This sign is the entrance to the market
The market is famous for its abundance of fresh fish
They also have beautiful flowers from the surrounding valley farms
This was the only Seattle attraction that we really partook in. The rest of our weekend was spent catching up with friends and getting to meet quite a few new babies! When we lived in Seattle we spent a few years in a Bible study with our friends the Dobbins. We were there when Natalie told us she was pregnant with their first child and we were there on the first day little Blake came home from the hospital. It had been almost a year since we had seen them and in that time they have added to their numbers a sweet little girl named Claire.
Here is Natalie, Me & Claire
This little guy is my gage for cuteness, we have been in love with him from day one! I just hope little Vegas gives him a run for his money. He warmed to us really quickly and we were even chosen to read him his nightly stories. Although he wouldn't refer to us by our names, we were "those guys" all weekend, funny.
Storytime with Blake
It was rainy and cold most of the weekend, but we still got to enjoy a little bit of the outdoors despite the weather.
Kyle was pretty excited to see the type of scenery he's used to...
Can you see the brown & white lump in this photo? That is Frank. Kyle & I used to go on our long runs out by this field when we were training for the Portland Marathon and we dubbed the two llamas in the field 'Frank and Dolly'. Frank is the dark one and the white one (not pictured) is Dolly. Much to Vegas' disadvantage, I have quite the active imagination and like to assign names and personalities to animals and often inanimate objects as well. For instance, you may not have guessed that Frank used to have a problem with recreational drugs or that he likes to wear his old school legwarmers on particulary cold days (this is my mother's fault, she does the same thing and passed it along to me) Over the years, Frank & Dolly have become a part of our reoccuring conversations and needless to say- Dolly is even my friend on Facebook. What can I say- I love llamas. I really do. How can you not love an animal with ridiculously long eyelashes and buck teeth. I mean seriously- have you no heart? If you were one of the people who thought that Mercedes' 'My mommy is pregnant' t-shirt was inaccurate then you may want to stop associating with us now. That was only the tip of the iceberg my friends. Only the tip...
On a different note. Kyle & I are super-spiritual people. You may not have realized that about us, but we were in two Bible studies when we lived in Seattle. That is right- twice the spitiruality. I'm kidding of course, it just worked out that way. But we were fortunate to have two wonderful Bible studies and we got to hang out with our old group on Monday night for a Memorial Day BBQ. One of the couples just had a baby about 11 days before so we got to meet little Alaina too!
I'm not sure why I have this crazy look on my face- please ignore.
And of course, how could you have Bible study without beer? Kyle & I believe that alcohol brings you closer to God. Those silly Baptists have it all wrong...
Well, as you can see we had a wonderful weekend in Seattle. We've kissed the rain goodbye and we're back to sunny, sultry Texas- which I must say is kind of a nice place to be.
-Stacie
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