I went to Tacoma this weekend/week. I saw lots of cool things, but mostly I enjoyed my wonderful family members:
(I've now seen all family members in this month - except Asael, of course and I'll be in his city at the end of the month. Plus we sang Happy Birthday to him.)

So, funny story about these last pictures. On Monday night we went to downtown Seattle to meet up with Aunt Jolene & Uncle Farrel (and Uncle Roswell/Aunt Kerry - though we didn't get to spend much time with them because they were having dinner at the hotel bar (the only place serving pizza) and we got kicked out because Elisabeth is under age - haha! Which could actually make a funny story with the rest of this, if I weren't sleep deprived). Anyway, so we had Roland's big old work truck and were trying to find a place to park it in downtown so we could meet them at their hotel. Finally we found a parking garage that was $6 for the whole evening, so we decided to try it. The clearance height was 6'5", but the truck made it under the bar, so we figured it was okay. Soon we saw why it was the cheapest garage - it was super tight. I still think it was a miracle that we made it without hitting the truck/walls and that no one hyperventilated from claustrophobia. But we made it and soon were on our way. We had a great evening and then came back to go home. We walked the pedestrian sidewalk beside the driving entrance and suddenly an alarm went off. It really startled us. then I read the sign that you can't read in the back of the picture - it says basically that you are over the maximum height for the garage. We were a little confused since the car that had just driven in was a very small thing. Suddenly I realized it was Roland and Elisabeth that had set off the alarm! We got a big kick out of it. Roland thought it was so funny that we found the sensor and set off the alarm 3 more times, trying to get a picture. My camera didn't work fast enough in the dark, so we were unsuccessful - and I don't think the garage attendant really appreciated the humor. But, it's true, 6'7" + >1'(sitting) don't equal less than 6'5".