Shark!

I have been meaning to post this pic of Lex's HUGE shark! He went to the beach to fish with two of his guy friends several weeks ago and caught the BIG one! He loves fishing and was super excited to catch this shark! Great job hubby!

Tomatoes Everywhere!

So this years crop of tomatoes has been great! We have them growing like crazy. We can't eat them or give them away fast enough! This batch on the counter is what I picked today. I actually picked about twice this many, but some of them were cracked or small, etc. We are loving our homemade salsa, tomato sandwiches, etc., etc.! I wish I could share more with our friends and family in Texas! But at least you can see them :o) Enjoy!

More Blue Angels

I wanted to put up a few more pictures of the Blue Angels in Seattle. I just loved this show! And actually got several good pictures! Enjoy!

Seattle Trip

This past weekend, we headed across the country to Seattle for Matt & Megann's wedding! We had such a great time and loved that we had to the opportunity to see Seattle while we were there. There are a ton of pictures and more to possibly come - if we can get our computer up and running again soon! Enjoy!

This picture was taking at the Wedding Reception - they had it on the 76th floor of the Columbia Tower, which is the tallest building in Seattle! It was solid windows, so the view was amazing!

This is a great shot of the Space Needle. In comparison to the Columbia Tower, it's not that big! I was surprised and glad we didn't spend the money to go up in the needle!

The best view from the reception was in the Ladies Bathroom....Yes, this picture was taking in the stall! All of the guys were asking to come in and see the view, they apparently didn't get the same view from their bathroom! I think ladies rooms are always a little nicer!

This was also taken from the tower - sunset over Puget Sound!

Lex, Me, Ashley, Christina & Price - enjoying the reception!

For the Rehersal Dinner, we went to the Crab Pot on the Pier...we had a Seattle version of "Low Country Boil"! Good times!

The Greenville Group - Marc, Ashley, Mike & Christina

We had the opportunity to tour around town quite a bit too. This is the first Starbucks! It was way too crowded for us to go in, but I heard that it is completely different than all the new Starbucks. I also heard that the coffee is better there than anywhere else in the country...but that was from a local...so she may have been a little prejudice!

Our hotel room actually had Starbucks coffee! We definitely took advantage - it was just as good as getting it at a real Starbucks.

Lex was a groomsman in the wedding, so here we are outside the church!

The girls @ the Reception

Here is a cool fountain in downtown Seattle.

On Friday, we went to SeaFair, which is a big fair that had Hydoplane races and a show by the Blue Angels. We missed the Hydroplane races, but LOVED the Blue Angels. Neither of us had seen them in person, so we were glad to have such a great view! I got several other great pictures, so maybe I'll post them up later once our computer gets fixed!

This is one of my favorites!

The Space Needle...around the base of the needle they have a lot of museums and a little amusement park!

Another great shot of the Space Needle!

On Thursday, we toured around quite a bit on our own. One of our favorite things was going to Pike Place Market. It's the famous spot where they bring in the fish and throw it around! Another highlight were all the fresh flowers! They had HUGE bouquets of flowers for unreasonably cheap prices. The bouquet above probably cost $15! Seriously! I wish we had a place like that around here!
This is one of the spots where they throw fish...we missed that part, but the overall experience was great!

We also took a tour of Underground Seattle - apparently back in the 1800's the streets of Seattle were actually one story below where they are today. They had a big fire that destroyed all of the buildings and when they rebuilt everything the city decided to bring the streets up a level, so today many of the buildings still use the "first floor", but it is more of a basement now! Interesting!

Here is a shot of us looking up at the current street level from the orginal Seattle sidewalks!

One of our other favorite parts of our trip was driving to Mt. Rainier. We wish we had more time to spend there hiking, but the view was amazing. This is a waterfall that we stopped at on our drive up to the National Park.

I wish it wasn't so cloudy, because you can barely see any of the actual Mountain. It soars way above the clouds! This picture does not do it justice. We luckily had a great view from the plane flying in - our plane was flying parallel to it, it was breath taking!

Yes - that is me, standing on snow in August! Crazy. The weather was so nice there...50's at night, but 68/70 during the day. A little chilly, but a nice break from 100+ degrees here in SC!

Congrats Matt & Megann - we are so happy for both of you! And thanks for giving us the opportunity to see Seattle!