Monday, August 31, 2009

Summer in Seattle



We had a blast this summer, and we kicked it off with an awesome trip to Seattle! Our amazing nephew Mikey was getting baptized so we flew up there to be with him on his special day.

Luke's grandma gave him a special rockin' outfit to wear for his first trip to Seattle- so sweet!



This was Luke's first plane trip! He did SO good! Slept the whole time both ways!



He was so excited to spend time with family that he hadn't seen in so long!







Our visit also included spending the 4th of July in Washington. What a FUN experience! I knew that fireworks were legal there, but I didn't quite understand how cool it was until I experienced it! It's like Disneyland fireworks going off in EVERYONE'S back yard! Such a fun experience!





I lit off a few roman candles and held them as far away from my body as possible. I was a lot more comfortable with the sparklers!




And of course- Luke slept right through them- ahhh to be a baby!



It was 90 degrees there the first couple days we were there. Then without warning it suddenly turned freezing cold! Crazy Seattle weather! I love this picture of Luke all bundled up in his stroller at Pike Place!



It was a fun kickoff to a fun summer, and we're SO excited to spend time there again in the fall!

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Speechless Sunday

So, I copied a fellow blogger and decided to do a 'speechless Sunday' post, where every Sunday I post JUST pictures from the week, no words. Sometimes I just want to show off my attractive family without having anything clever to say! Obviously this time I said stuff, it won't happen again!






Sunday, August 2, 2009

Inspiration

So, lately I have been so inspired to kick butt at life. One thing that has been inspiring to me is the story behind the movie 'Julie and Julia'



This woman Julie Powell decided she was going to go through Julia Child's entire cookbook "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" completing all 500 some recipes in a year. It's so interesting to me that this intense goal that this girl set led to her 'mastering' French cooking- which is SO cool, but also she inspired tons of people and had a movie made about her! I thought about doing the same thing, but I just don't have the guts to slaughter Lobsters and such! Her blog is really interesting, although a little heavy on the obscenities. You can read all about her culinary adventures here

I'm excited to see the movie and maybe someday set a fun lofty goal like hers. One that doesn't involve killing and eating weird things! Stay tuned for posts on all our summer adventures!