We were in Seattle from December 26th to 31st. However the 26th and the 31st were mostly travel days, so we really only did something there the 27th-30th. This may be updated some as Kelly helps clear my already foggy memory.
Wednesday the 27th - Kelly got up about 5 AM to go and find coffee. Her mom didn't have the right coffee pot for her so Kelly had to go to Starbucks. Kelly's parents went into to work in the morning. Kelly went in with her mom to get a checkup at her stepfather's dental practice. After Kelly returned her grandmother, she and I went out to lunch at a local restaurant. A woman that Kelly's grandmother used to work with was working and sat with us to eat. After lunch we went to get Kelly a coffee pot (she has like 6 scattered around the country now). We also went and drove around the small town near Kelly's parent’s house. We then went back to Kelly's stepfather's dental practice for Kelly to get a cleaning. I got to see the practice which was very nice and well laid out.
The three of us then went and saw the places where Kelly or her grandmother had lived in and around Tacoma. We also drove through part of the zoo. After the zoo we headed downtown to The Old Spaghetti Factory a restaurant Kelly wanted to go to. We got there a bit early so we walked down to the Museum of Glass. The restaurant opened at 5 PM and we arrived a few minutes early to put our name on the list since the place was quite crowded. Our names were called before Kelly's parents arrived. Once they arrived we were seated quite quickly.
Thursday the 28th - Kelly got up and took her grandmother to the airport to head home. While she was gone I attempted to get the wireless router and laptop working wireless in the house. I got it mostly working, but had to do a bit more tweaking later. In the afternoon we watched a PBS documentary called Fire and Ice on DVD.
Friday the 29th - After breakfast and hanging around a bit Kelly wanted to go somewhere. We decided on Townsend. On the way there Kelly saw a sign for the Naval Undersea Museum and she thought I would like it. We spent a few hours looking around the museum. Afterwards we went to the nearby town of Poulsbo. We got some breads and other snacks at a bakery. I also found a final present for my mom. When we got home Kelly wanted to go to the Zoo Lights at Point Defiance Zoo. Since dinner was going to be quite late we decided to go before dinner. It was quite a large Christmas light display. When we got home we had the traditional Christmas ham for dinner. After dinner we started watching the movie Cuckoo. Kelly and I didn't make it through the film before we were falling asleep.
Saturday the 30th - After eating breakfast Kelly and I watched the rest of the movie we missed the night before. After the movie Kelly wanted to make a pie to take to her brother's that night. Due to an inability to find some items and her mom not wanting to help it was a little difficult to do. Once the pie was done we talked about how we were all going to go to Kelly's brother's house for dinner. Kelly and I decided to take the ferry from Bremerton to Seattle. We caught the 11:30 AM ferry and got to Seattle a little before 1 PM. When we got there we had lunch at a Fish & Chips place on the pier. After lunch we walked over to the famous Pike Place Market. We first walked through the lower three levels. I found a comic shop that had some posters I wanted. Once we made it to the main level we went to a bakery. Then we walked around the rest of the market. I got a light switch cover to match my stairwell. We also got some jam for the person watching my cat. While we were walking around we ran into Kelly's sister in law's mom. She was in town for a party in relation to the marriage last summer. We then took a bus over to Kelly's brother's house. We had dinner with Kelly's parents and her sister in law's parents. After dinner we went back home and packed for our next day of flights.
Okay, I have to take exception to the "her mom didn't help" comment in the making of Kelly's pie. I did help! But there are only 2 places in our house where cookbooks can be found. The cookbook Kelly needed was evidently not there. We looked for the cornstarch and couldn't find it either. Remember that we've just gone through a full house remodel and have no idea where some things might be. I did find the cornstarch just yesterday, right in the front of the pantry where we'd both looked several times. Go figure. But I'll tell you what, even with the challenges Kelly had in making the pie, it was another of her amazing accomplishments in the kitchen. It was a wonderful and delicious coconut cream pie. One that Kelly's brother, Nicolas, claimed he aspired to be able to make some day. What a compliment that was. Yummo! :-)