Weekend Fun

We had a full Denver weekend last weekend.  Friday was Bingo for Britain at B's school (above).  Saturday we attended the memorial service for the founder of the same school.  B and his buddy were "roasting cookies over boiling water" at the reception.  An activity surely the founder was guiding from above. 

And these two made cookies and a house out of cardboard and hot glue.  Ads and Brian also went to Hamilton, Brian and I had an evening out, I had pickleball, a sleepover, playdate for B and much more fun.

 

Days 4-5- Seattle

Brian and I did some morning runs while we were in Seattle.  We came home one morning to the whole crew playing games.

We went to Pikes Place market for some donuts and entertainment.

And the famous disgusting gum wall.

My newphew and his girlfriend both attend Seattle U and both swim there.  They were kind enough to give us an incredible behind the scenes tour of the school!

Including being able to see the swimming record board (covered with his name!)

One of the highlights of the trip for Ads was definitely helping cook in one of Ying's Thai restaurants!

 

Day 2-3

On Friday morning we woke up early and toured UW (no photos, but a beautiful campus and LT loved it).  After that, we met another one of my good friends for lunch and then  drove up to Vancouver and went to happy hour with some of Brian's coworkers up there and then to the most incredible Lebanese restaurant for dinner.  

Saturday morning we woke up and took a gondola (terrifying in my opinion!) with 100 strangers, towering over the evergreen trees to the top of Grouse Mountain.  At the top was a logger skit, a zipline, grizzly bears to see (from behind a fence) and many other activities.  While the boys had a blast, it was a little terrifying to me!

And after Grouse Mountain we headed back to Seattle for some more Thai food!

 

Day 1 Seattle

We headed to Seattle/Vancouver for fall break this year to visit friends, family and schools.  LT's girlfriend was at the airport taking off around the same time, so we had dinner together.

Our plans changed on the first day and rather than visiting Seattle U, we ended up having lunch with one of my best college friends and then heading to Tacoma for the day to visit UPS and Point Defiance.

Fortunately (unfortunately), we got some pretty incredible weather.  While that made for a fun weekend with views of the famous Mt. Ranier, it did not give LT the true Seattle college weather experience.  

B spent  a lot of the time at UPS and Point Defiance exploring the trees, which are unique in that area.

My sister in law is part owner in 6 Thai restaurants in the area and over the course of the 5 days, we managed to eat at 3 of the restaurants (which were all incredible!)

 

Beignets

These two decided to make beignets last week, which was quite a scene, but the end product was very impressive!

 

LTs homecoming weekend!

And last but certainly not least, LT's junior year homecoming.  While Brian hosted Ads party, I ran over to to the park to snag some photos of LT and his buddies before they headed to another friends house for dinner.  

 

Ads Big Weekend

After we quickly cleaned up and got our lives (somewhat) together, we geared up to host Ads friend group (and their parents) for the pre homecoming party.  It was a really nice chance to get to know the parents (and kids) as Ads begins his high school years.