Jim and I had our 5 year anniversary on July 1st and he took me on a trip to celebrate. (Ok, so I told him that I wanted him to plan a trip 6 months ago) My mom and aunt came and stayed with the girls and we left for Portland, Oregon on Tuesday morning, June 28th. It was a 14 hour trip with stops, but without two whiny, crying, kids in the car it went surprisingly fast. (Sorry, Mylie and Zoey)
We got there late on Tuesday night, so we just went to bed. On Wednesday morning we visited The Grotto. It was very beautiful and serene. http://www.thegrotto.org/
After visiting The Grotto, we headed to Hawthorne Street where we walked around and had lunch at a brewpub called Bagdad with Jim's friend Tony who lives outside of Portland. We also checked out the HUGE bookstore, Powell's. And what's a trip to Portland without going to Voodoo donuts? http://voodoodoughnut.com/index.php
With our tummies full of delicious donuts, we drove over to Multnomah Falls.
That night we ate dinner on the river. Literally, the restaurant was built on top of the river and you had to walk up the pier to eat there.
I had some awesome halibut and Jim got some king salmon that's only available 3 weeks out of the year.
On Thursday, we headed to Seattle, but took a detour to see Mount St. Helens along the way.
It was super cold up there and kind of foggy, which was a bummer, but it was still neat to see.
When we got to Seattle late that afternoon, we walked around a little before having sushi for dinner and going to a piano bar that night. It was a lot of fun!
Jim had booked an underground tour of Seattle for Friday morning (our anniversary). It was a very interesting historical tour that explained how present day Seattle came to be.
We walked over to Pike's Market after the tour was over and saw where they sell all the fresh fish and where the original Starbucks is.
We also did the Ride the Ducks Tour that day. It was silly and loud and very fun. We got to see a lot of Seattle. Going in the water was my favorite part.
For our anniversary dinner, Jim made reservations at the Space Needle. It was pretty amazing. The restaurant makes a complete turn every 47 minutes and we had an incredible view during our meal. The food was ridiculously expensive and although it was good, it wasn't THAT good. But, I think the view and experience made up for it. For dessert, we had an ice cream sundae that they put on dry ice so it smokes.
It was an awesome trip and it made me realize how important it is to just be Brooke and Jim sometimes instead of mommy and daddy.
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