Monthly Archives: May 2012

Date Night for May was supposed to be dinner at Coho Cafe in Issaquah and then dessert on the boat while we floated on Lake Sammamish. Sounds great, right? But then it got really rainy and we went to plan B… which was really fun, too. We went to Fondi for lunch and had theirContinue reading “Date Night Series #5”

For some reason we had three playdates in a week. The weather was spectacular and we had such a great time with friends for all different areas of our life. Our first playdate was with Asher, a friend from church. Trying to be as tall as the dragon tail Asher and Petra hiding Favorite partContinue reading “Playdates”

Jim organized a Mother’s Day boating trip with us, my parents, Jim’s mom, and Jim’s sister and her husband. My parents brought their boat out, too, and we tied up together and ate pizza in the boat. Then Jim and I got to ski before we headed back to my parents’ house for some amazingContinue reading “Mother’s Day 2012”

That’s not a typo. Over the weekend, Haley got a new room! But JT used to say “new oom” when he moved to his new room before Haley was born, and now Haley says “new oom” too. Since I knew we were having a baby girl, I’ve wanted to paint the walls yellow and getContinue reading “New Oom”

This weekend we drove down to Portland for a baby shower for Jim’s sister (JT and Haley’s new cousin is due August 5th!). After the shower, we went to a park and played in the sunshine. Seriously. She loves it!  Haley kept crawling up the slide and falling backwards down it. She was determined toContinue reading “Portland”

 I completely forgot I had these pre-fishing trip pictures on my other camera!  Think they’re a little excited?   The men… all six 🙂  But BEFORE the fishing trip, JT and Jim practiced casting in the backyard.j Haley was happy to watch. The first cast went over the chair. The second went over theContinue reading “Backyard Fun”

This month’s date night was a little over the top. But then again, if you know my husband, none of this will surprise you. We reserved the date night package at the Bellevue Hyatt – a favorite because it comes with a gift certificate for dinner, tickets to the movies, champagne and strawberries and trufflesContinue reading “Date Night Series #4”

JT was excited (understatement of the century) to go on his first camping/fishing trip with his dad. And his friends. (Oh. My.) The lake near our house stocks 10,000 trout in time for opening day of fishing season every year. Then they put on a big event and you can camp in the park overnight.Continue reading “First Fishing Trip”

The house Jim lived in during college is part of the Vision 16 community at UW. He loved his four years living there and he met many of his lifetime friends there. In fact, many of those friends’ wives are now my closest friends too! At the last reunion, I was pregnant with JT. FiveContinue reading “15 Year Reunion”

My manager at work lives next door to nine 8-week-old lab puppies and we got to go visit one sunny morning. They were soooo cute!