Mr. Cool

Aidan is such a ham. He is acting as if he was cool or something. I think these are the sunglasses that I bought for Mackenzie (Aidan's girlfriend), but I can't tell very well from the photo. Aidan still rates pretty high on our "cool" list...even if he is wearing girlie sunglasses.

Thanks for the photo, Molls.

It's All About Delia

It's tough sometimes being so far away from our own niece and nephews. I think that's why Chad and I have taken such a liking to Aidan and Delia. There's currently nothing in the world greater to me right now (than Chad of course) than spending time with our "other neice and nephew". Have I mentioned yet how much I adore and love them? They are absolutely the greatest! Delia especially loves sharing stories ("coo"ing) with "Uncle Chad". I enjoy watching Chad take the time to play with the kids....he is going to make the best dad one day.

Home For The Weekend

We traveled to Spokane for the weekend to visit Chad's parents, his youngest sister and Ruger (the family dog). Chad spent some time with his dad visiting a hydroplane restoration project with Roger, eating a Hudson hamburger with cousin Brad, getting a CDA Press tour with Uncle Don and shopping for ATVs. While the boys were out and about, the girls spent time together shopping for and talking about Teagan's (Chad's youngest sister) wedding happening this September. In the evening the family all went out to dinner at a nice restaurant to "celebrate" Teagan's engagement. From the smiles in the picture, it's obvious how excited we were to be at home for the weekend.

Earth Day Clean-Up

The morning after our troop slumber party we got up and helped clean up Cotton Hill Park in Kirkland for Earth Day. The girls worked very hard for a couple of hours raking, piling, and removing black berry vines from a wetland area. Julie and I were so proud of how hard they worked and worked well together. It was a fun couple of days with the girls. I think I'm still trying to catch up on my sleep.

The goats at Earth Day were a sight to see. Sixty goats were brought in to clear out about an acre of 6-feet tall blackberry bushes. The goats were there for 3 days and ate until their hearts content. They even started eating the bark off the trees because they had eaten down all the blackberry bushes. The girls absolutely loved seeing the goats...who am I kidding, I enjoyed it too.

After a couple hours of rain, sleet, snow, mud, blackberry thorns and goat poop...we were ready to head back home and cozy up in our sleeping bags from the slumber party the night before.

Julie and I were exhausted...not so much from the Earth Day event, but from the slumber party from the night before. We were ready to head home and catch up on our sleep.

After we helped out at the park we headed back home, got in our pajamas and back into our sleeping bags. The girls enjoyed tackling Julie on the couch with pillows and themselves.

It's Slumber Time!

Our troop had a slumber party where we ate pizza, had a puppet show, watched Nancy Drew and giggled until 1 a.m. Julie, my co-leader, and I had a blast with the girls, but we were completely exhausted the next day. I think the girls had a good time too. In the photo from left to right: Lucy, Alyssa, me, Ashlyn, Kayla, Camille, Julie, Zoe and Kristin.

Take me out to the ball game...Mariners!

I had a wonderful birthday turning 30 (yikes) with family and friends on the opening day for the Mariners. Chad suprised me with tickets to the game and I was so excited. After the game, Luke and Tenneall, great friends from Idaho, invited everyone back to their house for a little birthday party. Tenneall made chocolate cupcakes for everyone...thanks Tenneall, you're the best! I couldn't have asked for a better 30th birthday. In the photo we are at Pyramid and I am sporting my new Mariners hat.

Annie and I became friends very quickly after her brother Luke introduced the two of us. Every time I am around her I always have the best of times and share the greatest hugs and laughs. Everyone should have a friend like Annie...she is awesome!

So, Ryan and Molly showed up a little after the rest of us and unfortunately there weren't any more cups. However, that didn't seem to stop Ryan...he found his own mug to drink from. Honestly he didn't drink a full pitcher...just a little bit of it.

Here's a pic of Molly and I at Pyramid. I love this girl so much. She is an amazing friend.

Luke and I love baseball. This pic was taken at Pyramid Ale House across the street from the stadium. The day started out sunny, but it quickly became cold and snowy. What a great friend Luke is!

Here's a pic of Chad and Bob. We all enjoyed some garlic fries, hotdogs and a few beers at the game.

The night was over and there was one last photo opportunity, with by far the best mother-in-law in the world. I'm so glad that Bob and Sonja were able to come over for the weekend.