Father's Day Weekend

My sister and I took our hubbies to Traxx Racing in Mukilteo. The cars go pretty fast and it gets a little crazy during the race (including some mild road rage)! It was a little spendy for the few minutes it lasted, but something you gotta at least try. We then went to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It was entertaining (as to be expected) but the ending did not live up to our expectations.

We had a lot of fun with the Fergs! It will be hard to move away from them :(



The next day I made "Pancake Puffs" for breakfast (from the info-mercials)! It is a pretty fun finger food and we made the different versions throughout the week.


After church we went to a great park in Everett that overlooks The Sound. The weather was awesome and Mia loved swinging on the swings and then walking through the little arboretum next door.

She is a sweet little Daddy's Girl!

Mia at SDCF

When we visited San Diego I went into my old work, San Diego Commercial Finance. Mia was very shy, but had a great time with the phone in the breakroom. My friend, Ninette, sent me these pictures and I thought they were cute!

In A Strange Turn of Events...

Everyone knows how difficult it is to move to a new place and start from scratch. When we moved from San Diego it was just starting to feel like home (that only took about 5 years). Well, here we go again...

We were very excited to move to Seattle and I have always wanted to make it back to the Northwest. The rain/gloom was tough on us, but the beautiful summers along the Sound are very rewarding. We've loved living near my sister, her husband and all of her kids. We also enjoy seeing my family in Spokane quite frequently.

Jeff has been working for Big D Construction (based out of SLC, UT) and his project Washington Square -in Bellevue- is wrapping up. We will be moving to the Salt Lake area this fall! It was hard for me to accept, and I lived in denial for as long as possible. We know this is where we are supposed to go and are looking forward to living near Jeff's family again. I can't say I thought I'd end up back in Utah (no offense to anyone who lives in or is from Utah) but I thought we'd be here for good. I am glad that many of our friends and family live in the area and know that will help us transition smoothly.

We are extremely excited for affordable living, too!! FINALLY!

We will be moving a couple of months before baby #2 is due- which means I will be useless to Jeff as a moving partner (yay- for me).

I guess we'll have to take up snowboarding and start hiking!

some pictures from our trip

Our trip to San Diego....Why did we move?!?!?

We spent the last week with Jeff's parents and his brother, Nathan (along with my dear friend and sister-in-law, Jessica and our adorable nephew Andrew). We had such a great time spending time with them at the beach, Disneyland, SD Wild Animal Park, swimming at the resort and more time at the beach. Mia loved getting to know them and loves her cuz Andrew! We had a little time to spend with old friends from home, church and work and we are sooooo homesick for our old life (we went to In-N-Out sooooo many times!!) I thought it would be fun to go back, but figured it had been long enough that it would feel "different", but I was wrong! Not to say that we are not grateful for the way our life has turned out and we have SO enjoyed living close to my family, but the SUN felt soooooo nice after these long winter months!!!

(don't you love her chubby little thighs!!)
Mia loved the beach and waves and even stood up on her dad's surfboard (with a little help, but she's better than I ever was).



My morning sickness was even less noticable on the trip, and returned when I got home :(.
Jeff had a great time surfing with his brother, Nathan, and our nephew, Justin! We wished it hadn't been stormy during the middle of the trip, but they squeezed in a few trips and although there was a shark attack less than a month ago (yikes) they still couldn't get enough. There were even some dolphins playing in the waves with them on the last day.

It will take me a little while to sort through and upload our pictures from the trip, but I'll get them up here eventually!

JADA'S GIVEAWAY

My friend Jada is hosting a Giveaway for her cute craft/scrapbooking products- She is so creative (such a talented scrapbooker)! The acrylic stamps are so cool...I might have to order some anyway.... Here is all of the info from her blog:

"As many of you know I am a Close To My Heart Consultant. Close to my Heart has awesome crafting supplies of all sorts. I love all their products. I am holding a Giveaway to promote my business. The deadline to enter is the 11th of May by midnight. The winner will be announced on the 12th by Noon. Anyone entering qualifies for 10% off their next order. (Order has to go through me and not the website for the 10% discount.)

To enter the giveaway all you need to do is email me your Name and Address. Email your info to: johnnyandjada@msn.com

What you can win:
Any of the Solo alphabet stamp sets of your choice, or anything of equal or lesser value. I will also be including a CTMH block that will be big enough for the largest stamp of the set."

***If anyone is not familiar with CTMH products feel free to check out my website at www.stampanddesign.myctmh.com We have a wide selection of Acrylic Stamps, awesome paper packets, and millions of accessories. ***

Victoria B.C.