Seattle - Part 5 - Downtown


No, she's not homeless, just really cold! Matt was given 10 tickets to the Marniers vs. Braves baseball game on Wednesday. He really wanted to go with his dad, but Dennis was really tired and just flew back from his 3 week trip to Europe so he couldn't go.


Matt's sisters Kirsten & Shannon came with their boys, and our 2 older girls. It was fun.



There's a lot of art in Seattle. Of course I wanted to go to Pike Place Market to where the original Starbucks is located. We parked by the stadium and had to walk. It was far (right Ashley & Alyssa) but we have a lot of great memories from this long walk.







Watching the fish being thrown...









The ORIGINAL Starbucks



This was really exciting for me. I think you have to LOVE Starbucks as much as I do to understand.



Inside the store - it was packed!



Ordering drinks...



Sigh...



Nope, not another homeless person, it's Kirsten trying to get a good angle on taking photo's with the 'market sign' in the background.














Mariners VS. The Braves



















This is where Jabe got a baseball...






Thanks to Matt's old friend Hill who works for the Atlanta Braves for giving us 10 tickets to see the game. We all had a lot of fun and will remember that time spent together!

Seattle - Part 4 - The Cousins


One of my favorite parts of the trip was watching all the cousins hanging out and playing with each other. This was after dinner at Auntie Kirsten's house...we had a little photo session. (Dear Santa, for Christmas this year I would like a new camera- just like Kirsten's ;)










The freshman: Isaac, Ashley, & Brandon



Jabe -4th grade, Alyssa - 5th grade, & Ryan -6th grade.



Mia's always wanted a brother - so here you go. Cousins do the job just as well.



Hanging out...






One thing Matt LOVES to do is play football with his nephew's, or any form of sport for that matter. He loves each and every one of them.



The kids went out on the golf course to catch long passes, even Ashley caught a few.






I love this photo, (nevermind that Matt's beard is growing in grey.)






Matt loves these boys...there is nothing he wouldn't do for them.



He really is such a good uncle/dad...he's just a big kid himself. I love him.





Cuteness...


Alyssa is growing up so fast...she gets more and more beautiful!



Mia sure likes to have fun!







My girls...



Mia truly loves this...wrestling, etc. It's too bad she really doesn't have a brother.



The oldest cousin Brandon with the youngest cousin Madison...during our trip she would whisper in my ear, 'mommy, Brandon is cute. The tall one with white hair.' That's what she called him. Oh how cute.






More hanging out...







Of course we had to get jumping pictures...I took a picture of Kirsten taking the jumping pictures. The last one is my favorite!










I am so thankful that they all bonded and really got to know each other. May God bless each and every one of them.