Thanksgiving and wine trip

Thanksgiving was at our house. We had our family plus June, Ann, Paul, Kara and Marge. Didn't take many photos. The next day, Nana took our boys to the beach house. Meg and I took off over the mountains for some wine tasting. We tasted our way from Yakima to Tricities on Friday and Pricelined the Red Lion for Friday and Saturday night. On Saturday we went down to Walla Walla. We stopped at the Whitman mission site before we got down to tasting in Walla Walla. We bought quite a bit of wine and had a pretty good dinner at Cedars on Saturday night in Tricities.

Phoenix trip

Last weekend Jess and I used some frequent flyer miles to go down to Phoenix and see the Seahawks. The game was a lot of fun even though we lost. It was nice to get away from the rain for a bit. We did some putt putt golfing, saw a movie (Christmas Carol 3D), and went to the Science Center. The first night we stayed at a cheap hotel that was not very accessible to the awful transit system they have in Phoenix. We switched to a nicer hotel near the stadium on the 2nd night. They have a real nice outdoor area kind of like Downtown Disney that is right next to the stadium. We ate at Margaritaville there after the game. I didn't take the big camera but Jess took some pics with his phone. He sent the picture of downtown Phoenix at 6pm to the blog. Phoenix was kind of a depressing sprawling city with not much happening away from the stadium. I don't think we will go back except for maybe a trip to Spring training some day. Next year, it will be Joe's turn to pick an away Seahawks or Mariners game.

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Lots of traffic at rush hour in Phoenix, Arizona

Beach house full of kids

We spent this last weekend at the beach house. We took my nephews Max and Henry along with Jess and Joe and Joe's friend Mason. On Saturday, my cousin showed up with his family including his 3 girls. That totals 8 kids which was just about the limit for the house. We had a lot of fun even though the weather didn't let us out much. A lot of cards, board games and video games.

Next weekend Jess and I are going to the Seahawks game in Phoenix.