Seaplanes Over Seattle

This weekend was crazy! Glenn and I have been very busy preparing for the closing on our house while also preparing for Karlene to come visit us. In between all the prepping we also had to come up with a good Mother's Day gift for her as well. Nothing really sounded good until Glenn suggested we do a seaplane tour over Seattle! When all else fails, go unique!

So on Saturday, after breakfast at The Rusty Pelican, we drove up to Mt. Vernon to see how the tulips were doing. Unfortunately the weather decided to take a turn for the worse and it rained a bunch up there so we didn't really have the opportunity to get out of the car and walk around. Bummer. We stopped off at the outlets on the way back and then had lunch. At about 3:30 we hopped on the trolley up to SLU and made our way over to Kenmore Air. It was exciting for Glenn and I because we didn't share what the activity for the afternoon was going to be. I'm not going to lie... while I was a little nervous that Karlene might not want to do it, I was a little on edge myself!

We snapped a few pictures outside before boarding the tiny little plane! There were two people in the back, Glenn and I in the middle, and Karlene up front acting as co-pilot. The ride itself was incredible. I have never done anything quite like that in my life. I took so many pictures up there, and Glenn got quite a few as well.

I tried uploading the videos of our take off and landing, but that doesn't seem to be working now. I'll try and get them to work later.

You can also check out the album version of the slideshow here:
Seaplane Pictures

In other news, today we signed all the papers for our house! I can't believe it's actually happening. It's been a long and tiring road for us but it finally seems as though it's all going to be worth it. Since all the papers have to be submitted to two places, one in Tacoma and the other in Bellevue, we didn't get our keys today. If we are really really lucky, tomorrow (Wednesday) we can get them, but it looks more like Thursday. Either way, we are so excited and so grateful to be just about finished!

I hope all the mothers had the wonderful day that they deserve. I know I am truly blessed to have such a wonderful mom and a fantastic mother in law. I know not everyone is as lucky as I am :-)

Love to all!