Seattle update...

Before Paul left for Chattanooga...I should have asked about sailing and bowling? My oldest daughter and I made a quick trip (meaning over one day and back the next...it is still a 5 hour drive each way any way you look at it) to visit with my son, youngest daughter and my son to be...We decided on dinner and then bowling...of course I hadn't bowled in who knows how long!!! My oldest did very well...this almost a strike...My son ever so cool with his strike....My youngest showing true bowling spirit...And my son to be...even though he beat us all...on this shot he left one pin...
We had a fabulous time and I just have to say how proud I am of each of them...and how much I love them...
And then, I have to admit...I bowled three games (is that what you call them?). I suppose I could have made this picture a little bigger...but you will have to trust me...I broke 100...101 to be exact! Each one of my children, well, they did a lot better than I did! Once back to my mom's it was on to the Puyallup State Fair... it use to be "home" for our family for around two weeks out of each year as they would show their animals (horses, Jersey cows, and English Springer Spaniel dogs). There is a picture that my mom has in her kitchen of me (in my much younger days with one of my girls sitting in front of me on the Merry-go-Round. To make a long story short...my oldest daughter would have won the bet had I really made it. Of course, in my defense, there is another picture (in the mounds of them we dug through to prove correctness) that is almost identical... So given those memories...when my oldest, my mom and I went to the fair this year...we got a picture of my mom and my oldest on the Merry-go-Round.I'm sure they are laughing about the ALMOST bet I made...

I knew the day would come...it just has seemed to go so fast...I only have a few more days to spend with my mom and then I too will be headed back to Guatemala (via Atlanta). So I'm feeling a little sad on this Seattle update even though I know I am so very blest with my mom's and my children's love.

Beer

Now that I have your attention...I just have to tell you...Paul found a reason to enjoy the Pacific Northwest...the BEER!He has been taste testing different beers and has discovered a few that he REALLY likes. One is Red Hook Longhorn IPA...and my oldest daughter (bless her heart) mentioned that the brewery had tours. Guess what that led to! Yes, a trip to the Woodinville Brewery. Now remember, I don't like beer...so of course I was the designated driver...On the beer tasting part of the tour (of which there were 6 kinds) Paul was able to compare each beer TWICE! And, this for only one dollar each! What a great deal!And, someone has done the math. We were told that one of these vats holds enough beer...as the gentleman described...so that if one person fell in they could drink for 33 years before they could empty the vat. I'm not one to disagree with their statistics...but they have never met Paul...Paul's time here in the PNW is drawing to a close...he heads to Chattanooga on Sunday morning to visit with his family and friends before heading back to the boat. So for those of you who were wondering how Paul could be happy off of the boat for this long...I think I've got it...he really likes the BEER here!!