Weekend Getaway!

Some of you already know that Russ and I had a little weekend away, since I had to ask everyone and their dog to watch my boys. Yes, we had this great plan, but it didn't work out and it seemed to be a bad weekend for everyone. But really, who doesn't want two cute little boys for a WHOLE weekend? My Dad did offer to come over, but then my sister-in-law came to the rescue. (Which was good, because I really want my dad to come when I'M here!) So the big boys got to go stay with their cousins in Idaho and Russ and I got to take a trip to Seattle to visit our friends Jen and Rahul. So thank you Bridjette and thank you Miranda for watching Colton!

It was a quick trip, but so fun and so worth it! We got there Friday afternoon with plenty of time to visit and go out for a fun dinner. We ended up at this Spanish restaurant called Brasa. At first I thought it was kind of weird and definitely too fancy, but it was SUPER good. They had the best gnocchi I have ever tasted and Russ totally like the octopus. I couldn't get past the tecture of the little sucker things, couldn't they just shave those off - Yuck!

Saturday we got a tour of Microsoft, where Rahul works. That was cool. They seriously treat their employees good - they have fully stocked break rooms each with its own Starbucks coffee/cocoa maker and fridges full of juices, sodas, etc. They also have another break room that looks like a little lounge with cool tables and lighting and a whole x-box get up complete with all the Rock Band gear, etc. And yes, they can just play it whenever they feel like it. Rahul is allowed to go into work at whatever time he wants. He said rush hour at Microsoft is at about 10am. Crazy huh.

In one of the lunch rooms, they have one of those Surface things that you can play with. Its those boards that they use on the news, like for the weather and stuff. Ya know where you just use your fingers to grab and move the things around on the screen. It was SOOO cool! It had maps and games and cool drawing things. If I had fifteen hundred dollars, I would totally buy one.

After our Microsoft tour, we headed into downtown to go to Pike's Place Market. We've been there before, but it was years ago, and I think it is always fun. They have so many different things there. I think it is so fun just to look at everything. So we walked around a bit and even bought some shrimp and swordfish that Russ and Rahul cooked up for dinner. It was the best fish I have EVER had.

We also drove over to Alki which is on the other side of the water so we had a great view of Downtown Seattle and the Space Needle (and soe awesome fish and chips). Russ really wanted to go fishing. It was typical Seattle weather, a little on the chilly side, but a great view and lots of fun.

The next day we went hiking to Wallace Falls, which was snowy and slushy and of course we weren't really dressed appropriately. And as fate would have it, my camera battery died. Total bummer, because it was a gorgeous hike and I'm pretty sure we looked like these silly city kids out there hiking totally unprepared in the snow. But it turned out to be super fun and we were really glad we weren't turned off by the initial mud puddles and slippery slopes.

Thank you Jen and Rahul for an awesomely fun weekend! Can't wait to do it again!