august 2013: spontaneous trip to seattle! cory, trey, gabe and i drove up to seattle for a long weekend. cory and i spent it with my dad's parents in federal way and with my grandma june in redmond. it was awesome! we drove the long 12 hour drive thursday (don't remember it being so bad, ugh) and spent friday at the boeing museum! we had fun eating and staying up with grandma betty and grandpa bruce. we went to dinner with aunt barb and grandma june at chinook's-mmm yummy crab and salmon! afterwards, we went to the dilettante, my favorite place in seattle, for chocolate delight. cory got a milkshake and i got the sundae, because it comes with a truffle. SO GOOD.
saturday, cory and i explored downtown seattle at pike's place, ate some good cookies, checked out ye olde curiosity shoppe, and looked for places to eat but could not decide! finally, we ended up eating sushi in federal way :) and then of course we went to home goods so i could get my most favorite lamps ever! i was determined to find white gourd lamps, and i happened to find some (BIG) ones with beautiful flowers on them. cory indulged me because i fit everything for the weekend in my backpack. i don't know that the other boys were too happy...but it's been a year and i'm still in love with them. i also got my first glassy baby that weekend! check them out-glassybaby.com or in stores in WA or CA. they're handmade candle holders where part of the proceeds are donated to various cancer foundations. they're all different and beautiful. if anyone ever needs to buy me a present, this is your no-fail idea. HINT HINT.
on sunday we went to church with the hatches and enjoyed exploring the treasure trove that is my grandparents' house. cory and i watched grandpa cut rocks and show cory all his tools and his collection of stones. he made me a nice necklace!
sunday night we went over to grandma june's for a sleepover! she has the cutest little place in redmond and we loved looking at family history and old pictures with her. monday, we got to see great-grandma marlowe (gamie) who was 106 and is now 107 years old! afterwards, we ate at ivar's, cory got salmon and chips, which he constantly craves.
of course no trip to federal way would be complete without a trip to the azteca with grandpa and grandma hatch! it was such a fun weekend being able to have some one on one time with my relatives so they could get to know my sweet husband better! i desperately hope to live in the pacific northwest one day.
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