Started out with a Birthday Party for a friend of the girls' at the NW Kids Club indoor park on Friday evening! We are so sad that the Kids Club will be closing at the end of the month. We hope they find a new location to continue their business. MaKenna and Ella had a blast and the goal was to get them tired because we left directly after the party to head up to Washington to stay with my aunt Gloria and her husband Pete for the weekend. We drove up with my parents in their Suburban. I love Suburbans! So great to fit everyone in one car! We arrived in Everett, WA about 11:45pm. We were tired. My aunt and uncle let us sleep on their boat and that was a lot of fun! Saturday we ate breakfast at Gloria and Pete's house. They made an awesome French Toast dish, then Gloria took us to the YMCA so the girls could go for a swim. It was a lot of fun. Thank goodness for indoor swimming pools that are heated! The weather outside was very drizzly. We had BBQ ribs that Pete grilled up on his Traeger. Another delicious meal! Saturday night was the main purpose of our trip. For Christmas my sister had gotten me tickets to Carrie Underwood! The event center was within walking distance of my aunt's house, but since it was raining she dropped us off. The girls stayed with them, while Mary, Jason, Richie and I got to go to the concert! It was an amazing concert. Carrie did a great job putting on a show. At one point she sang a song while swinging on a swing. Later she was in a truck that raised up into the air and went out over the audience. She also had a dress that lit up! So very awesome stuff and the setting in itself was very entertaining. I loved it! After the show we walked home and then went back down on the boat to sleep.
Sunday morning, Mary and Jason had to come back to Salem for a wedding, but we stayed up in Everett and Gloria and Pete took us out on their boat! It was a nice cruise around the island and we got to see the Lady Washington in action. The Lady Washington was one of the ships used in the Pirates of the Caribbean film. They were giving tours of the ship and private trips on it for Memorial Day! We cruised right up close to it to see it in action! It was pretty cool and I got some good pictures of it! The girls took a good nap on the boat too. Nothing like sleeping to a motor sound and a rocking boat! After the cruise we went to a local farmers market and bought some asparagus for dinner. That night we had a fresh salmon dinner from a fish that my mom caught on the Clackamas River. It was delicious. We also went in the hot tub that evening and just relaxed around the house. 
Monday morning we got up and went out to breakfast and headed home. It was a great time in WA.
I also had Tuesday off from work, so we got to meet up with some friends form CA who were in town. A Willamette Alum who played basketball at WU when my sister and I were "ball girls". Lori and her daughter Maija came down and we went down to Willamette to get some WU Gear and look at some changes to the campus. Then we had Pizza Hut at our house before Richie and I had to head to our Parenting class. Richie then went from the class to a hockey game in Portland (he had a very long day). He is playing in a long stick league and I hope to make it to some of his games that are a bit earlier and hopefully I can post some pictures. He is trying to get in some sort of shape before he goes to hardball nationals in WA in July.
Well that was a catch up... Hope you all had a wonderful Memorial Day and thank you to all of those who serve for our country.
E
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looks like it was great weekend, so many fun events!!
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