WA Vacation Days 3 and 4 -- Pop Pop and Birthday Dinner

Sunday we had a slow start to the day and took a while to get out the door. When we finally got moving we hit really bad traffic on our way to meet Eric’s dad for lunch. After fighting some bad traffic we finally made it to Salty’s at Redondo Beach in South Seattle. We sat out on the patio and were right over the water. It was such an amazing view and the food was really good!! Next to Salty’s was a pier so we went over there and took some pictures. It was so much fun getting to meet up with Eric’s dad and have Jarem spend time with his Pop-Pop. That evening we played our nightly game of Five Crowns (BEST CARD GAME EVER!) and I think that’s the evening I won. Hehe

Monday we spent the day running errands and getting ready for a family birthday dinner that evening. In the afternoon we took Jarem to a walk-in clinic to get his ears checked. This flight to Washington was his first since he got his tubes put in in February. When we landed he started tugging in his ears and was still tugging on them by Monday. So playing things safe we took him to the walk-in clinic to be sure he wasn’t having any problems. Luckily everything looked perfect and we were on our way again. For dinner we made homemade tacos. Rose has a tortilla press so she and Eric made homemade tortillas. We had another amazing feast with all the family over. Kacia, Chris, Jill, Hector, Grandma, Linda, Rose, Gary, Eric, Jarem and I all had so much to eat and lots of fun! It was Jill’s birthday that Wednesday so we had all her favorites including funfetti cake and rainbow sherbet ice cream. After dinner we all took turns riding the segways. Most of Eric’s cousins hadn’t ridden them before so it was fun riding around. Grandma sat upstairs by the window and watched all of us as we went by and waved up to her. It was a really fun evening and so nice to be with all of Eric’s family.

Eric chopping onions. That's my nerd! hehe Snuggy boy...Singing Happy Birthday to our cousin Jill.Birthday girl playing with Jarem.Go Kacia!On guard! He looks like he's practicing his fencing here. Ahh... Can't wait for their wedding!!Jarem looking up at Grandma in the window. " HI GRANDMA!""Sdat?!?" Jarem's constant phrase to Mia and any other dog he sees.Hello Speed Demon! Aunt Linda was great on the Segway!