Nick sent us this photo yesterday and I guess you can tell that he has his hands full these day being a dad. And our little grand babies love him being their Daddy (and the cat, too!) We also FaceTimed and once again we loved connecting with them despite our 5,000 mile distance. Fortunately for us, we have Lauren close by so we celebrated Father's Day with her yesterday. She invited us over to her apartment for dinner and we had a wonderful time.
Father and Daughter
In case you don't notice, those are tipsy wine glasses we gave Lauren for Christmas one year. I got them at Watson Kennedy, my most favorite gift shop in all Seattle. He's not carrying them in the shop right now, but here is another site where you can get them here. We had fun using them yesterday. We went up to Lauren's roof top patio of her building which is a gorgeous spot.
The view is amazing and there are nice lounge chairs and couches, tables with chairs, a barbecue and lovely greenery planted everywhere. It would be amazing for the Fourth of July, a perfect view of the fireworks. And a perfect spot to toast with our tipsy wine glasses on this Father's Day.
We relaxed and drank our wine up here and ate some appetizers that Lauren made, some veggie chips.
I meant to get her recipe because I really liked them and I'd like to make them myself for an appetizer someday. I did make my family-favorite pasta coleslaw to contribute to the dinner which complimented Lauren's crab cake sliders for our main entree. She also made a delicious fruit salad with fresh raspberries, blueberries and walnuts. It was all so good!
The view is amazing and there are nice lounge chairs and couches, tables with chairs, a barbecue and lovely greenery planted everywhere. It would be amazing for the Fourth of July, a perfect view of the fireworks. And a perfect spot to toast with our tipsy wine glasses on this Father's Day.
We relaxed and drank our wine up here and ate some appetizers that Lauren made, some veggie chips.
I meant to get her recipe because I really liked them and I'd like to make them myself for an appetizer someday. I did make my family-favorite pasta coleslaw to contribute to the dinner which complimented Lauren's crab cake sliders for our main entree. She also made a delicious fruit salad with fresh raspberries, blueberries and walnuts. It was all so good!
After dinner, Lauren suggested we take a walk to Volunteer Park since it was such a lovely evening.
I love walking in Lauren's neighborhood, as I wrote about when I was pet-sitting for Lauren. My favorite part is looking at all the grand old houses in this part of Seattle called North Capitol Hill.
Lauren's apartment is about 4 blocks from Volunteer Park where there is an art museum, a old water tower, a huge conservatory, an amphitheater and one of the oldest parks in Seattle.
We headed right to the old water tower to watch the sunset. I think the last time I climbed this old water tower I was probably a young, single Seattleite. That's how many years it's been...
At least I can still do it!
Mt. Rainier was out, too.
It was a perfect evening for Father's Day. I hope you all had as wonderful of a Father's Day this year, too. My dad passed away in 1993 but he was a very special dad to all seven of us kids and a very special grandpa to Nick and Lauren. Back then, Father's Day involved barbecues in the backyard and listening to baseball on the radio with a cold beer in your hand. Often times, a game a croquet would be going on. His spirit is still with all of us in the family as we all still cherish those simple moments. No matter how you spend Father's Day, our love for each and every father, past and present, is what it's all about.
I love walking in Lauren's neighborhood, as I wrote about when I was pet-sitting for Lauren. My favorite part is looking at all the grand old houses in this part of Seattle called North Capitol Hill.
Lauren's apartment is about 4 blocks from Volunteer Park where there is an art museum, a old water tower, a huge conservatory, an amphitheater and one of the oldest parks in Seattle.
We headed right to the old water tower to watch the sunset. I think the last time I climbed this old water tower I was probably a young, single Seattleite. That's how many years it's been...
At least I can still do it!
The sunset was gorgeous and the moon was beautiful.
Mt. Rainier was out, too.
It was a perfect evening for Father's Day. I hope you all had as wonderful of a Father's Day this year, too. My dad passed away in 1993 but he was a very special dad to all seven of us kids and a very special grandpa to Nick and Lauren. Back then, Father's Day involved barbecues in the backyard and listening to baseball on the radio with a cold beer in your hand. Often times, a game a croquet would be going on. His spirit is still with all of us in the family as we all still cherish those simple moments. No matter how you spend Father's Day, our love for each and every father, past and present, is what it's all about.
Comments
Post a Comment