oh man, we are so behind with posting! I was going to not post about Mother's Day because it already came and went but I needed to memorialize the day/night on our blog because it was EPIC!
First, I got to sleep because Scott and the girls made me a lovely Sausage, Tomato and Cheese Fritatta for breakfast. Then, I got to open my lovely gifts:
Many handmade cards and lots of gifts!
An original Scott Simpson cutting board
Close up of the beautiful berry bowl from Orcas Pottery.
Then, we headed over to Seattle to have some playtime and brunch with our pals Blakely and Graham. It's been a Mother's day tradition (see here and here) to hang out with the Kriegler family and we had a blast again this year. The boys made a wonderful feast and Scott even freshly squeezed grapefruit so we could have Grapefruit Mimosas! Unfortunately, no pics of the lovely spread or of the kids goofing around of of the beautiful weather that allowed us to sit outside after lunch. I'll do better next year!
Last came the best part of all - after rushing home to make a quick dinner of fried rice, we left the girls with a babysitter (our neighbor's daughter!) and went to the U2 concert! These tickets were actually my birthday gift from Scott but the concert happened to be on Mother's Day. Pretty lucky to kill 2 birds with 1 stone, eh? HAHA.
The last time we had U2 tickets, the concert was postponed because Bono was sick and the new concert date was the same day as Evie's due date! We had to sell those ticket but this more than made up for it because guaranteed that this playlist was way better than the one we missed. This was the Joshua Tour 30th Anniversary tour and they played the entire album, plus 1 new song and a few more of their biggest hits.
The sound was sometimes off (not sure if it was due to the venue, the set up, or that this was their kick off date for the tour and they just weren't tidy yet) and the stupid lights kept shining in our faces, but I had a great time. I sang and bopped along the whole time (Scott joined in occasionally).
You can't tell, but Scott had EARPLUGs!
He is turning 40 this year, after all.
Couldn't see the stage when this stupid light was on.
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.
I had fun! What a great day for a great mommy.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun Mother's Day! How's Scott going to top that for next year??!
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