Decuypere, Brauneis & Krull.

Coincidencely, my parents were on vacation at the West coast as well. They were travelling from LA to this quilt festival thing in Sisters, OR. My mom is a hardcore quilt fanatic. Most of my family members agree it's worse than a crack addiction, and about twice as costly. Anyway, so two days after Val's birthday party, my parents drove up to Olympia, WA. After introducing my parents to sushi on the first night, we went to meet Kate's dad in Gig Harbor. We had a very good lunch and then strolled around Gig Harbor, and paid a visit to Kate's dad's office and his yacht.



Left to right: My parents, yours truly, Kate, and her dad and stephmom Laurie.














Jim's yacht


Inside Jim's office, with a lovely view on the bay.


At night we celebrated Valerie's actual birthday and we had a lovely dinner, with barbecued salmon, salad and the works.



My mommy and fatcat Louis.






Kate's mom, Valerie.



The next day, we went to pay a visit to my good friend Bridget and Ruth in Seattle, but we explored the city before going over to their house for a very nice dinner. We did touristy things, visited the market at the waterfront, famous for its flying fishes. Walked to the Space Needle and hung around downtown.






















Bridget


On the last day of my parents' visit, we went to visit the Capitol building in Olympia...















Yes, I am pretty fond of my new Oakleys. :D