Thanksgiving in Seattle

I had grand plans for a Thanksgiving countdown similar to last year's (go here for the first one and keep clicking "previous post" for the rest if you want a refresher course on our favorite pies) and had even chosen ten "side dish" recipes. However, the month got away from me and now we're down to just a couple of days before the holiday. It would also be nice to compile a list of things that I'm grateful for, but that's not going to happen here either. Instead I'm frittering away my time scanning in old pictures (when there are dozens of other, but less-fun, things on the to-do list) because I was reminded of our annual trips to Grandma's house. So, that's what you get this year - a mini countdown of Thanksgiving memories.

First stop - Thanksgiving in Seattle:

1987

We decided that with two young children and limited vacation time from work, we would drive through the night, hoping that with the kids asleep we wouldn't have to deal with as many rest stops on the 14 hour trip. That might have worked out okay if we hadn't tried No-Doze to help us. Not a good idea! (The drive was fine, but the after-effects were awful.) In spite of the rough start, we had a great time. (That's David and his cousin Nathan on the bottom left.)

1988 This year Weston had fun playing with Aunt Julie and some leftover Halloween makeup/goop as well as creating pictures on LiteBrite. And there's the obligatory "line the cousins up on the couch" picture as well. (Nathan, Brett, Weston, David & Brad)

1989
We spent Thanksgiving with Grandma and Grandpa, but also visited some friends. The boys enjoyed playing in their tree house.

1990The number of kids on the couch is growing! We also enjoyed a visit to the Children's Museum, in spite of the wet, rainy weather.

1992

This year we had a sunny day for our "day after Thanksgiving" excursion, this time a trip to the zoo.

That's all I remember of our Thanksgiving trips to Seattle. Those are some great memories, and we wished they could have continued. However, life changes and we needed to adjust our tradition. Stay tuned to see what the next few years brought.