Seattle or BUST!!!!

We woke up the next day and left for Melanie's sisters house. It took us about an hour or so. Her sister was very nice, alot like Mel, very witty. I liked her. We made arrangements to meet my brother Matthew and his wife Kristina in about an hour, so we headed out. After getting only a little lost we met up with them. Mel went with her sister and I left with Matthew and Kristina

Now I will tell you right now that there will be no pics of him or his wife. He just recently had a blog stalker and asked me, specifically, not to post any. SORRY!!! They are doing great and both look fantastic. For those of you wondering what my bro looks like...... picture me, only male, shaved head, goatee,and earrings. He is fantastic!!! Kristina is a pretty Italian girl with a great New York accent. She is very intelligent but doesn't make you feel like an idiot. She is GREAT!! I love them very much. It was fun to be with them and see them in their element. They are very city-fied. It was great.

The first night we got to their house and ordered pizza. It was called the Cherry Bomb....... YUMMMMMMMYYY ( here comes the food critic mode...) It had sausage, spinach, and sweet hot red peppers on it. WOW was it hot mmmm. very good. We sat up and talked until midnight, it was soooo fun. And I have to mention that Emi is smitten with him. Kenna is too it is funny. It must be that Ashment charm! She sat in his lap all evening and colored with him.

The next day we woke up and they made me a smoothie. It was good it had all kinds of crazy things in it. They like to eat whole foods alot so I was a bit nervous. Matthew said it would give me more energy than 2 Pepsi's..... He was right. I felt good all day and we walked ALL DAY!

First on the agenda was one of Americas most haunted tours... The Seattle Underground. It was awesome..I loved it and Emi was very good the whole time. And I have to say that it didn't feel very haunted. SORRY....

An old iron bath tub and an iron door used to hold gold thieves or something like that.

The remains of an old elevator. And some old stuff. tee hee!

This tour was real cool. you learn about the whole history of Seattle and the fire that destroyed the whole money district. The sidewalk we are walking on is the original side walk from the 1800's it is a pretty awesome thing to see in real life.

Seattle was one of the first plces to get a "Crapper" The original name of the toilet. Very funny story...

After the tour we walked over to an antique shop. I love this it is one of my favorite things to do....However not with a toddler. We left sooner than any of us wanted to.

We then went to lunch. My aunt Risa told me I had to get fish and chips at Ivar's so we did. It was good. I am not a seafood person but I will try new things so I can say it was good but I am not going to crave it. :) Sorry Risa.

Then we were off to Pikes market. I can now say that I have been there and that is about it. It was stinky, HOT,crowded, and did I say stinky? Yeah I don't think I need to ever go back there. I will, however, give them props for the beautiful fruit and veggies they had there.. AMAZING!!!!!!!

After that we were all tired especially Emi. So we went home. I wish we could have gone to the Space Needle but truly it is not that big of a deal.... I see it every week on Grey's anatomy right? And if I had asked I know they would have taken us. So we went home and had some yummy ravioli Kristina made and we just hung out. Emi's new hero is Matthew. He sat and watched a barbie movie with her for 2 hours and when he tried to leave she told him NO! and made him sit down.. HAAA!!! Yup, she is the boss!!

It was an awesome time. I loved every minute of it. I am soooo glad I got to see them.

The next morning we got up and Matthew drove us to Melanie's sisters house. We loaded up and hit the road about 9:30 a.m. We got home at 3:00 a.m. It was a long, long, drive. The kids were done before we started but we made it. We only had one little problem on the way home. In Boise the battery died in the car while we were getting gas... Note to self don't play DVDs while the engine is off for 15 minutes!!! It was funny!!!! We asked a cute Hippie couple to jump us and they did after she ripped part of her engine cover off!!! CRAZY lady. We were thankful and they were nice. It was a great road trip and I want to do it again sometime. But not any time soon!!!

Thanks for the fun Melanie!!!!! :)