Seattle, a birthday trip

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When Kevin and I were first married, we decided that for each other's birthdays, we would plan and surprise each other with a weekend trip (instead of a tangible gift). So far, our plan has worked brilliantly!

This year for my birthday, Kevin surprised me with tickets to Seattle. We were in a waffle restaurant, when Kevin handed me the tickets. I was so speechless I clapped my hands around my face and started to cry happy tears. Kev knew I had been wanting to go to Seattle for a while to visit some good friends of ours (josh and mica!).
Well, in true fashion to the way we travel, Kev had snagged free flights using our Southwest credit cards, and we stayed with our friends, so as a huge blessing, the trip was rather economical for us!
And what a delight this city is! We of course started our first day in downtown Seattle at Pike Place Market. We visited the first Starbucks ever made, and shopped along the old market row full of fresh flowers and all sorts of foods! I loved it! We even saw the famous fish market! Fish were flying everywhere, it was great!
My favorite part of the trip was discovering the different neighborhoods in Seattle! Our friends lived in lovely Green Lake, and we walked around the beautiful lake as the trees bloomed blossoms down upon us! We visited the Ballard Locks, Freemont, U-District, and had a lovely walk through Queen Anne's (where the spectacular view of the city from Kerry Park is!).
We ate our way through the entire city, and i'm still drooling over Molly Moon's, the famous home made ice cream shop that offers vegan ice cream! BEST EVER!
The last day we played tourists again, and went up into the Space Needle (which was AWESOME!) and rode the Ducks (which was hilarious!!). We saw the floating house from Sleepless in Seattle, gasworks park, and the bridge! So fun!
All in all it was a great trip, and we are so blessed for the friendship of Josh and Mica who hosted us in the most generous and welcome way!!

Lastly, I hope you noted that I was literally dressed like I was going to the snow! HA! I'm pretty sure my snow jacket and hat were a dead give away to the locals that I was a complete tourist and a complete wimp when it came to "cold weather"! haha!
Happy Monday Friends, Love Katie