Relaxing Sunday -- until the kickball games began!

We went to church together and then we took our kids up to see Snoqualmie Falls. We were really hoping to drive up to paradise and see Mt. Ranier upclose, but the mountain was socked in. The falls were beautiful though and we had a great time. Then we just hung out at Baba's and started a three hour long kickball game. It was so fun to be with everyone!

Saturday

Saturday was all about Family! We had a family reunion to pre-celebrate Baba's upcoming 90th birthday. It was fun to see everyone.

We all had gathered 10 years ago for her 80th birthday and it is amazing to see how much things have changed.
This picture shows the 2 events side by side. On the left, it is Baba with most of her grandkids and great grandkids. On the right, only the great grandkids fit on the steps. I might have the count wrong . . . but I believe it is 4 sons, 17 great grandkids, and 32 great grandkids (with 2 on the way). Here is just the today version.



Here is my family with Baba and her sister, Mildred.



Here is my dad and my siblings with Baba.



After the brunch, nearly everyone headed to my uncle Mark's place in Hansville for his wedding reception. The day was beautiful and we enjoyed walking along the beach and visiting with family. We took the ferry back and ended the evening with a lovely crab dinner.

Friday in Seattle

Today was our last stop on the city pass. We have used city passes twice now (here in Seattle and then in Philadelphia) and I can't say enough how awesome they are. You get to see and do so many things that you might not have been willing to purchase individual tickets for.

 Today was the museum of flight. I kind of had low expectations for it (given that I love the Air and space museum in D.C on the mall and the one by Dulles airport), but I was pleasantly surprised. It was really awesome. We took a couple of tours and wandered around.

After leaving the museum we headed to my grandmother's house, Baba. She lives in Kent, a southern suburb of Washington. We visited with her and I assembled 4 large breakfast casseroles for the family get together tomorrow. Slowly, everyone who had been camping for the week began to return. We said hello to everone and then headed back into Seattle to go to the mariner's game at Safeco field.



 
It was a beautiful night for a ball game. We got there a little early and watched the pitchers warming up in the bull pen. The Brewer's pitcher even threw us the ball when he was done. We had a great time.