The Curtis Family: Seattle

Last week we went to visit my sister in Washington State. Thanks to my mom and sister, Stu and I were able to spend a couple of days with out our little munchkin. We flew in on Wednesday and rented a car for the day so we could go do a little sight seeing. We started our trip by eating at a Jack in the Box, it is our favorite fast food restaurant when we are on vacation, all because we don't have one here and the Sourdough Jack. Then we drove to see the Freemont Troll which is a huge statue of a troll under a freeway bridge. Our Anniversary was Thursday but we wanted to celebrate it Wednesday because we didn't know if we would have time to celebrate with all the stuff we would be doing with my parents and sister's family. We dropped Abby off at my sister's and drove back into Seattle to do the Underground Tour. We both enjoyed that, other than the street vendor that took a dump in the corner of the ally we were in on the tour. He was pulling up his pants right as we came out of the building and there was a big pile of *@*@. Disgusting! Then we encountered three more crazy bums and we decided to find another part of town to eat in. We drove to Belleveue, which is closer to my sisters and enjoyed a nice quite dinner at Maggiano's. This years anniversary was a lot less exciting than last years with out Abby around. I am not complaining! Thursday my mom and sister took all the little children to a farm and Stu and I had the chance to enjoy another day with our Abby. Stu, me, Eric and the older boys all went to the Boeing Plant in Everett, WA. It was really cool. They are building this new plane called the Dreamliner that will be awesome when it is done. We also went into Seattle and enjoyed the view from the Columbia Center's observation deck and had lunch. Friday we took a ferry to Bainbridge island then drove to Poulsbo, a little Norwegian town. There we did a little shopping, and ate lunch. Abby ate fish and chips for the first time and enjoyed them. That night we celebrated my niece Cate's 2nd Birthday. She got a Cozy Coupe and Abby REALLY like it! Saturday we drove to Leavenworth, a little German town a few hours outside of Seattle. More shopping for the women and miniature golfing for the men. Then for dinner that night we went to PF Chang's to celebrate my nephew Gregory's 12th birthday. Sunday we went to church to see Gregory receive the priesthood. After church we played a couple of games and had a very YUMMY dinner - thanks Steph - then off the the airport where the women that checked us in demanded that we show her some kind of identity stating that Abby was under two. I have flown with Abby many, many times and NEVER been ask for this, including the way up. We had nothing with us. I think this women was determined that Abby was two and that we needed to buy a ticket for her. Thank goodness in the end she let it slide this time but note to self, my one year old looks like a two year old to some people so bring her birth certificate next next time. We had a wonderful time, but are happy to be home so Abby can be back on her normal schedule.