Last weekend my Mom, sister Caryn, and sister-in-laws Mindy and Lori came to Seattle for a Girlie Weekend of Happiness (named so by Jon, Caryn's husband)! We had SO much fun together! It all started with everyone arriving on Thursday night. Friday we went to up to the San Juan Islands - it was a long drive, but lunch at Olive Garden broke up the drive. The ferry ride was fun - we played games and planned the rest of our time together!
Once on the island we went to the lighthouse - it was a really pretty view and although we didn't get to see the whales, the ocean was beautiful! We then went to the little cabin that we were staying in for the night to get in a few games before heading to dinner.
We ate dinner at Roche Harbor with amazing food and a view to match! We were there for sunset and it was fun to just relax and enjoy each others company!
We got back to the cabin and played games till about 1:00 (which was really 2:00 for the Utah and Idaho crowd)!
The ferry the next day was fun - we tried to finish our heck game (super fast crazy game, often called Nertz), but most of us got dizzy from the motion and trying to keep track of the game and we had to play something more subtle.
We drove to Seattle and ate a yummy lunch at Ivar's and Dad picked up the bill - thanks Dad! After that we did a little shopping on the pier and went up to Pike's Place for more. After the shopping we went on the Underground Tour. I was a little unsure of the idea at first, but it was such a good tour - it was about the history of Seattle and they take you to the underground storefronts and sidewalks and such. It was a little shady, but very interesting!
We grabbed some Mexican for dinner and had out last fun night of playing games! Sunday morning I took Lori, Mom, and Mindy to the airport and then Caryn came to Sacrament meeting with me and helped me with the boys during Brian's talk - he did a great job! Then Caryn had to go home too and we were all back to reality!
We had so much fun and I am so grateful for these wonderful women in my life! It was so good to have this time with them and create such great memories! I feel overwhelmingly blessed to have such great friends as family!
