Spring in Seattle

*Let me just warn you, this blog post is going to be out of this world long! Thanks for sticking in there!

Hyrum and I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary this last week! Unfortunately he had to work and was out of town on the actual day! I ended up taking the day off, and spent it getting pampered. It was a little depressing at first, but then my day turned around quickly! He had flowers delivered to the house... and they were gorgeous!




Lovely yes?

He came home this weekend and had a surprise trip planned for us! Even as we got in the car, I had no idea where we were going. It wasn't until we were about an hour out of Portland that he stopped playing pranks on me and taking alternate routes, and I found out we were headed to Seattle for the weekend!

My "we aren't really driving to yellow stone, are we?!" face



The drive was great, and for part of it we had a police escort!








We had mostly decent weather when we got there and we spent the first little while deciding where to stay. We finally picked a place right on the water front. It was really cute and had a great view!







Us being dorks and riding the elevators.



Just a peek of our view from our deck.



After settling in, we went off to explore. We have been to Seattle a few times, but almost always to see NFL games. But this was an entirely different type of trip!











We headed over to the market to waste a bunch of money and kill some time.



We had amazing crepes downstairs at Crepe de France. They were AWESOME!






Followed by more amazing food







We listened to great music




We just had a great time roaming around.











We went to dinner at a great place called Bistro 2100, where we had the entire restaurant to ourselves. It was amazing food and a perfect atmosphere!








H had this huge steak with blue Oregonzola cheese




And I had a great fresh crab citrus salad with avocado




This morning we headed over to the Space Needle, why not considering it was so close to our hotel!







The view was totally amazing and worth the elevator ride up.







Our complimentary photo of awesomeness












We saw and did so much more than what I posted, but at this point... I'm bushed! Too many photos, too little time. I've been living too much life to spend all of my time blogging, and now that I have just spent the last 2 hours doing it, I understand why!

Here is to the hopes that I blog a little more! * Don't get your hopes up!

Have a great week!

Portlandia

So a few weeks ago my parents threw me for a loop, when they showed up for a suprise visit! Although I was the only one that was actually suprised! They had told Hy a month before, and he kept it a secret the entire time! Sneaky boy.

* The two weekends before they came he had been overly gunghoe about getting our spring cleaning done. Now Im all for getting your spring clean on, but I was starting to get annoyed! Now I am super happy he did it!

Anyway! Hyrum had to go out of town for work so I spent the entire 4 days with them having a blast! We decided to head to portland and go on a food crawl! If you have never been on one and live near a big city, I highly suggest it!

We started off at my very favorite place to eat in the entire city... rice junkies!! Not only is the food always fantastic, but it's just a really great place to waste some time!




Plus the artwork is really fantastic!







I got the Yakisoba wrap (which is what I always get!) and it was so awesome.





Mom and Dad both loved it!




After Junkies, we rode on the max for a while, getting lost along the way (only briefly)

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But we eventually ended up at Voodoo Donuts! We went and stood in line for an hour (Which is what you do when you go to Voodoo! You dont go in a hurry!)






If you visit Portland, it's almost written law!



Mom and Dad outside of Voodoo, with a secret!




Inside of Voodoo!











Eating the giant Voodoo with Mom-



Some of the Goods- We got a Portland Cream, a basic glazed, Mephis Mafia, and a bacon maple!



After Voodoo came Moonstruck Chocolates...



After the food crawl, we decided to go on the Sky Tram that goes over the whole city. Which maybe after all of that food crawling wasn't the greatest idea, but we did it anyway!







The views were amazing! It was so worth the $4 round trip price, and getting lost on the way there!









We did a lot of other fun stuff, tons in fact, but I am pooped just thinking about it!
I am so glad that they were able to come for my mom's birthday, and got to visit the place where I work.




They are back home now, and I am sure pooped!

I have a lot more to blog about, but who has time!! It will have to be another time. Have a good week!