We were very fortunate that we were able to swing flying out of Seattle to make it over to Okinawa.  We chose Seattle because they have a VPC (vehicle processing center) and it would take us straight up through Colorado, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.  Conveniently enough where our families live :)  It took us a good 2 days’ drive to get to Colorado, but holy cow, when we first laid eyes on those Rocky Mountains…..ahhhh!

Tyler hadn’t been back at all since he left for Basic Training back in April ’04.  We stayed with Tyler’s sister, Candice.  It was a great time!  I don’t think I’ve ever played so much Rock Band in my life!  Of course we HAD to hit up our favorite restaurant,  Red Robin!

My Mom had us over, and we spent some time with my side of the family, so we were able to see everyone we wanted too.  Well, family-wise anyway, we missed our friends though!  We only stayed 2 full days, we decided to spend Thanksgiving up in Idaho with Tyler’s Mom!  I’ll save that for the next post however…..I’m in the middle of making a Boston Cream Pie, so I gots to go ;)