Cousin Laura comes for a visit!

Cousin Laura came out for a long weekend to celebrate graduating from college and starting up her new adventure teaching 6th grade special education.  She fit us in between teaching gigs, and we did our best to show her the best of the PNW!  We are proud of you, Laura!

Friday evening cruise on Lake Washington - pink sparkling wine, gourmet sandwiches, and a cruise through the montlake cut!

On Lake Union, with the city in the background.

On Saturday morning, we headed out to Columbia Winery to support Ethan's Run and Children's Hospital.  

Ben came in 2nd (out of everyone!) in the 10k run.  Ellie did great in the kids' dash but definitely needed some motivation on the 5k walk she did with me and Laura.

After the run/walk/dash, we had a great brunch at Barking Frog and then Laura and I did some wine tasting at Chateau Ste. Michelle, Delille Cellars, and Januik (then we took a nap ;-).

On Sunday, we took a day trip to Guemes Island which is part of the San Juans, and so small we had never heard of it before.  It has its own little ferry that runs and takes about 5 minutes to cross from Anacortes to Guemes.

We did a nice hike up to the highest point on the island.

On Monday, Laura and I walked Ellie to her new elementary school for kindergarten camp.  Ellie was a bit apprehensive, but also very brave and had good things to report each day of the week.

Sitting in the Kindergarten room for the first time!