Dusty Bottoms, Lucky Day and Ned Nederlander in Seattle

In February, my friends, Nikki and Sandra, came for a weekend visit. Friday night I picked them up at the airport and we went out for authentic Australian food at The Outback. Saturday we went and had brunch at Chinooks which located at the Fishermen's terminal. It was neat to see all the fishing boats. After brunch, we went and cheered on the Arizona Wildcats who were playing the Washington Huskies. It was a good game but the Wildcats unfortunately lost.

Derek, Alexis, and Holly cheering on their Wildcats

Ned, Dusty, and Lucky

After the game, I took Nikki and Sandra (Dusty and Ned) to the Seattle Temple and then up to Snoqualmie Falls. Holly and Nikki freezing in front of Snowqualmie Falls. From here we headed to Uncle Si's and had some delicious pizza and draft beer (the root kind).

On Sunday after church, I took the girls to the Cedar River trail and we walked about a mile to a bridge. Nikki showed me how to use my camera in manual mode and I took senior portraits of the girls. Nikki's (Dusty) Senior Portrait

Sandra's (Ned) Senior Portrait

On Monday we headed to Seattle. We stumbled on this park as we were walking. It was really cool to see trees with sweaters.

We went to the top of Smith Tower where legend has it if a single woman sits in the chair she will be married in 1 year. Nikki hoping to prove the legend true.

View of the Space Needle from Smith Tower

After Smith Tower we went to the Underground Tour. Originally Seattle was built at sea level and there were all sorts of flooding issues. After Seattle was destroyed in a fire, the city decided to rebuild above sea level. Nikki and Sandra looking through a store window. Some of the shops around this area actually have parts of the original Seattle for their basements. If your in Seattle I highly recommend this tour; it is very interesting.

We also went on a Harbor Cruise. Unfortunately, the day was fogging and wet so we couldn't see the Olympics and Seattle skyline was hard to see, but we enjoyed the cruise anyway. Nikki and Sandra were able to experience a common Seattle day.

Part of the Harbor Cruise included going into the Shipyard which I found really interesting.

After the Harbor Cruise, we went to Pike Place Market. This was my first time to actually go through the whole market. Did you know there is a yummy donuts stand where you can get 6 little donuts for $2?

When we were leaving Pike Place Market we found these cool lamppost.

The last day the girls were here we went for a hike in the rain. Sandra and Nikki all bundled up again.

I just love how green things are here

I had a lot of fun laughing and taking the Ned and Dusty around Seattle.