Ryan's parents came out for about a week for a visit in Seattle. We were both able to get the time off of work to hang out with them the whole time which was a nice little vacation for us too! They came in last Wednesday afternoon and we spent the rest of the day wandering around Seattle and relaxing after their long day of traveling. We started out with a nice little mid afternoon lunch on the waterfront, it was a perfect day out for sitting in the sun and smelling the breeze off the water.
Thursday we packed up and headed out for a day of fishing! We headed over to Cle-elum about 2 hours east of Seattle and found a few rivers around the city to try out. There weren't a whole lot of fish caught that day, but it was a lot of fun hanging out on the river.
On Friday we took Ryan's parents up to Queen Anne to show them around our new hood ;) After brunch at one of the local diners, we went over to the house to show them around. Unfortunately a couple of days before we ran into a little snaffoo in our construction. Apparently our neighbors (the ones we haven't met yet because they keep running inside their house every time we try to introduce ourselves) are mad that we had construction debris in our yard, so they called the city to complain and after several complaints the inspector finally had to give us a stop work order. Luckily we were able to go into the city and get a permit for our work to make it all legal (which we probably should have done to begin with but were hoping to get it done before anyone really noticed). So until we were able to get the permit, we had a nice bright stop work order on our front door. Oops! Anyway, things are all back in order now and hopefully our plumbers and electrician will be able to get in there and get some things done in the next week so we'll be moving along again.
After dealing with that and showing off our house, we went around to a few of Ryan's other projects. Last time Ryan's parents were visiting, we took them to this house (the Z House) and it was just getting walls up, so it was fun to show them the final product too.
Saturday we cooked up a big breakfast and spent most of the day watching football games. Saturday night we took a walk around Lake Union to check out all the awesome boats...maybe some day we'll be able to buy one of those too! One step at a time I suppose!
One of the awesome parts of the games here is how much the fans get into it. The field is apparently one of if not the loudest field in the NFL and actually registered on the Richter scale last year when the Seahawks had a huge upset win against the Saints. Here's a little video of the fan's excitement in this game. It was literally non stop screaming almost the entire game. So much fun!
Later that night we played a few sports of our own on the Kinect. Once again after a few hours of some intense gaming, I ended up getting more and more sore on the following days. Apparently video games can be a pretty good workout!
Monday we took a trip on the ferry over to Bainbridge and then onto the Olympic Peninsula. We took a drive up the mountains to hurricane ridge to get some great views above the clouds. Although it was a little chilly and foggy out, it was still really beautiful and the air was so crisp!
We stopped in Port Angeles on the way back for some supper and to enjoy the views on the water there. We also drove past the Bremerton Naval Base to see a few of the HUGE ships out there. I'm always amazed at how massive they look even just from the road. It's pretty impressive. We got on our own ship in Bremerton taking the ferry back into Seattle for the night. Tuesday morning I had to get up bright and early to head into work again and Ryan's parents headed to the airport shortly there after. Somehow that little week of vacation went by really fast! Just a few more weekends till more parents come out to visit for more vacations! Can't wait!
No comments:
Post a Comment