A Vacation with the Pearsons

Last weekend we went to Seattle with Ryan and Kinzie. This was for no other reason than going on a vacation! It didn't revolve around work, little league baseball, family events or kids. Just a real, much needed vacation. This is something that Josh and I have never done since our honeymoom 8 years ago! We have done a lot of fun things, and gone to some fun places over the years, but everything has involved one of the things listed above. A couple of months ago, Ryan found great plane tickets and asked us if we wanted to go someplace. Since they had never been to Seattle and Josh and I haven't really done any of the "Seattle sites" we decided that would be a fun place to go.

We arrived in Seattle early Thursday and spent the day in downtown. We saw some interesting things and people while walking around. Including 3 guys being arrested in the middle of the street right after we walked passed them. I remember thinking as I passed them that I was glad it was the middle of the day and I wasn't by myself. We turned around and they were being handcuffed by police! We also went to a Mariners game that night.

Friday we went go-carting (way fun!). We also went on a 2 hour Lakes cruise. We saw Bill Gates 66,000 sq. ft house and the floating house used in the movie Sleepless in Seattle. After that, the Space Needle and more time in Seattle. Friday night we drove to Birch Bay (100 miles north of Seattle) to stay the weekend at one of the time share condos my parents are members of. Birch Bay is on the border of Canada. Beautiful place, but smells like fish. But it was fun to watch the seals on the dock and see all the awesome birds.

Bill Gates house (the part you can see anyway)

Sleepless in Seattle floating houseBirch Bay

There are 2 bald eagles in the tree

The seals were so fun to watch
Sunday afternoon was full of shopping and then back to Seattle to stay at Josh's sisters house that night. Then home on Monday. We had so much fun with Ryan and Kinzie! This was a great vacation. I hope they had as much fun as we did! Thanks for the good times!