Cora's party and our big adventure!

We were up early and left for Cora's party a little after seven.  We wanted to avoid the Tacoma area so we took the back way through Yelm, Puyallup, Renton and then 405 to Lynnwood.  The trip up went pretty good with only a couple wrong turns.  We had time before the party so I could stop at the hobby shop and pick up a few things.  It wasn't long after we met Jackie and Chris at Wilcox park that Vera had Cora feeding her a bottle.

I was next in line to hold her, her hand is sure a lot smaller than mine but she has a good grip when holding onto my finger.

It looks like Bev is enjoying being a grandma.  Vera and I had worn her out before everyone else showed up so they had a hard time getting her awake.

It is always fun visiting with Pam.

Tami brought JP by for the party.  He was really interested in the playground at the park.

Debbie took him over and he played on a whole bunch of the equipment.  Debbie spent a little time getting him to go down the slide.  We got a message from Debbie a few days ago that she had passed her State RN test!  We are sure proud of her!

When he did, he did it with no hands!

When it was time for JP to leave we had him pose with Cora for a picture.  It was great getting to see both great grand kids!

Chris and Jackie got lots of baby things for Cora.  This is a blanket that Vera knitted for her.

I had read that there was construction on I5 so we planned on going back via 405 but I made a wrong turn and ended up on I5.  Before we even got to the end of the on ramp I saw a sign that said the right three lanes were closed two miles ahead.  Luckily the on ramp lead right into an off ramp which I took.  We didn't make it to 405 then, but we had a nice tour of the West side of Lake Washington.  Actually it was much better than sitting in traffic.  After several more attempts I even got the GPS to say it couldn't calculate a route.  We finally got onto 405 and stopped at a Greek restaurant in Puyallup for dinner which was excellent.  When we got to Yelm on the way back, I called Barry and we stopped by there for a little while.  We got to meet their friend Joan who is just as funny to talk with as Pam.  When we left, the Blazer turned over once and then wouldn't start.  Barry and I tried several things with no luck, so I called AAA for a tow home.  It was 11:30 PM before the Blazer was loaded and we headed home in the wrecker.  We had a great driver, he was easy to talk to and we visited all the way home and arrived at 12:40 AM.  We had told the driver about my planes so I took him into the shop for a tour.  We ended up talking out there until 2:00 AM.  It was a good day even with the unexpected breakdown and it didn't take me long to fall asleep then we finally made it to bed.