This past weekend we had a lot of family from Cassie's side over at our house. The list includes her sister from San Diego, parents from Spokane, Grandparents from Santa Rosa, and Sister w/ fiance from Seattle, and a few of our friends from Mill Creek (North of Seattle).
In my previous post I mentioned how much I wanted to go into the Tacoma Glass Museum, apparently I didn't have to wait too long. Every 3rd Thursday of the month is free museum day, so off we went. Unfortunately, we couldn't take photos inside the museum, but there is plenty of beauty to snap for free outside.
The gallery was smaller than expected but that's maybe because we just wanted to see more of the amazing exhibit. They had a great children's gallery where kids ages 5 to 11 drew colorful characters that would then be translated into 3d glass sculptures. Each character had a name and explanation as to what they were, and let me say the creativity was hilarious! We were laughing so hard we were crying at times. Some of the characters were...
1) A fish in a banana on a skateboard with rocket engines.
Caption said something to the effect: A fish, a banana and a place to go.
2) HamHorse
Caption said: Ham Horse
(it was a ham shaped horse. Simple but hilarious)
3) Venus flytrap with Light saber
Caption said something to the effect: I like to draw things holding light sabers.
4) Love snake (I can't remember if that was what it was actually called.)
Caption said something to the effect: This snake can slap the love out of you!
Saturday, Mike took me to a Sounder's game (Seattle's pro-soccer team). It was my first time attending a professional soccer game. I gotta say it was a blast, the energy was great, no one ever sits down, and it was an exciting last five minutes when we scored and won the game!
We all met back in Seattle at Jeanette and Mike's house for an engagement toast and feast! Jeanette is Cassie's older sister, and she and Mike just recently got engaged a couple weeks ago.
The kiddos got passed around...
(Great grandpa Paul has Harlow and Fay has Lorenzo)
...and enjoyed every minute of it.
(Lorenzo is Mandy's son, and he's about 2 months older than Harlow)
Then Mike & Jeanette showed us their cute house they will (cross your fingers) be moving into within a few months!!!
They also just recently returned from a little getaway in Kuai. ....Lucky! Here's a couple pics of where they stayed. I'll try to get more details about it from them later, and put it on my other blog
The Hilton Cottage (a blog about houses and house projects).
The next day, we took the whole family to the Washington State History Museum. We were a bit rushed last weekend we were there so it was nice to take our time and really take in all the spectacular exhibits. It was also live folk art day, so throughout the whole museum they had people who were mastered in some kind of folk art practicing their craft live. The museum is down by a harbor and there so happened to be a boat parade that day too. Cassie's grandfather really enjoys boats so it was a nice treat for him.
Later that evening we hung out about the house, relaxed on the porch, lounged in the sunny backyard and had another amazing feast! It was a full house (14 people including a few kiddos) but everyone managed to claim a spot at the table. It was followed by a great desert and a slide show of Jeanette and Mike's trip in Kuai. We're so blessed to have such a happy family!
Lorenzo's mommy gave him some hair to play with.
Monday, the sister's and babies went on a ferry ride to Bainbridge Island and had a wonderful time. We all met up again in the evening at Mike & Jeanette's house to relax and gorge on pizza and HGTV. Ahhh, the good life.
