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As the title says, Kathy, Carol and Marcus came out to Seattle to visit.  Some of us had not met Carol and Marcus before so we were very happy to finally meet them.  (talk about long overdue).  Anyway, the three of them came out to visit and I think they had a very nice time.  They had a lot of activities packed in to their visit.  They went out to Poulsbo, spent time with Brian, Marcia and Dan, stayed out at the cabin, and also stayed at Mom’s.  We all really enjoyed visiting with them while they were here.  Luckily I stole all the pictures off of Aunt Jean’s camera so I’ve included a few below.

The visit was capped with a visit to Chuck E Cheese.  All the kids went and I think way too much money was spent on game tokens and pizza.  Everyone had a wonderful time, including many of the adults.  We haven’t been there since Kathy’s last visit so it was a treat.  It’s apparent that Marcus has had some quality time there over the years (I hear they all like to go there) so he was, hands down, the clear winner of total tickets.  I think he had a couple different games that he generated 250 tickets on one turn.

Anyway, we had a wonderful time with them and really hope they come back soon!

We made some significant progress on the cabin last week/weekend.  I went out on Wed evening (took a couple vacation days) and completed most of the caulking inside (for fire protection and insulating).  We also finished the cedar peak over the deck and installed all the Trex deck boards.  We are using Trex decking and will be installing cedar rails so most of the deck will be cedar.

We also passed our framing/mechanical inspection, which is a HUGE relief.  We got the okay to insulate and have been getting bids to get that work completed.  (We don’t want to do that ourselves).  At this rate, we should have sheetrock on the walls by winter.

We also had the heating/cooling company come out and install the heat pump.  Now we just need to schedule them to come out and fire up the system and that will be complete.

Katie and Emma came up on Saturday.  Brent, Tonja and Maddie also came up with their new tent trailer and camped out.  Emma and Maddie played a lot and spent some time in the lake (both planned and unplanned).  The picture below is when they both decided to get in the lake with their clothes on.  They didn’t seem to mind one bit.  On Saturday evening we all went to a neighborhood party where they had tons of ribs, lots of various side dishes and drinks.  It was a great time and gave us the opportunity to meet a few more people.  There is a huge social circle in the neighborhood and it has been great to get to know so many people around there.