SEATTLE WASHINGTON

Seattle Washington, Fall Break

Clare's Happy Early 19th Birthday!!!

Port Townsend

A big log with the kids

The 50's Diner

Me and Toad in front of the pretty Light House!

So for fall break this year and as my early birthday present I took my first adult trip to Seattle Washington, to visit the Deavers. My first flight was delayed an hour and a half because the plane was broken, I guess good thing that we didn't just go, like I had asked. I sat by a 65 year old lady who thought that pot should legalized and a 45 year old man who wanted the drinking age lowered. It was quite the adventure.

One of the things I got to experience was a Ferry Boat ride, every since I had seen Grey's Anatomy I have had the desire to ride one. The one we went on was called the Walla Walla, it was amazing to have the cold sea breeze in your hair. I most admit that I was a little scared that it was going to crash, but it would have been nice to tour the Seattle Grace Hospital, which I also found out that it is not real.

The ferry took us to Port Townsend, it is a small pirate town. The entire time I was lucky enough to listen to see who was more or a pirate, LauriAnn or Joe. In the end I still think I won. We toured the town, and it was really nice to walk around a small town and see the small town folk. We then ate lunch at a 50's diner. I had a vanilla Phosphate, it was tasty.
We also scored a lot of sea shells on the beach, it was quite they day of adventures!

This is me on a beach at sunset, it was hot! Canada is in the background, you can kind of see it. This was a really nice place to! It was right by a light house, I was able to take Deavers Christmas picture, it defiantly was one for the books.

Don't fear, I have already been asked if these are my kids. I mean I think I could pull it off, but you know I still look a little young for two kids. This was an abandoned shack on the side of the road, it was a great photo stop while we were on a walk! It was so fun to see Madison and Toad again. They had some great one liners, Toad would only say CHEESE to me.

My Favorite

Madison: "Clare where you going now?" (as I was packing to leave)

Clare: "I am going back to college."

Madison: "Oh back to all the boys?"

They also have a place matt with all of the presidents pictures and names on it, so at breakfast I was like Madison which one are you, and she pointed to the right one, then I asked thinking she wouldn't know which one was Hayes, and she points to the right one. AND THEN, she looks at me and goes Clare which one are you, and all I say is I wasn't named after a president. And she just replies "oh you didn't run yet?"-ha ha

But anyways it was a really fun birthday trip and I was glad to go and see that side of the fam again! They were all great fun, and we made lots of trips to Starbucks, and did lots and lots of shopping. We also at at Taste of India, it is rated in the Zygote (GILMORE GIRLS) where I tried Coconut Chicken Curry, it was yum yum!

During Conference Weekend, my little brother Max came to experience college life as he is pondering where to further his education in two years. He attended what Utah State does best, a football game. He was lucky enough to catch the USU vs BYU game, where we beat UCLA and scored twice almost three times. I think he just loved it! Our favorite sign on our side was "BYU keeps the ugly girls out of Utah State" so true... Anyways this is just Max and I doing what we do best, our scary faces, we are widely known for them... It was great to see little Max and have someone to tease for the weekend, I miss that.

Along with the football game and Max, pretty much the entire family came up for conference to enjoy a "fo Thanksgiving" dinner. During one of the breaks of conference we went up to the canyon to do as we were told take a few pictures... We might have gone over board by a few but we are just listening to our leaders. It was so pretty with all the fall colors out. The Thanksgiving dinner was delicious, and I am just so lucky to be able to celebrate it twice this year!

It was also a blessing to see my family again, it is crazy how things change and some things don't.

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The Apple Pi Forority Party: Dress to Impress

Jackie and I went to this party and had another blast with our frort brothers. It was slow a first but turned out to be a dang good party. There was a good ole' dance fest going on in the living room and a chocolate fountain and homemade rootbeer keg in the kitchen. There were about 150 people that trudged through, and we were able to raise over $100 for Aggies for Africa through differnt means such as "Action for Africa" and a date auction. I helped in raising $26 of it.

I dressed up as a impressive japenese rain, and jackie was a teacher. We came to impress and turned out the best....

Well simply Mitch, is just good at what he does, he is the spitting image of Snoop Dogg or a Serial Killer. He had a nice grill though. He spent all day cleaning and making cookies, the party was amazing thanks to him!

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unfourtnatly, it has already started to snow here. This was us trying to stop the snow, but in the end we had to subject to it and enjoy it. The weather is crazy cold here. I have been wearing long johns for 2 days straight,per posedw gross, but warm! Anyways, life in the LLC is going great, I just perposed the idea of valet parking for our covered parking, because we are worth it to. I am thinking that they will get on this soon. We live in the LLC we can not be expected to take the elevator up 5 floors because we parked on the first floor. We should be treated better....

Love the Drama.....