Kirkland & Woodinville Costcos

Dad trusted us with the Jetskiis, mistake?

TWO MORE DOWN! (and one added). I spent this week camping with my family and the Claudsons. Let just say I haven't gone camping in a few years, and this was probably the first year I actually enjoyed it. Its amazing what working full time does to make you enjoy vacations! I had a great week spending time with these two families and hearing all God has done in their lives. As I drove away from Olympia this year I couldn't help, but think about two year ago when I left and my only prayer for my family was they would survive their time in Olympia until God called them wherever they were suppose to go next. I was so overwhelmed thinking about how he hadn't answered my prayer the way I wanted, but had provided abundantly with new jobs and ways to serve, and even inspired our best friends to pursue God's plan for their lives. He's pretty cool like that.

Anyways to the Costcos.

Saturday after we got back we headed north to attend my cousin's wedding. And had the chance to check two more Costcos off. The only unique thing at the Woodinville Costco was they served Chili in their food court. I was sooo excited for the Kirkland Costco, being the first Costco!

Woodinville Costco

Kirkland Costco

BIG DISAPPOINTMENT!

There was literally nothing special about this Costco. No plaque, No unique products. Nothing.

But, both Costcos advertised there is a new Costco opening in Lynnwood on October 1st, hence adding a Costco.

Then we went to my Cousin's wedding. He married a beautiful Kenyan lady. The ceremony was  traditional, but the reception was very Kenyan. It was all very exciting, especially watching my mom, grandma, and aunts dance.

Wedding

8 more to go!

Issaquah Costco & Other West Side Treasures

It has literally been a year since I have marked off a Costco. I am getting down to the wire if I want to cross them all off before I graduate, but I'm up for the challenge. So two weeks ago, I found myself driving to my parents house for the second weekend in a row. I wasn't in a giant hurry to get home since I had just seen them, so I decided to lollygag my way across the state. First, I stopped at the antiques & fruit stand I been told I should stop at all my life. The antique stuff was kind of cool, but the fruit stand part was kind of lame compared to Greenbluff here in Spokane. So then, as I got back in the car I decided to see how much of a detour it would be to try to hit one of my Costco. Turns out the Issaquah one was only a twenty minute detour, so of course I went for it.

Biggest disappointment of this Costco, was there was no sign! So you'll have to trust me this was really Costco! Most unique thing about this Costco was the outside food court. I had previously only seen this in warm places like California and Hawaii. I thought this was quite gutsy for a Washington Costco. Also, of note one o'clock on a Saturday afternoon is quite possibly the worst time to go to Costco, so I didn't spend long here.








Now you may be wondering why I was at my parents two weekends in a row. Well, after getting Memorial Day off, I went home the next weekend to celebrate my sister graduating. I got to spend a whole week in Olympia this time. We also had lots of family and friends come visit. It was so good to see so many of them after so long. We had some family fly in, which required a trip to Portland. Which meant a long awaited trip to Ikea. I was so very happy to be perusing those isles again. The business major in me had my fill of wonderful warehouse store treasures.

PS. While my selfies were purposeful for matters of this blog, here are some random selfies I found on my phone while writing this blog. These two are a hoot!