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.
We had made plans many moons ago to take the MLK weekend for a short getaway to the Leavenworth area. We've been a few times in years past and it's always a fun place to visit especially in the wintertime. But this year, with COVID and all, we weren't sure whether we wanted to go but I'm super happy that we went. We had a blast and was able to keep safe by keeping to ourselves! First up, we left bright and early so that we can pack in a snowshoe/winter hike on the drive over. The last time we went , we had stopped for some snowshoeing on the way back and it was epic! Unfortunately, this time the snow was old and not nearly as soft and fluffy so while it was a nice diversion with some pretty views, it wasn't as great as we had hoped. The fun part though, was that we brought our camping stove with us so we did some tailgating in the parking lot and had a fancy ramen meal for lunch. It was super nice to warm the belly with the yummy noodles and broth! That evening, we ...
We got back from our week long cruise to Alaska and ready to go again! We all had a great time but really the best part of our trip was all the family time we spent with my parents, Way and her family and Kin and his family. I think the last time we all vacationed together was back in 2015 when we all went to Kauai . It was so long ago that not all the littles had even been born yet! So yes, a big family vacay was long overdue. The kiddos loooooved spending time with their cousins, whether it was playing bingo or ping pong, or biking and hiking or just hanging out at meal time or playing mahjong. It helped that since we were all on vacation mode, we didn't push (too hard) on eating healthy or limiting screentime. It also really helped that the service on the ship was so accommodating to the kids and (pretty good) pizza, ice cream and drinks were available at all hours. I was happy with the ship we picked too. The Quantum of the Seas is nearly 20 years old (first sailed in 2014) bu...
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