Las Aventuras de Jamir y Amy: Seattle

This is a long one; brace yourself.

I met Kylie during the first semester I went to SVU. We did cross country together. We weren't roommates, but I often found myself camped out in her room talking about orchestra, running, dating, the church, the bad food at SVU, and pretty much everything. I think we even had a few sleep overs. We would write funny notes to each other and leave them around campus. After a semester we both left SVU. I went to BYU and she went back home to California. We saw each other a little in Provo after I got married but it was short lived since she then went to BYU Hawaii. After that, I didn't see her for probably 4 or 5 years. We just stayed friends through email. And then she found the right guy and said she was getting married in Seattle. Seattle! That's only 7 hours! So we made the drive and I got to see her sealed in the temple and be a bridesmaid. It was a really fun trip. And surreal to see her again.

Jamir wanted to see Seattle too so we made a big trip out of it. Jamir took of work Friday and we drove early in the morning. Luckily, it was one of the nicest days Seattle had. It was sunny and warm. We first tried some hamburger place that's supposed to be good (it wasn't), and then walked around the Seattle Center. Ben played in the fountain and the "Artists at Play" park. We wanted to go to dinner at Kylie's mom's house, but traffic was horrible! And her mom lives on Bainbridge Island, so we would have to take a ferry to get there. So we decided it was best to just get dinner somewhere else. Checked in the motel and ventured for some good pizza and found a lovely park. Ben especially liked all the dogs. Then we went back to the waterfront and saw the sunset while riding the ferris wheel. It was beautiful.

The next day, after a quick stop at Kerry Park to see the view, we headed back to the Seattle Center and played. Ben climbed at the park, and then we toured the pop culture museum. Then we did a quick stop at Pike's Market. It's a giant farmers market. It was packed! We had some clam chowder and fish and chips. But I was so sad we didn't get to see the gum wall. I totally forgot in all the busyness. I also didn't want to be late to the sealing since I knew traffic could be a problem. We headed to the temple, I saw the beautiful sealing, it rained like crazy when we came out (why bother curling my hair?), and then we headed to the reception on a house on the water. I so happy Kylie found her guy. It was a cute reception. Ben danced with a different family and loved it. Then we swam at the motel before collapsing in bed.

Dicks hamburger. I think it is supposed to have the iconic ness that Krystal burgers have...and there were tons of "choralior" type high school groups around.