Anniversary in Seattle

Scott and I celebrated our 8 year anniversary on July 7th! Woohoo!! We decided that we wanted to go to Seattle to celebrate our anniversary! Since our anniversary fell on a Tuesday we decided to grill out for dinner. Scott grilled steaks, and I made some asparagus to go along with it! Scott brought me some beautiful white roses. He is so thoughtful and sweet! Then that Friday we left around noon to head for Seattle! We got to stay at the Four Seasons Hotel in Seattle! It was the most breathe taking, amazing place that we have ever stayed at! When we got there Friday afternoon, we checked into the hotel, and then we were headed to go to the top of the Needle! We stopped and ate at P.F. Chang's on the way. Then we had to catch the monorail to get over to the Needle. Riley was so excited to ride on the train..lol! When we got to the Needle there was a carnival all around the base of the Needle! It was really cool, and it is there all year round! Fun! So we went and got some tickets and let Riley ride some rides. Riley and I rode an elephant, and then she drove a truck, sailed her own ship, and then went on the Ferris Wheel with daddy! She had a great time riding all the rides...she experienced her first carnival! Then we bought our tickets and took the long and scary elevator ride up to the top of the Needle! I was absolutely gorgeous up there! You could see the ocean and the city all from the top! We were also up there right before the sun set, and so we got to see the sun setting behind the mountains! It was beautiful! Then we headed back to the hotel and called it a night! We had a full day planned for tomorrow!

Saturday we woke up at 8:30am and got up and got all dressed up in our Dynamo soccer gear! That is right, Riley got Scott some soccer tickets for Father's Day to watch the Houston Dynamos and the Seattle Sounders soccer game! And of course we had to support our home team....the Dynamos!! After we were ready we headed out to go and tour the Pike's Place Central Market. It was so cool! The first thing that we saw was the famous Pike's Fish Market...yes it is where they throw and catch the fish when someone orders something! It was cool to see it is person...we got to see them throw stuff several times! Then we went and saw a pasta market, vegetable market, flower market, etc. You name it, they had it....it was a lot of fun! After we had lunch at the market then we had to head to the soccer game. Woohoo....Go Dynamos! It was a great game, and we had awesome seats! We all had a really great time! We got harassed a little for cheering for the Dynamos, but it was all in fun! Then that evening Scott and I were going to go out to dinner to celebrate our Anniversary! Our good friends Jacob and Aubree had some really close friends that live in Seattle, and they set it up for them to watch Riley so that we could have a romantic celebration dinner alone! Thank you so much Aubree for setting that up, we greatly appreciated the romantic evening! So after the soccer game we headed over to Kyle and Wes's house to drop Riley off! They were so great with her, and of course she had a great time! She was the center of attention for the whole evening....who wouldn't like that!! After dropping Riley off Scott and I went back to the hotel to get ready for our romantic evening! The restaurant that we ate at was on Pier 70, and so we decided that we were going to walk across the coast to our restaurant. It was so nice! Then we arrived at Waterfront Seafood Grill, and it was just a romantic, fancy little restaurant....there was a piano playing...it was awesome! Scott had reserved us a window table, and so we looked out at the ocean all night! It was very romantic. We had heard that we needed to have seafood, because being on the coast Seattle was know for having great fresh seafood. So we order a sampler dinner platter called seafood bacchanalia, it had scallops, Alaskan crab legs, prawns, steak, salmon, lobster tail, potatoes, asparagus, and roasted tomatoes. It was soooooo yummy! I had never had Alaskan Crab legs, ans they were sooooooo good! It was my favorite thing on the platter! Then we had to have desert, and so we had Creme Brulee, and they wrote Happy Anniversary in chocolate around the rim of the plate....it was so nice! Then after desert we both had lattes.....we were at dinner for over 2 hours.....it was an awesome Anniversary dinner! I love you so much honey, and I have had the best 8 years of my life with you, and look forward to many more wonderful years to come. I thank the Lord for you daily, I am truly blessed to share my life with you! I love you! After dinner we walked back to the hotel room and changed clothes, and went to pick up Riley! When we got there she was asleep and had been since 8pm that evening....they said she was soooo tired! Kyle and Wes said they had a great time coloring, dancing, watching movies, reading books, and having tea! Now that sounds like fun! Thank you so much Kyle and Wes for watching her for us so that we could have a quiet evening together.....we greatly appreciate it! Then we headed back to the hotel and called it a night at 12pm....whooo what a busy day!

Sunday morning we did not wake up until 9:30am....can you believe it....Scott slept until 9:30....I am training him a little at a time to sleep in!! We got up and got ready, packed our bags, and then headed out for lunch and then to the Seattle Aquarium! Riley really enjoyed seeing all the fish. She was not a big fan of the touch and feel portion of the aquarium, she did not want to stick her hand in the water.....but she loved looking at all the first in there tanks. She really liked the jelly fish too....we watched them for a LONG time! Then we went outside to the outdoor exhibit and got to watch feeding time for the otters and the seals. She enjoyed watching them eat nummy nummies! Then after the aquarium we were headed back home! It was an awesome, relaxing, and fun filled weekend! It will definitely go down in the books as one of our most memorable trips ever!!!