Snowy Halloween

 Delicious Mexican Monkey Bread: recipe here: http://www.yesterdayontuesday.com/2011/04/mexican-monkey-bread.html

Our goal this winter is to try a new soup every week: This week's was baked potato, with a recipe: http://www.handletheheat.com/2010/10/lightened-loaded-potato-soup.html

View of Denali from the snowy golf course

We got about two inches, after the weatherlady on last night's news told us no snow until later this week... wrong!

Jeri and Cody in the pro shop which they hope to feature

Cody declared "This is about as artsy as I get"

This picture made me laugh very hard... funny faces is the theme

Caught in the act of being 'nosy'

Attempting to help

Then I took over and did the cutting

All done!

No flash for emphasis (or Cody thought I looked bad)

Our front stoop, complete with snow

Washington

About they were leery about our lunch spot, Steamer's

Beautiful view, despite the rain

Cody looking spiffy, and me

Toe in the sound

First penny at the Point Defiance Zoo

Just before I called the elephant over and he strutted in front of us

Facing off with the Black Tip Reef Shark

Two very playful tiger cubs

Exploring the park and beach

Drenched and goofy parents, shortly after spotting sea lions off the beach

Picking up my good looking hubby after his meeting

We thought this was funny

Checking in with work and chugging his chai

Just waiting for the Sounder train

His first real metro train

Goofy father

Enjoying the interactiveness of the Klondike Gold Rush National Park

Dad was the only one of us to find gold, but he didn't strike it rich

Off to the ball fields

Cody can do pennies!

Sadly, the brewery of closed, Ethan

Pioneer Square, where we found Mom and Dad, two hours before our meeting time

Mid-city waterfall garden

I liked the walruses

Columbia Tower... where we ascended 73 floors

City view

Space Needle love

Elliot Bay

More city scenes

Busy interstate, no thanks

Seattle Central Library

View of the city from the pier

Ferris Wheel art

I see this coming back to haunt me in 30 years

Checking out a letterpress shop

pig photo op

and again

This is how Cody picked out what to try for lunch

Seafood overload!

Fish tacos

Fish and chips and hard apple cider

Clam chowder bread bowl

Time to explore the market

Acting very touristy

The famous Rachel

We enjoyed watching the fish throwing... took Cody awhile to finally see it

And here's probably why

Gum wall, yuck

One of the only pictures of all of us. taken by the gum wall. hmmm

We liked these street lights

Totem

Gravitating toward the fireplace

A morning view of the bay at we toured Tacoma/Ruston area

Finished our trip on a high note as we met Shannon for dinner