11/12 - Grandma Carol Visits

Grandma Carol came for a visit in Seattle, becoming the first guest to stay overnight in the Rodgers' house. She arrived Tuesday night (11/9), and left Monday morning. We played all sorts of games, including Scrabble, Stratego, and Sorry. Grandma Carol visited the Seattle Aquarium, Cougar Mountain Zoo, SeaTac Airport, and Leavenworth, Washington. Leavenworth is a small town in the middle of Washington, and is decorated to look like a Bavarian village. They have local restaurants, gift shops, and regular stores/restaurants (McDonalds, 76 Gas, Subway, Starbucks, etc.) but decorated like they were actually in Germany. To get to Leavenworth, we had to cross Snoqualmie Pass, a pass in the Cascades Mountains. There, it seemed like it was winter, and there was sonw on the ground, snow in the trees, and temperatures under 32 degrees! On Sunday Night, we celebrated Grandma's birthday 10 days early, with a cake and a video camera for the computer (so she can Skype). Monday Grandma Carol left for New York, after all of us had gone to school.

                                                                          -Written by Joseph Rodgers

Here are some photos I took while Grandma was here:

Grandma Carol with the cake we made her.