A Few Days in Seattle

There is a bit of catching up to do here. It has been almost three weeks now since Jared and I made a short trek up to Seattle. The WRX's need for its 60,000 mile maintenance was a great excuse to go back home. We spent most of the time at my mom & dad's place. We had decided to bring Awas & Samba along to see how they liked travelling (and my parents dogs). On the way up we were starting to wonder if we'd made a mistake... there was over an hour of meowing when we first headed out from Vancouver. Thankfully they finally fell asleep and all was well. On the trip back home they rough housed in the little cage for a while, then slept for almost 5 hours (we made quite a few stops on the way home). They can now definitely be considered car cats.

The first morning at my parents we introduced them to Sadie, my parents cat. Our cats didn't mind the meeting, but Sadie threw a "hissy fit". Samba and Awas responded to that attitude in kind. We had never seen cat tails so puffy. Awas and Samba were very scared of the dogs at first, but slowly became more curious. If we had stayed longer we are certain that they would have started to have some fun.

While the guys did most of the work on the car, my mom took me to a few local nurseries and walks around her garden. Becca came with and helped me pick out a few plants to take back home.

On the last day there, we were able to connect up with a couple of friends. Jannelle had just interviewed for a new job and was offered the position in the interview, so we were especially blessed to be able to celebrate that success with her. After that we headed down to Pike's Place to meet up with Robb for a few minutes at the yummy french bakery. Our last stop was at the Meeuwse's place in Kent. We caught the end of Cris & Amy's soccer game and met some of the Meeuwse relatives from Holland. All in all it was a busy few days, but the rushing around was well worth it to spend time with so many people we care about.