For Mother's and Father's Day this year, in lieu of gifts, we opted to take my parents out to explore Seattle. They've always wanted to do the typical touristy things, but both hate the traffic and the crowds and don't really know where to go or how to get there. Enter Davey and Jessica. And Yelp. We took them to a few of our favorite places (the Starbucks Roastery and Ivar's Salmon House) and also found some new things to do (and eat) too. I don't think we could've picked a more beautiful ... Read More
Disneyland Pt 4
My goal is to finish blogging about Disneyland before the end of the year. Keep your fingers crossed, folks. This was day 1 of 2 at California Adventure. We got in early and made a beeline for the Pier so we could get lots of rides in on California Screamin'. When we got there though, Aidon had a little freak out moment and decided he didn't want to go on the coaster after all. Which was fine by me. 9am is a little early to be scared outta my pants. Huz, Trenton and Jackson got to go on about ... Read More
Student Takeover Weekend
Proud Mama doesn't even BEGIN to describe what I was feeling this last weekend. It was Trenton's first time drumming in main service at church and he killed it. He's only 14, but his talent level (and his attitude) is unreal to me. I mean, I can't clap on beat, but whatever. Here are a few of my favorite shots! ... Read More
Back to School 2016
Here we are...another year older and another year... Riiiiight. :) This year Trenton started 9th grade, Jackson 6th grade and Aidon 4th. Last year our school district moved 6th grade to the junior high buildings, to help with overcrowding in the elementary schools. They plan on moving 6th grade back to the elementary schools someday soon, but the bottom line is that Jackson is now at the same school with his older brother. Now, he gets to walk home from school with Trenton and all his ... Read More
Back to School (Shopping)
I don't know who is more excited for school to start: me or the kids. Sure, we're excited for very different reasons (they're excited to wear their new clothes and I'm excited to come home from work to a clean house) but excited nonetheless. Last year we drove 2.5 hours down to Portland to take advantage of tax-free shopping. We decided to do the same trip this year, but make a whole weekend out of it and stay the night in a hotel. Don't think too hard about the math here: no tax but ... Read More