Scott's birthday is at the end of May and it often falls on Memorial Day weekend, which can be awesome because it means having a long weekend to celebrate!
On Friday, the actual day of his birthday, Scott and his parents drove back from Orcas Island just in time for dinner with the girls. I recorded this early in the morning to send to Scott:
On Saturday, we did lots of errands and didn't do much to celebrate.
On Sunday, Rick and Margie were nice enough to watch the girls so that Scott and I could have a date night. YAY! We finally got to try Brambling Cross, which is a new-to-us gastropub in Ballard by one of my favorite Seattle chefs. It was pretty good. We also meandered around a bit aftewards and stopped to get a drink at another new-to-us watering hole. We felt so hip!
Scott, at Percy's.
Today, the sun finally decided to show itself and let Seattle know it's summer. We made the best of the beautiful weather by going out on the boat. It's been a LONG time since we've been out (maybe since last summer??) and the girls enjoyed themselves thoroughly! There was lots of pointing at sea planes, ducks and boats.
No complaints about wearing a life vest!
Fascinated by the wake.
It's not Memorial Day without a BBQ, right?
Sisters!
I spend a lot of time down below, letting the girls play around. This is the view I get to see.
Goodness, it's already 2025! It's been a really long time since we posted! We had a very lazy new year. We flew back from LA on the evening of the 31st so spent the last remaining hours of 2024 cozying up on the couch and then fell asleep before it even hit midnight! On New Years day, we slept in, cleaned up the house and then did a quick hike the next day. All in all, a good start to the year! Nora's new blanket hoodie. Cold and muddy trails. We're not in LA anymore! We hiked the Primrose trail that follows Coal Creek.
With all the COVID restrictions on restaurants and Scott not liking takeout service, we've gotten pretty good at planning meals for days we are out and about. We've basically taken to tailgating... a lot! It is nice though that it means having a hot meal to warm up after a day of playing in the snow and I'm not going to lie - it is also a good excuse to eat instant noodles because it is fast and easy and warming! For overnight stays, we end up doing instant pot meals like one-pot spaghetti or chili, or easy meals like a cheese plate or sandwiches. It does save on $ so that's definitely nice but man, I can't wait to go out to restaurants again! Beef and barley soup lunch at Mt Baker. Chillin' with Chili at Crystal Mountain. Beautiful but cold picnic in Wenatchee Little girl loving her hot ramen over Blewitt Pass Jook after sledding at Crystale Springs Chicken Noodle Soup in the snow at Salmon Ridge. Pho bowls under the ferry awning at Diablo Lake.
We picked up our finished creations from the glass blowing class we took a few weeks ago and I think they came out great! Can you tell who made which one? Nora's sunset pumpkin, May's bluebird and Evie's snow pumpkin.
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