Blog Catch Up Time: LL Comes to WA

As I mentioned, I am behind on my blog posting. So here we go with a recap from when Laker Lover came to visit me in Washington. Mind you, we were both on rotations so her trip was literately less than 36 hours. She flew in at about 6pm Friday night and left at about 6am Sunday morning, but y'all know us & we made it count. We started out by driving to Seattle and checking in to the hotel. Her dad was sweet enough to get us a room in the city for the weekend.

Of course we had to do a few cliche mirror shots since nobody else was there to take our picture. . .

Yes even in the elevator.

Then we went and grabbed dinner and toured down by the pier. The Seattle Wheel at night is mesmerizing. We ended up taking a ride on the big thing too. Now talk about some breath taking sites! Gosh I love me some city lights at night.

We hit Saturday running and the best part of the weekend happened all by luck. We were trying to decide what we wanted to do for breakfast and it just so happened the place I picked, changed. my. world. Not even joking y'all. This place had the best waffles of my entire life and they weren't like normal waffles either. My words can not do justice to these beauties, so if you are ever in Seattle go to Sweet Iron waffles, you won't be sorry.

After breakfast we headed down to the market and saw all the typical sights: Starbucks, the Gum Wall, Pike's Market, and had one delicious bowl of clam chowder.

After the sights, we hit up the mall before dinner. We ended up going to a sports bar and enjoyed a few drinks before playing some pool.

It was a fun night with the bestie! We ended up going to sleep about 1:30 and had to be up at 4:00. It was a long/short weekend and a lot of fun! The blog was a little late, but better late than never y'all.

Hang in there, it is almost Friday!

Mrs. Texas Comes To Visit

This past weekend, Mrs. Texas and her mom came to visit. It was the best weekend I have had in a long time and here is all the pictures to document the fun.

We started out the morning at the Capital building and grounds. It was beautiful around there and great to see all their memorial areas. 

After we toured around the capital we headed downtown. There were lots of cute little shops to browse through before we went to breakfast at Darby's. It is a local restaurant that was featured on Diners, Dine-Ins and Drives, so that was pretty cool. After our lunch we decided to go walk them off and ended up around the Capital Lake. It was perfect timing and so peaceful.

Since we are in the hot spots for microbreweries we had to go visit one out of respect. ;) Fish Tale is a local favorite. Literately 15 minutes after we sat down the entire room filled up. There is where the grand inspiration for the evening showed up.... Tacoma Comedy club. For those of y'all who haven't been to a comedy club, GO. It was a great night!

I was doing really good taking pictures, then we left Olympia and I stopped. After we saw all the sites in Olympia we toured down to the outlet malls south of town then headed north to Tacoma before we headed to Seattle for the normal sites.

The weekend was filled with lots of laughs, lots of fun, and lots of great memories.

Washington Trip: Final Installment

The last leg of our trip was in Vancouver, BC! It was another great part of this terrific trip. Neither one of us had ever been in Canada before and we were both looking forward to that alone. We started out our trip at the Capilano Suspension Bridge. It is certainly a must see if y'all are ever in the area. The bridge itself is pretty awesome, but the entire park it is located in is a fun time. After the bridge we headed into town, checked into the hotel then went downtown to shop. The next morning we finished up in downtown then headed to Granville Island to their public market. It was very cool and very similar to Pike Place in Seattle. It was a fun way to spend the morning before we headed back to the good 'ol USA.

The trip was  blast and I am so happy that I was able to spend the time with my mother.  This weekend Mrs. Texas and her mother came to visit and we have had the best time! They headed home today and I am trying to regroup before Laker Lover shows up on Friday! Have a great week loves!

Washington Trip: Part 3

Next up, Seattle! After visiting Seattle, I remembered why I fell in love with this neck of the woods without having been here. What's not to love? I picked a beautiful time of the year to come visit this area; all the trees are changing colors, there is a dense fog covering the ground in the mornings and there is a cool nip in the air at night. Well let's just say... be jealous, but I digress. So the trip to Seattle, Mom and I hit up all the main tourist sites! Pike Place Market, the Space Needle, downtown shopping, and the gum wall. At the end of the evening we had dinner at the Crab Pot on the pier then headed north for Canada. It was a great trip and I was able to scout out all the places for when Mrs. Texas and Laker Lover come visit the next two weekends.

Stay tuned for the last installment of our trip next week!