Christmas in Seattle

This past weekend Traci and I ventured out to Seattle for the weekend to meet up with Janelle and two of her cousins. Traci took the day off on Friday so we headed out on Thursday evening so we could spend 3 full days in Seattle. Traci and I spent each night at her cousin's place, Craig & Vanessa; they have 2 kids, Grayson and Celeste. Celeste is in First grade and Grayson spends his days playing with hotwheels. Anyhow, on Friday Ronnie, Traci, Janelle and I headed down to Tacoma to visit the Glass Museum, the old train station and a cupcake store. After sight seeing around Tacoma we went straight to Bremerton to have supper with Rachelle (Traci's cousin) and then catch the ferry back to Seattle.

Saturday was a very restful day. Traci and I visited the Kirkland church and then had lunch there at her Cousin's place. After lunch we played an old card game named "Birds and Animals" and also "Connect Four by Four." In the evening we went to the Bellevue Botanical gardens where we enjoyed a superb light display. We attended the light show before and it does appear to get better each year. On Sunday We met up with Ben and visited another cupcake shop in Ballard and had some veggie burgers at Kidds Valley to continue a tradition.

I must admit that I have become rather lazy in taking pictures when I venture out. It could be that I don't want to appear as the tourist or simply that I want to enjoy the moment rather than taking pictures. Nevertheless, here are some pictures from the weekend. The two pictures of Traci and I were taken by Ben Blood