Our trip to Seattle was Amazing! We did and saw just about everything. It was wonderful to be with family and enjoy the beautiful city of Seattle. There are a ton of pictures for you to enjoy because I think pictures are more fun to see than reading about our adventures.
The first thing we did was go to a Yankees Mariners game--the Mariners won! The game was almost a no hitter against the Yankees--it was awesome.
Saturday was game day--all day long. This is the fam in our pre-game mode.
Adam and I at Husky Stadium. It was a beautiful stadium that you can see Lake Washington from. It hold 72,500 people--more than Lavell Edwards stadium holds. We didn't dare get up to take a picture until after all the Washington fans had left. Most of the fans were great but some were kind of hostile and we didn't want to mess with them.
The family photo after an intense win. There were maybe 25,000 BYU fans as the game--it was unreal! We all sang the fight song after we scored and you could hear us around the entire stadium because there were so many fans and we were so loud.
We walked around campus after the game. It is a beautiful campus. This is one of the prettiest parts with the green trees, water fountain, and Mt. Rainer behind us.
Aftef the game and walking around campus we packed into this Jeep Cherokee--when I say we I mean 12 people--and shuttled to our other two cars because we didn't want to walk back to where we parked. It was hilarious. Casey, Jeff, and Adam all fit in the trunk. They were so squished. Adam's entire leg was knumb and he couldn't walk when he go out.
Here is the rest of the famiy scrunched together.
On Sunday we went to this popular park that has one of the most gorgeous views of the city.
While at Pikes Market in downtown Seattle we stopped by my families favorite bakey Le Paniera and got my favorite baggets.
Adam and I at the Fish Toss at Pikes.
View of the Seattle and Mt. Rainer.
We also went to the Locks and the Fish ladder. Boats use the locks after they have been out the ocean and want to come back to the Lake. The difference from the ocean water to the lake water is 40 feet. The lock were built to allow ships to go back a forth by lowering and raising the water level by flooding inorder to let boats pass through. This is the water level after the locks were flooded. (kindof like the Panama Canal)
The locks were right by a Botanical Garden and this flower was so interesting. We had never seen anything like it before. Maybe you have?
The Locks at sunset and the bridge being lowered to let a sail boat with a huge mast come through.
Monday, we went back to campus to see the library. It is like a cathedral--or more so like the library in Beauty and the Beast. I have never see a library like it with the stained glass windows and enormous celinings.
Carly and Jeff are good friends with their Bishop, who just happens to live on Lake Washington. We stopped by their house to see the lake and hang out on their dock. I wish we could have used this diving board.
Lucky for us we the Bishop let us take his boat on the lake for a joy ride. It was Awesome! We got to see all the huge houses and enjoy the sunshine.
This plane landed right in front of us.
Adam, me, Carly, Heather.
Don't worry, this wasn't all we did--when you are with the Nelson's there is always tons are eating involved and we did eat--a lot! It was a wonderful vacation and the fact that the Cougars won made it even better. Thanks Carly and Jeff for the fun weekend away.
