Another weekend, another mountain! Last week's adventure was to North Bend to hike Snow Lake. While the views were amazing and the lake on the other side of the mountain was beautiful, this was a hard climb. If you're an experienced hiker, you probably wouldn't have any issues on this trail. In fact, the kids seemed to be fine the whole trip. But myself, on the other hand, couldn't breathe. Wanted to pass out. Almost got hit in the head with a falling rock. So, yeah. Not my personal ... Read More
Keep Explorin’
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
Mother’s Day
I remember interviewing for various jobs when I was a teenager and whenever they would ask me where I saw myself in 10 years, my answer was always the same. I wanted to be a mom. I probably missed out on a lot of good job opportunities because of that answer (my long term goal was to get pregnant, not upper management) but it was just something I knew. I'd been planning my family since I was 15. I wanted 3 boys and 1 girl; I even had their names picked out. Until I got older and realized my life ... Read More
Jones Boys Lately
Trenton: He smells like pepper. Literal pepper, people. Those lovely teenage hormones have kicked in and even though he showers once a day, he still smells. I even bought him a (whole lotta) body spray and put a Bath & Body Works plugin in every one of my outlets. I know this phase will pass...but then I have 2 other boys and their hormones to deal with. Pretty soon I'll be skipping the plugin and just sprinkling the oil directly on them. The Ice Cream Man is making a killing off our ... Read More
Be Kind
This has been weighing heavy on my heart as of late. If my kids only learn one thing from me, I hope it's kindness. (Because it sure isn't gonna be athleticism or music.) I think this world could be a much better place if people were kind to one another. And not just random acts of kindness, but meaningful, intentional and genuine acts of kindness. I work in customer service and I know, I know, how difficult it is to be kind when someone is yelling at you. Or cussing your out. Or telling you ... Read More
