm.
A picture of the Crepe menu.
Rob and I couldn't believe how green everything was there. These gorgeous flowers hung from street light poles all over the city, unbelievable!
Me and my favorite guy.
Another picture of the Seattle skyline.
Sarah and Rob in front of the harbor, Puget Sound. If you look carefully behind the bridge you can see the snow-capped Mt. Rainier. It's just so pretty.
This trip was such a perfect get-a-way for Rob and I.
Sarah and I were lucky enough to get to go to church with this group of handsome men!!
After church Robbie took us to the neatest Sushi restaurant called Oean Sushi (I think). The food comes by you on a conveyor belt and you choose what you like. There are so many dishes. First you'll see a little sign describing what dish is following and each dish is covered on a color-coded plate. The colors indicate the price of the dish. If you see something you like you just take it off the conveyor. When you are all finished, the server comes and counts up the empty little plates at your place and totals it up for you. It was delicious and so fun! I really would like to go back again because there are so many places we didn't have time to see. It was just such a good time to hangout with our kids and play. Thanks again Robbie!A video at the Gum Wall :)
9 comments:
Yay! Great post Mom! We had a fun time thats for sure! What a pretty city! And that Pike's Place was awesome! I'm so happy you and Dad were able to come spend the weekend with us! We love you so so much! xoxo
how fun!! i'm so sad i wasn't able to be there! but i'm way excited to come on sunday! you are looking so tan and skinny, momma! and sarah looks super skinny and cute as usual! i have such a great lookin family!
ooh i wish i could have been there so bad. I'm getting so excited for all of us to be together! mom..your blog is HANDS DOWN the CUTEST on the block...sorry sisters dont be mad but seriuosly its so dang cute! i love all the pictures, you look smokin mama :) love love love :)
Wow Helen! What I fun trip. The flowers & the food look awesome! It is really pretty there. I am sad I couldn't figure out a way to invite myself along!! (Maybe next time??) I miss you! We need to get together & catch up.
I will have to talk to you some more about your trip, since we are going to be there in a few weeks. Yea! Looks like fun!
Oh, I love Seattle. Isn't that gum wall sick! matt and I have a picture in front of it too! and Pike's place is a ton of fun! I'm jealous that you got to see jake and sarah, we miss them like crazy!
What a great son to provide you with such a fun get a way and to do it with family is the best! There are so many things that I love about the northwest coast. The beautiful surroundings are the best!! Glad you got to go.
looks so fun mommy!!
Hi Helen! Fun surprise to see your comment, thanks! CONGRATS on the grandbaby...absolutely nothing like it. Tanner and his little fam are moving here next month...so, I'll have one of the grands close...woohoo! Your family is cute as ever!
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