Girls weekend in Seattle!

One of the many perks to marrying Aaron, was becoming part of his incredible family. I have been blessed with wonderful in-laws, who have welcomed me since the beginning 9 years ago. I really love them all.

So Lisa (Aarons older sister) works for Alaska airlines part-time (while still raising her five kids, and home-schooling them, and oh, did I mention that her husband is Bishop?-whew!) and she got us gals a discount on flights (thank you Lisa) so we could all meet up in Seattle last weekend!

We'd never done this before, and it was my first time to Seattle. I don't get to see my sister-in-laws often, and never without kids, so we took advantage of every opportunity and really crammed a lot into a three day weekend. We ate, and shopped, ate some more (Ivars clam chowder anyone?) saw some beautiful sites, saw an i-max, took some tours, laughed, stayed up til 1am most nights, ate, read books, had breakfast in bed, shopped, ate some more--even driving the streets of Seattle looking for a late night dessert snack. Such a fun memory. I hope we can make this an annual thing ;) thank you to our husbands who took off work to watch the kiddos so us girls could go play! There are 11 kids between the three of us girls, so thank you to our husbands who held down the forts at home!

The first day, it was bright blue skys and mid 70s. Just gorgeous. Good thing we had planned to do the Space Needle that day. The view was perfect up top.



The view from top of the Space Needle


The Marketplace



I got to hold a fish and wave at my kids via a live webcam. They thought that was SO cool. They even saw me kiss the fish (thanks to the guy standing next to me who shoved it in my face...didn't get that shot on camera)



Tulips are my favorite flower. Also my MILs favorite, so we visited the Tulip Festival in Mt. Vernon (an hour north of Seattle) held only once a year around this time. Oh my goodness, take your breath away gorgeous!






Lindsey (Aarons little sister), me,Lisa (big sister), and my mother-in-law, Shirley



Red tulips are my favorites...Aaron hardly bothers with roses. I've always thought tulips were more beautiful.



Can't leave out the daffodils! They were just as gorgeous. Seriously...fields everywhere!


Rainy day on the pier at sunset



The outlet stores did not dissapoint...



More shopping...



We all LOVE seafood and couldn't get enough! YUM!



Oh, and the tulip rows. Isn't that gorgeous?