Washington Part II

The second part of our Washington trip was as much fun as the first half.  On the 8th of September we went to Graham and spent the night at one of our McChord friend's house and met her fiance for the first time which is a good thing seeing as I am a bridesmaid in their November 2011 wedding. :) 
On the 9th of September we spent the night at Daniel's parents' house which was nice to spend some time with them.
From the night of the 10th to the afternoon of the 11th we were in Seattle with the Jones/Mullen family and Jamie came along to spend time with us too.  We went to Red Mill for dinner and had the most amazing burger I have ever had.  Then we went to get delish ice cream at Molly Moons (Theo Chocolate).  After that we went to Kate's Pub for a few beers and some pool.  Um.. I suck at pool.  In the morning we went to Portage Bay Cafe which is an all organic and local products.  It was so delish!
After breakfast we went to our friend, Zach's house for some college football (super boring to me but Daniel had fun) and then had dinner that night at Daniel's older brother with his wife and our two cute nephews, Timmy and Nathan. Daniel bought them Legos and it was fun crawling around the floor with them.  They are very sweet young boys.  That night we spent at Daniel's parents' house again and stayed up a little while watching Wheel of Fortune (one of his dad's nightly rountines!).
We left the next morning on the 13th and drove 3.5 hours away to my best friend from Jr High and High School, Naomi in Gresham, OR.  Daniel made an amazing homemade dinner of spaghetti, garlic bread and a salad.  Her 2 year old son and husband were there and once Noah (her son) warmed up to me, I got to play with him.  He was so sweet and so cute saying things in English and Spanish (his dad is from Peru).
The morning came too soon and we headed out for a ten hour drive.  It wasn't too bad but I just don't like being in the car that long.  We got home last night around 6pm.  With a shower and a quick snack, I hit the hay and slept soundly until 8:30 this morning.  Pure bliss sleeping in our own bed again.
Thank you to everyone who put us up in their homes and who put up with us. :o)  We love you all!