They Are Having Fun With Us!

The bi-annual Chipman-Heffernan Seattle trip never disappoints. They have managed to come up 5 times since the Fall of 2007 when we moved here. It must mean they love us more than any other friends since they come so often. This past weekend was again a riot and we were thrilled to have the Darby's join the fun this time too.

Some highlights you ask?...

Hello, Pikes.

One can't visit Pike's without purchases their mouth-watering champagne mangos.

They are the best I've tasted in America. They peel them like a banana. Yum.

Emily and I did most the damage.

Can this one get any cuter? I love her guts. Maybe I should starting making one of my own.

We finished off the Thursday night with sushi and some good catching up.

Jamison really hung in there with the sushi.

He swallowed them down even though it was so painful for him.

Friday was full of wild adventure.

We were hopeful that we had found the perfect small town diner when we approached a restaurant looking like this...

But second guessed ourselves when we walked in seeing this...

Perhaps we had entered the Twilight Zone?
The wait staff matched the decor.

My eyes started to hurt after a few minutes of looking at everything.

Christmas decor, American flags, and dollar bills covered nearly every surface possible and freedom fries were officially on the menu.

An extreme right-wingers diner come true.
Was it a dream? Oh no.

Much to our surprise the building was still standing when we drove by it on our way home. 

We thought we might have entered a portal into another world for a moment.
The restaurant will remain nameless on my blog but you can find reviews here.

Next adventure was the Olympic Wild Game Farm. WOWZA.

Scott and I had been meaning to make the trip over there since Rik and Eva gave us the tip.

What a riot! I highly recommend making it a daytrip.
Pictures and video don't really do justice to the experience but you can have a sneak peek.

Hello, Mr. Peacock. 

Hello, Boris. Do you want some bread?

Zebras, lamas,....

persistent reindeer and...

Bears... OH MY!

What you lookin' at?

Who wants a kiss?

Scotty wants a kiss...a french kiss that is...

Yuuuuuckk!!!!!

And to completely embarrass myself you can watch this live action play-by-play with my annoying voice as narrator... I call I am NOT on video duty next time!

But it was true. They were having fun with us.

Who would've thought I would have had so much fun with animals?

You must go, people!

Saturday was spent at the hair salon with Emily and my family while Scott took the troops to more sites around town.

They saw a fish at the Locks. Here it is.

And the troll of course.

Chase has the prettiest face. 

And then went to some parks.

Oh yes, and I chopped my hair off.

Hair is meant to do drastic things with it. It keeps you young.

Other good things happened too but I imagine you are sick of me by now.

Just know we laughed a lot, worked the men in a board game and then they came back and snaked it from us in the end (we KNOW they cheated), learned some new, incredible skills from Emily, and ate at a less freaky breakfast place called Pete's Eggnest. Yum.
If you didn't get enough you can get further recap here and here.

Good times. 

As you might remember, great couples friends are hard to find.

We are lucky we got 2 of them this weekend.

Isn't it about time you visited too?