OMG, what an exciting day! We took Margaret, Donna, and Suki to the University of Washington this afternoon, so they could see where Nick works. Suki is a 14-year-old pug and she is having a hard time walking right now, so she was pushed around in a stroller (lots of people commented about how cute that was). 😛 The picture above is of Drumheller Fountain, just south of the building Nick works in. Mount Rainier is in the background. We ran into some of Nick’s coworkers on the way to his building, so we chatted with them and embarrassed Nick a little. 😉 We also went up to the office where he works to see his desk and meet the rest of the gang. UW’s campus is so beautiful and Margaret and Donna really enjoyed seeing it.

Margaret, Donna, & Suki

Visiting UW was also a nice distraction for Nick and me, as we spent the day counting down the hours (and minutes!) until we closed on our new house. At 5pm, the house officially became ours and we went to show it off to Margaret and Donna. We brought one of our gnomes and put him in the garden to mark the home as ours. 😛

Dad met us at the townhouse, so he was there to experience us being in our new home for the first time. We all went to dinner at Tutta Bella in Wallingford for dinner to celebrate. We were surprised by how packed the place was! Donna got a calzone and the rest of us split three pizzas:

• Filomena (extra virgin olive oil, fresh mozzarella, ricotta, roasted asparagus, roasted onion, prosciutto cotto, grana padano)
• Tutta Bella (pomodoro, fresh mozzarella, isernio’s italian sausage, onion, basil)
• Giovanni (extra virgin olive oil, fresh mozzarella, tomato, prosciutto crudo, arugula, shaved reggiano)

Filomena pizza, the monthly special

Donna said her calzone was delicious and we enjoyed all of the pizzas. I think the Tutta Bella was the favorite, but they were all great. We somehow managed to save room for dessert, too. Nick and I got pear gelato (of course), Dad had chocolate panna cotta, Donna got a trio of Italian cookies, and Margaret shared her tiramisu with us. Everything was so yummy. 🙂

Tomorrow, we’ll hang out with Mom and Amanda at Alki Beach in West Seattle.