12th Annual Girls Family Trip ~ Seattle

We had our 12th annual girls weekend in Seattle, Washington.  This year it was the usual crew with one special addition: Mom, me, Mia, Denise and Kim, and our newest addition Julia.  She will be a usual going forward (she went to our 10th annual trip in New York) now that she is graduating.  We had the best time - so much laughing, eating, drinking, reminiscing and visiting with family.  Friday night we went to Il Terrazzo Carmine for dinner and had the best food.  We shared caesar salad (my #1), burrata (my #1) with tomatoes, balsamic and olive oil, antipasto, Spaghettini Ortolano, Ravioloni Di Pesce (ravioli filled with crab, shrimp and spinach), Risotto of the Day, a bottle of sparkling white, two bottles of Hedges 2015 Red Wine blend and creme brûlée for dessert.  Saturday we went to the Space Needle, walked around, had lunch, met up with Dennis and went up to the top of the Space Needle.  We had so much fun exploring the top with the new glass addition, standing on the rotating glass on the lower level and taking pictures on the glass that overlooks the bottom of Space needle.  That night we went to Pat and Jenni's house for dinner with Nick and Tony.  They grilled Italian sausage, veggies, lots of dips and chocolate cake.  We all loved spending time with Tony, Nick, Pat, Jenni and their daughter Cedar - she's such a cutie!  That night my mom, Julia and I stopped at a gas station to stock up on goodies.  Meanwhile Mia, Denise, Dennis and Kim stopped at the grocery store for even more goodies.  We ended up with a lot of wine, beer and food.  Once we got home we played our favorite game, Chicken Foot.  Sunday we met Pat, Jenni and family (Jenni's sister Betsy, mom Mary and dad Doug) along with the rest of the Beurskens crew and had lunch at .  Afterwards we went to Pike Place Market and had fun checking out all the vendors.  That night we went to Cutter's Crabhouse for dinner.  We ordered snow crab legs, salmon, stuffed prawns, oysters, crab cake, salad and key lime pie.  We went home and played our final game of Chicken Foot.  Kim was the winner with Julia a close second.  This year Denise found some amazing score cards to keep track of our winnings.  Monday we went to Jenni and Pat's for brunch and had quiche, sweet potatoes and coffee. The weekend always flies by, but at least we have next year.  We are thinking about Santa Barbara for girls weekend 2020.  I'm so lucky to have the most amazing family.