a getaway celebration

allan and i were married nine years ago on november 17, 2001 in seattle. the day was GORGEOUSLY sunny. to celebrate our 9th anniversary, we headed back to the place we both love so much...seattle! but, this year, it wasn't so sunny and bright. it was gloomy and rainy, and even snowed the day we left! nevertheless, we had a great time just the two of us. allan surprised me by taking me to dinner friday night at a restaurant that had live piano music. i've started playing the piano again so allan thought i'd enjoy it. it was really cool and very sweet of allan to think of it. we even made a request for "walking in memphis." the next day, we tooled around town and also visited the exact spot where allan proposed to me - the kirkland waterfront. it was COLD. i did the exact same thing that i did the day allan proposed...i asked to get back into our car and out of the frigid weather! i suck, i know. but allan was totally on board with me this time. on sunday, we met up with our old friends, matt and edna, after attending service at their church. we had brunch at their house and caught up on each others' lives without skipping a beat. it was great and their family of SEVEN is just beautiful. i am bummed that we didn't get a picture with them. the neat thing about matt and edna is that matt married us and edna sang at our wedding! nine years ago! it was a great weekend of celebration and i'm already looking forward to seeing how we are going to get to our big tenth anniversary. i love you, allan!

a picture before we head off on our weekend getaway!

arriving into seattle, a view of the traffic.

the beautiful space needle!

the spot where allan proposed and i said yes!

i sat here nine years ago as miss yolanda lee!

brrrr....let's get out of here.

here's to nine lovely, challenging, tear- and fun-filled, encouraging, absolutely wonderful years!