Saturday, December 31, 2011

Happy New Year

Today is our last day in Seattle as we head back to Chicago this afternoon and then on to Cayman tomorrow afternoon.  Yesterday, Scott and Arianna got a day together while I went shopping with Stephanie to celebrate finishing our sugar challenge (we didn't eat anything with sugar for 15 days).  The sun finally came out for the first time since we arrived in the Pacific Northwest and Arianna got to see her first snow, though it was in the distance on the snow covered Olympic Mountains.  Here she is at the Aronson's grand parents home which is right on the water in West Seattle with her "Aunt" Erika.  You can just see the mountains and while it is her first time seeing snow, we will have to wait for her first experience in it.



In the evening we went downtown to the Crab Pot Restaurant with all the family and had a huge seafood meal for our last dinner up here.  Arianna tried her first clams and loved the clam chowder.  After dinner Arianna got to ride on a huge carousel downstairs with her Aunt Stephanie and "Aunt" Andrea. 



We have had a great time in Seattle and want to especially thank Uncle Paul and Aunt Kris for letting us stay with them and the rest of our Seattle relatives for a wonderful week.