Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts

6.10.2013

Catch up Keep up

Oh hey there,

How is it June????  And how is it that school ends next week and I'm off to Spain??  Spain.....  I'll chat more about that later, but I thought I would share a little of what I've been up to since the end of March.

Easter and these yummy rolls that were my contribution to Easter dinner at my in-laws house.

My crew of boys and me.  It was such a rare, sunny Easter day that the boys were able to have an Easter egg hunt outside and my attempt at getting a family picture.  Love my boys :)


Our spring break was the second week in April and the boys and I flew to Denver and then drove to Nana and Papa's house in Oklahoma to spend our vacation with some favorite people of ours.  My husband had to work all week, so the boys and I had an adventure.  Our trip was a lot of fun.  I got to hang out with my mom and dad and my aunt a couple of days.  My grandpa came over a few nights to have dinner with us as well.  He is the last grandparent on my side and my boys loved seeing him.


The flight to Denver was uneventful, we had a great 7 1/2 hour drive to Oklahoma, I got to have pedicures with my best friend who drove 2 1/2 hours to see me and had lunch with another friend that lives back home as well.  My cousin from Ft Worth drove up and we had a mini family reunion.  The trip home was another story......  

Great drive up to Denver, only took us 7 hours to get back.  Made it to the airport and had some wonderful people help me get luggage and car seats to the check in area.  Treated the boys with ice cream and then walked down to our gate and got on board the plane.  Well, 30 minutes after we were supposed to have departed, we got off the plane and had to wait until another plane could arrive in Denver to take us back to Seattle, because the plane had mechanical issues and Alaska decided to rather be safe than sorry and for that I do appreciate the delay.

However....instead of getting home at 8pm Seattle time, it was 1 am.  My saving grace was the fact that my wonderful husband was meeting us at the airport to take us home.  Kiddo got an extra day off from school as we all slept in on Monday.


Another great part of April is Opening Day!!!!  Since the official opening day of the Seattle Mariners was the day we flew out to OK, the Mariners held an open house the first day of the season when the M's were playing in Oakland.  (So thoughtful of them :) The Mariner organization opened the gates to anyone who wanted to come in, played the game on the massively gargantuan jumbo tron they installed during the off season and just had a fun evening showing off the new food vendors and updates to the stadium.  If you ever come to Seattle, try to make it to an M's game, we have an awesome stadium :)


May brings flowers and a month long party of birthdays.  Seriously, August was a great month for so many people as there are so many birthdays that month.  I should know, our oldest was born the day before my birthday!  I got my favorite birthday gift in the mail from Vera Bradley, went out for happy hour with some of my best girlfriends up here, went out for Mexican with my family and of course celebrated my 8 year old!


Happy hour with my girlfriends at one of my favorite restaurants, Lot No 3.


Y'all it was in the 80s on my birthday!!!!!  So we headed to the lake with some friends and I got sunburned.....  It was an awesome day.


Mother's Day is the week after my birthday and I sure am thankful for these 3 boys and blessed to be their mother.


I ran into a girlfriend of mine who lives 40 minutes away so sadly, I barely see her, but God just made sure we intersected because she has a little guy who is turning 1 in June and I blessed her socks off with an entire bin of 12-18 months summer clothes for her little guy.  It was so much fun to go through the bin of clothes and remember a 2 of my 3 boys wearing those little outfits and now another little boy gets to wear them.  I am also one less bin of stuff in my house.  Score!


I have been reading a couple of blogs and they do hair tutorials.  I have such long hair and for once in my 36 years of life am trying to be a little more girly and "do" my hair.  I also get loads of complements on those earrings from noonday collection.


Our family spent Memorial Day at the baseball game.  The Mariner's even won, too!!


So that brings you up to speed on what I've been up to and maybe I'll be better about posting, but most likely not :)  I just wanted to share some fun I've had and the blessings I've been given.

10.04.2012

Off to quilt retreat

Today I'm off to quilting retreat for a long weekend of no kids, no diapers, no tantrums, no drop offs, no pick ups, no "I'm hungry."  After a long week of the kiddos and I as hubby had his golf vacation in some place warm, tropical, I get to have a little getaway with a few ladies from my quilting group at church and my sewing machine.

I still need to pack my clothes, but my projects and all my gear is ready to go.  I have way more projects to work on than I will be able to get finished, but rather be a busy bee than napping away my time.  Well, maybe that doesn't sound so bad....napping....


9.08.2009

Day 251

The picture of the day definitely fits into the random things we stumble upon in life category. We spent our last morning of vacation playing in the pool before we needed to pack up and start the drive to the airport. One of our stops along the way was the Harley-Davidson dealership of Anaheim/Fullerton. I needed to use the restroom before we continued on our way to LAX and what to my complete surprise was the motorcycle faucet. It was just longing to be the picture of the day.

9.07.2009

Day 250


Happy Birthday Mike!! What a better way to spend your birthday than at the beach with your family playing in the water and sand. God has blessed me tremendously with such a wonderful, godly man who is such a great husband and father to our two boys. It's been such a ride of peaks and valleys, but Michael, I couldn't imagine my life with anyone else. I love you!

Day 248


Today was such a fun, busy day. We left dark, rainy Seattle in the morning and landed in sunny, warm Los Angeles by noon. After picking up our sweet , super fabulous price, rental car, an Infiniti QX56, we grabbed In-N-Out for lunch and headed up to see Mike's aunt and uncle who live in Thousand Oaks. After a wonderful time with Tom and Marie, we checked into our hotel in Santa Monica and headed out to find some dinner. We ended up on the Santa Monica pier to do a little sight seeing. On the way back from our fun outing, we walked right by The Hotel California of course made famous by The Eagles. I thought the sign would be a fun picture because you can always take pictures of the adventures you did, but you never know what you may happen upon.

9.04.2009

Day 247


All day long I've been looking for my wand that would magically complete all the laundry and the packing would be complete. Unfortunately, I don't have a fairy godmother, so it's all me. We are leaving in the morning for California to see family and attend a friends wedding. I am really looking forward to this trip as it will probably be the last time we get to play in the warm, sunny weather until next summer in Seattle.

4.07.2009

Day 97

Nana made chocolate cupcakes for dessert tonight and a fun treat for Andy was the Cars decorating crunchy things. It's interesting that Mater is in focus and yet I took this photo with my iPhone.

4.06.2009

Day 96

After three hours in a car, one stop to Sonic, the boys and I made it to Cyril, Oklahoma where my best friend, Leigh Ann lives with her husband and daughter. Thanks to the stop at Sonic, I had to wash the car seat today before we left. Aaron, a straw and an apple juice slush do not mix.
Oh well, the boys and Leigh's little girl had a fun time playing together and Leigh and I had a wonderful time just catching up and hanging out.

3.16.2009

Day 75


Today we are leaving on a jet plane to Arizona for a little sun, family and spring baseball. One of my mandatory pre-trip activities is to get a pedicure. The blue is something new and fun and now I'm ready for my new white sandals and a few days in the sun.