On Tuesday the 13th of May we drove west across the state to Bothell to stay four days and four nights. Our niece and grandniece had arrived from Southern California the day before. They traveled to see our niece’s son, Jack, perform with the Master’s University Chorale on their West Coast Tour. The bonus was that we all had time together with them, too. The concert on Tuesday night was in Marysville at Grace Bible Church.

Jack hadn’t expected to see so many of us for this concert.

The music was exceptional and we were moved to tears and worshipped along with joy.

Jack’s rendition of Amazing Grace was performed and the director gave him acknowledgement for his work. The choir sang it beautifully. I’m sad I can’t add it here.

Jack’s mom is our kids’ cousin so Jack must be a cousin once removed? We are happy to claim him as our grandnephew.

We had some time together before the choir headed off to homes to spend the night before their bus took them south to their next concert on Wednesday in Gig Harbor. Their tour would take them through Washington, Oregon and California stopping at several churches along the way.

On Wednesday morning before it was time to take Michelle and Avery to the airport the ladies enjoyed brunch at The Rusty Pelican in Woodinville.

Everything we ordered was delicious!

I drove with Laura to drop Michelle and Avery off at SeaTac airport. It was a bonus to be able to ride in the carpool lane. Laura made tacos for dinner on Wednesday night.

On Thursday we spent a few hours at Katie and Andrew’s. Their cats entertained us. We enjoyed some Thai food together and had a short shopping run. Later that evening we had dinner with Josh and Laura at one of their favorites, Azul, in Mill Creek.

Friday we went to our old standby in Kirkland, La Corona, to say goodbye and cheers because we found out that the restaurant was changing hands at the end of May.

We had our finale dinner with Josh and Laura on Friday night at Emory’s in Silver Lake (Everett).

After dinner Katie and Andrew came over to Josh and Laura’s and we enjoyed playing the card game, Sky Joe. When we were done with cards we hugged and said our goodbyes. We would leave Saturday morning before anyone was awake.

We packed as much as we could on Friday night and then we snuck out on Saturday morning at 5:30 AM for our journey back home.

We are so thankful that we could enjoy this time with many of our loved ones. We are also thankful for safe travels there and back again. God has been good to us in small and big ways and we don’t take it for granted.