Jade is 18!!

We got up early yesterday, and caught the 9:45 ferry to Seattle. Our plan was to take Jade out to dinner up in the Space Needle! But it also worked out that we could meet my old friend during her lunch break who works at the Seattle Public Library.

The library was amazing. I'm pretty sure we were up to the 7th floor some how.... this was the 4th floor and it was all red... really weird- but we thought it was pretty cool...

There were several areas that were open over other floors... the kids and Jeromy getting some serious vertigo...

My friend, Misha and I have known each other since 3rd grade, that would make us about 8 years old, which would have been about 1983... wow- I feel OLD! I found this picture of us at age 16...

and here we are now...

After exploring the library for a while, we all went to a sandwich shop for lunch and to visit. Misha bought Jade a birthday cookie... and Kent one, too!

After lunch we walked back to Misha's work before heading over to Pike Place Market.
This place was crowded! How would you like to be here mom? It was crazy!
Finally the crowds of people thinned out a bit, so we could actually see the stuff. There were so many pretty flowers, and cheap! Onto the space needle. We still had some time to kill, so we hung out at the fountain for a bit...

Here's Jade and I laying down in the grass... Jeromy and I actually both fell asleep for a bit...

We made it to the space needle! Our reservations were at5 5:15. Just before we rode up the long elevator ride, we checked out the gift shop below which was pretty cool! Dropped over $80 there before we even went to dinner. Jade and Kent both got a cool T-shirt and we all got some nick-knacks... just what we don't need I know!Here we are! Check out that view! I also forgot that the restaurant revolves in a circle, it takes about 47 minutes to make a full circle. Jade's appetizer she shared with her brother... cold prawns.... YUCK-O! But they liked it!The waiter took a picture of all of us... the back ground looks fake it's so weird!Kimmy, this picture is for you. They had different breads with different kinds of butter... this one was called "Lavender Butter", can you believe that? It had little pieces of lavender in it, and it smelled like lavender and it tasted wonderful...Here's my baby girl with her dinner... she got short ribs, Kent got the same thing....Jeromy got a steak dinner, and I got yummy baked halibut with some kind of duck meat in it with several different flavors... it was pretty good...Now some views of Seattle... see Mt. Rainier...How about now???After dinner, we went up one more level to the observation deck to get some more cool pictures, and we were outside... it was pretty amazing...After leaving the space needle, we headed back to the ferry, but not before stopping for dessert!We had a great day. I still can't believe Jade is 18, I'm still trying to let it sink in that she's a high school graduate!

I truly thank GOD for blessing me with this girl.... young adult. Jade has been an absolute joy to raise and I love her so much. Happy Birthday baby girl!