Washington Adventure Day 5

Yesterday, the 5 of us went to Seattle. I've always wanted to go there, so now I can cross that one off my list. This is Kiera getting ready to go


















We took the scenic route (on purpose) down Chuckanut Drive and these were the views

































We went to Deception Pass


















and we walked down it on a pedestrian path and this was the view


















We went to Oak Harbor where Art grew up and then took a ferry from Whidbey Island to Mukilteo


















This was the view from the ferry
















From there we drove to Seattle to Kerry Park where you can see downtown Seattle with the Space Needle and the water on the right is Puget Sound
















The Space Needle























I wasn't going to go up it because I didn't want to pay $16, but then Jenene handed me a $20 bill and said, "This is your birthday present. Use it to go up the Space Needle; the view is worth it!" Thanks Jenene, you're awesome! So, my mom, Kiera (who was free), and I went up the 600-foot Needle and it was definitely worth it! Here were the views from 4 sides:





































































This was the International Fountain close to the Space Needle and there's a rainbow on the right again


















We went to Pike Place Market which is a huge indoor market on the coast that has 3 floors























These guys throw big fish at each other randomly


















and then we went downtown to eat supper at the Cheesecake Factory


















Inside the restaurant


















Kiera was waiting for food...she hasn't been liking baby food anymore and wants everything that we eat, so we are transitioning her to that and we just give her stuff off our plates as long as it's not spicy


















Jenene and I shared an order of hot buffalo wings and we all ordered a different kind of cheesecake...I had white chocolate caramel macadamia nut and it was AMAZING and huge! This is the remainder (it covered almost the whole plate)


















None of us were fans of the copious amounts of whipped cream, so we piled it onto one plate


















I caught a picture of the Space Needle as we were leaving...what a great day we had!


















I've been so busy blogging about trip stuff that I forgot to tell you that Kiera is officially speaking her first English word. :) :) :) She is always saying, "Hi!" and "Hey!" to us and other people she sees out in public!! She mostly only says it without being prompted...it often doesn't work if you try to get her to repeat it. I'm really excited about that! I joked with Jared that she'd be walking and talking by the time we got back, so 1 out of 2 isn't bad! Art's parents are here, so I better get off the internet and start socializing. Ta ta!