Trips for Mom and Dad

Towards the end of July, Matt and I took a trip to Seattle. Grandma T took the girls for the weekend (3 whole nights, exhausting)! We went with the Kellys and Lams for the weekend. It was a lovely time of relaxation, eating great food, and lots and lots of walking (we forced the guys to walk three miles in the sun on Saturday, they were not happy). I liked Seattle a lot, but could not believe how horrendous the traffic was! We also had some misses with meals, Eric especially just kept getting shut out due to lack of food in the kitchen or lack of communication from servers.

The First Starbucks

Flowers at Pike's Place

Fish! (we didn't see any tossed)

Adult crew

Super icky gum wall. I couldn't go anywhere near it, yuck!

"Gimme 2"

Underground Seattle Tour

Ceilings made of glass are now in the sidewalks of Downtown!

Tour guide - It was like getting a tour from Molly Ringwald

The men behind a bar underground

Dinner out. Grown up meal, alcohol, yumminess!

Chihuly Glass Museum

Chihuly and the Space Needle

From the Space Needle

On a ferry

Looking back at downtown

We ate a dinner at a place where everything is pie. So amazing!

Video Game Bar

In celebration of our birthdays and anniversary this year, Matt organized a trip to LA for us. He had it all planned out to be a surprise, but Ella got the flu (and gave it to me then Matt) so we ended up moving the trip and I was given all of the details. We dropped the girls at Grandma T's on Saturday before lunch and headed up to Beverly Hills. After relaxing outside with snacks and a drink, I took a nap (best thing ever!!!) and then we went to our fancy dinner. Ink is Michael Voltaggio's restaurant - a Top Chef! The food was all meant to be shared plates and everything was delicious. I especially enjoyed the egg yolk gnochhi, so different and tasty. After dinner we went to a bar with a hidden door and a carnival theme, crazy pictures on the wall. Of course, I am an old party pooper so after one drink I was ready to pass out and we headed back to the hotel for a completely uninterrupted night of sleep (no kids, no dogs, just sleep). In the morning we walked to a french cafe for breakfast which basically forced me to question whey in the world we had ever decided to add the responsibility of children (and dogs) to our lives. Perfect 24 hours!