When we returned home Friday evening my best friend Jenn and her husband Sandeep arrived from Portland for the holiday weekend. Poor Charles had to work all day Saturday, but the 3 of us took the West Seattle water taxi over to downtown and walked up to Pike's Place market. It was about 65, perfectly sunny, and the first real spring day we've seen here! (Granted today it's cloudy again, but I'll take a taste of spring where I can get it!)
On the water taxi headed towards the city
Pretty pretty skyline approaching!
Even the sea lions were out enjoying the sun!
We took sandwiches with us and enjoyed a picnic on the lawn near Pike's Place.
Of course it wouldn't be a sunny Saturday in Seattle if people weren't advocating for something! This was a rally happening raising awareness of police brutality or something like that...
Gorgeous flowers at Pikes Market! It's tulip season, which is my favorite!
The bouquet we ended up with
That Saturday night when Charles was done with work the 4 of us went to dinner at Salty's on Alki beach. They gave us probably the best table in the restaurant...not a bad view!
Easter Sunday! They came to church with us--love the tree on the church lawn!
After church Jenn and I made a delicious Easter meal--our first attempt at ham, sweet potatoes, crescent rolls, salad, and a cheesecake for dessert!
Our garbage disposal began acting up about a week ago, so the boys fixed it for us while we cooked.
Ham and sweet potatoes! If you don't think you like sweet potatoes, you have to try this recipe--it has made lots of non-sweet potato eaters become big fans! Sandeep thought they were amazing :)
Happy Easter!
We spontaneously decided to follow them home to Portland after lunch, spend a night there and then Charles and I headed to the Oregon coast early Monday morning so he could surf on his day off. We hadn't let the cheesecake chill long enough to eat when we were ready to go, so we packed it on ice and took it with us. We joked that it was like a progressive dinner--just ignore the 4 hour drive in between dinner and dessert!
The boys were very excited about our cheesecake!
Surfing and hanging out on the beach in Oregon. It was REALLY cold, wet, and windy which did not deter my husband, who had not caught a wave in almost 4 months. I stayed long enough to take some photos and then napped in the car while he surfed. I decided when the rain started blowing horizontally straight into my face that I was done!
Pretty pretty skyline approaching!
Even the sea lions were out enjoying the sun!
We took sandwiches with us and enjoyed a picnic on the lawn near Pike's Place.
Of course it wouldn't be a sunny Saturday in Seattle if people weren't advocating for something! This was a rally happening raising awareness of police brutality or something like that...
Gorgeous flowers at Pikes Market! It's tulip season, which is my favorite!
The bouquet we ended up with
That Saturday night when Charles was done with work the 4 of us went to dinner at Salty's on Alki beach. They gave us probably the best table in the restaurant...not a bad view!
Easter Sunday! They came to church with us--love the tree on the church lawn!
After church Jenn and I made a delicious Easter meal--our first attempt at ham, sweet potatoes, crescent rolls, salad, and a cheesecake for dessert!
Our garbage disposal began acting up about a week ago, so the boys fixed it for us while we cooked.
Ham and sweet potatoes! If you don't think you like sweet potatoes, you have to try this recipe--it has made lots of non-sweet potato eaters become big fans! Sandeep thought they were amazing :)
Happy Easter!
We spontaneously decided to follow them home to Portland after lunch, spend a night there and then Charles and I headed to the Oregon coast early Monday morning so he could surf on his day off. We hadn't let the cheesecake chill long enough to eat when we were ready to go, so we packed it on ice and took it with us. We joked that it was like a progressive dinner--just ignore the 4 hour drive in between dinner and dessert!
The boys were very excited about our cheesecake!
Surfing and hanging out on the beach in Oregon. It was REALLY cold, wet, and windy which did not deter my husband, who had not caught a wave in almost 4 months. I stayed long enough to take some photos and then napped in the car while he surfed. I decided when the rain started blowing horizontally straight into my face that I was done!
It was SUCH a beautiful place, there were several other surfers braving the weather as well.
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