Trish called us up a few weeks ago and told us that Jean wanted to have a party and that we were all invited. I wrote the date on the calendar so we didn't double book ourselves. I asked her what we should bring and she said veggies or something. I had an idea.
After work on Friday we headed up to Ben's mom's house. I stopped by the cemetery and visited Grammie and then stopped by the store to grab a few things to take to Jean's house on Saturday for her house/neighborhood party. I picked up cheese, crackers, veggies and ranch dip. I was going to use my Seahawks party container I got a few Christmas's ago.
We set our alarms to go off around 8:30-8:45 that morning. We got up and got ready. I grabbed my bag and shoved some clothes and our toiletries in it, grabbed the food we were suppose to bring, some games and we were off to Bonney Lake. I was so glad there wasn't any traffic to wade through. The trip is about an hour as it was, it really didn't need to be longer.
We got to Bonney Lake around 11:00, we brought stuff in and hung out for a while. Trish had just finished getting her stuff already to go. I cleaned out the Seahawk party container while we waited to pack to Tucson and head up to Seattle. We took our chairs and cooler out of the Escape and put it into the Tucson. Trish packed up their chairs and their cooler in the back and we left town to head up to Seattle, I got shotgun. We get to the last traffic light just before you go down the hill into Sumner when Trish yells out some profanity and adds, I forgot the potato salad and pulled pork! We just laugh at her while she turned around and drove back to the house. She got out and grabbed them, we were on our way up to Seattle again.
We had some traffic in a few places, which was pretty common, but it wasn't bad considering it was Seattle. We listened to music while we talked about random things along the way. We made it through downtown without any troubles and the Northgate area, which usually goes retarded at the bridge but not today! Ben and I remembered the last time we came up to visit Jean, it was in January 2016 when Ben tested with the Seattle fire department. We stayed with her for two days. I can't believe it's been that long. We are terrible people.
We got to her house around 1:30, parked along side the street and unpacked the car. Jean was so happy to see us! We took the food inside to warm some of it up and finish some of the plating while we waited for people to arrive. I put together my veggie, cracker and cheese platter.
We took our chairs to the back yard and helped Jean take tables, put on table cloths and decorate. Jean didn't think this would be enough food so we all walked across the street, she literally lives next to a Safeway, and got some more food. I bought a cherry Pepsi and some of those awesome giant chocolate chip cookies from the bakery. I tried looking for the new Cougar logo Coke's but I couldn't find any. We paid for our stuff and walked back to the house.
We took all the food and started arranging it onto the tables outside. We almost had too much food for the amount of table space we had. We had to get creative. People started to arrive. I had no idea who anyone was except for Forrest, I had met him several years ago. We all went to the back and piled food on our plates. I definitely ate way too much. We spent most of the afternoon sitting in our lawn chairs and meeting Jean's neighbors and friends. She even has a creepy old guy neighbor who seemed to like Trish's boobs. She walked away from that as soon as he spoke.
The weather was partly sunny and about an hour or so later the marine layer moved in. Seattle is smack dab in the middle of the convergence zone so anything was possible on a nice day like this. I asked Ben if he wanted to walk down the street to grab a geocache and to walk off all of our food we just ate. I told him it was about three tenths of a mile away from Jean's house. He said sure. We told Trish that we would be back and that we were going to get a geocache. She said have fun.
Ugh, super full. The walk down the road was kinda hard. We are such fat kids. Lol. As we got closer to Here's Johnny (GC84NF3) as we neared a parking lot. It didn't take us log to find it but we had to be careful because there were muggles walking around. We sat in the parking lot, signed our names, took a picture and put it back.
We made our way back to Jean's house. We enjoyed more of the party and took a few pictures. Around 4:30 we helped Jean clean up a bit, we packed up our stuff and thanked her for a good time. Hugs were passed around as we walked out to the street.
We drove back to Bonney Lake, we hit a few patches of traffic. As we drove past south Seattle, we saw a brand new kayak on the side of I-5, I wished we would have had the means to pick it up and take it home with us but we didn't have the proper vehicle nor the safety along the shoulder to even have a chance to pick it up. It was unfortunate. We talked about stuff on the way home while we listened to music. I asked if we could stop and grab a geocache in Sumner. Trish said sure.
We got off of Hwy 410 near the Winco at the bottom of the hill and told Trish were to drive to. I had stopped by here probably two or three years ago now and didn't find it. I think it was missing when I looked for it the last time. I read some logs and it was suppose to be here because it was found recently. Stream Buffer Boundary (GC5K62H) was a quick find this time. It had to have been missing last time because I walked right up to it today. It was my 11,500th cache milestone. I got our names on it and forced everyone to take a picture with me. Don't let them kid ya, they like it.
We went the back way home and stopped by Victor Falls because it was a nice day and there was a new geocache here, Victor Falls (GC746ZF). It was a quick find with a creative container.
We got back to the house, unloaded the Tucson and turned on the TV to the Seahawks preseason game. We watched the game while we played around on our computers. The Seahawks beat the Chargers 23-15. We ate popcorn and played dice with Trish and I lost both games. Bummer. We got cleaned up and got ready for bed.
I reflected on what we did a year ago today. It was one of the saddest days of my life. A year ago today, we lost Grammie at around 11:30 that night. I was devastated. That day was the first day I had experienced the hardest human emotion ever, grief. It was a mentally rough night for me and I didn't sleep very well. I miss you Grammie!
Next Adventure: Family Fun Center, Sparks Firehouse Deli and Geocaching
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