Seattle

We spent the weekend in Seattle attending my dear grandfather's funeral. He passed away a week before on his 90th birthday. While it's been really hard to have him gone, the funeral was a really great celebration of his life. He was a quiet, humble man who worked hard and was fiercly dedicated to his family. During the funeral, each of his children and grandchildren shared memories of him, and the great grandchildren sang "I am a Child of God." He loved children and would have loved that.

After the funeral, we drove into Seattle and went up the Space Needle. Ava thought it was just about the coolest thing ever, and especially enjoyed eating in the rotating restaurant on top. She now wishes we lived in Seattle so she could go to the Space Needle "every day." She couldn't stop talking about it during sharing time at school today (I volunteered in the classroom). The next morning we went to the Pikes Street market, where the girls were entertained by watching various seafood tossed around before we had to jump on a plane to get home.