Date Night

Last Saturday I got a call from my cousin Tinsel. She wanted to know if we wanted to join her and her husband Shane (who is my actual cousin) at the Silvertips game. Since I love hockey and Kelly doesn't mind it we decided to go. We invited Megan to come too. She didn't want to stay behind so she decided to come. She didn't want to feel like a 5th wheel so she found a "date". She invited Kathleen to come with us. The game was great. We won 5-0. Hockey is always better when your team wins.






After the game we hung out at Mondo's.

My tongue matches my shirt

Megan, Tinsel and Shane

My wonderful Sunday

Sunday was a bright, sunny day in Seattle. Kelly and I had planned on going to Pike Place Market but Megan convinced me to go wash my car at Mom's. The weather was GReaT!! I was in a halter top and didn't get cold until the sun went down. Even though I know Kelly wishes we would have gone to the market, I was happy doing what we did.

After we cleaned all the cars I put air in all the bike tires and Talia and Jackson went on a bike ride.

Jackson back from the bike ride

Then Kelly brought us Taco Bell (he is such a good husband). We ate in the sun on the grass and enjoyed the weather.

"HI!!"

Family Shot

The sun moved behind the trees and out of mom's front yard to we moved to the street. Not the best location if a car comes, but we survived.

Megan only had 3 camp chairs so she used her stadium chair.

Talia was playing the guitar (with only 3 strings)


Kelly did this to her..

It started to rain today but I am still in a good mood. All that sun sure boosted my vitamin D. I am always vitamin D deficient, even in the summer, but in the winter... I am way too low. I take sunshine in any amount I can.

Kelly and I in the sun

When the sun finally went away :( We all went inside and sat by the fire. Brian and Kain came over and we talked. I played with the kids outside. Pushed Kain on the tire swing. The Kain, Jackson, Talia and I played 2:2 basketball. Me and Jackson vs Kain and Talia. We had to stop when Kain went home, but we were tied 5-5. We'll have to finish soon!

Things that make me happy

Concerts
Concerts make me happy for lots of reasons.. I love live music. I like the energy of the performer and the interaction with the crowd. I love it when the improve during a song or stop singing and let the crowd sing to them.
I like when the singer doesn't hit the right note or messes it up in some way. It reminds me these "stars" aren't perfect. They are a regular person like me (they just have more talent and $$$$).
Karaoke also makes me happy. I like getting up there and singing loud (and off key). It is like being a rockstar for 3-5 minutes.
This week I got to be happy twice this week. Last night we went to karaoke at Mondo's. Megan & I sang Piano Man. We rocked it!! We only missed a few notes :)
On Wednesday Kelly & I saw Elton John & Billy Joel. What a show!!! I didn't know most of the Elton songs but he did an excellent job. Now Billy... He was amazing! No one performs like he does. This was my second time seeing him. I was impressed both times.
Kelly has had a long time love for Billy Joel and I love that we can enjoy it together.

Harrison Hotsprings

For Christmas my sister booked a trip to Harrison Hotsprings in British Columbia, Canada. The room had 2 queen size beds so I took today off work & tagged a long. Harrison was super pretty. The hotsprings were really warm.
We drove up through Sumas. It was a really pretty drive. We saw 36 bald eagles in a 15 mile space. Harrison is nestled between tall mountian peaks & Harrison Lake. We swam until 11p & star gazed. I saw so many constilations.. including the one that looks like a scorpian. The kids had a great time.
Right now were stuck in traffic in Custer, WA beacuse of a car fire. We pulled off into the rest area. Yay for mobile internet!

More November

So my presents from Melissa have all been given to me. They were all great!!

Megan, Melissa, Lilly and I went to Forks last weekend. We drove over Saturday morning and came back Sunday evening. It was my first time on a ferry in years. I had forgotten how much I love them. The drive to Forks is long, but super pretty. We drove past Port Gamble. I had no idea towns looked like that.

Forks was so cute! Very misty, and green, and wet. I can see why Stephanie Meyer chose it for the books. I was all prepared for cold & rainy weather, but it was sunny all weekend. We saw all the book places in town then drove out to First Beach in La Push. It is one of the most beautiful places I've been too. There was so much drift wood!!! We saw a resort there with cabins on the beach... I know where I'm going to vacation this summer. We also went to a diner that had a Bella Burger. It had pineapple on it... YUMMY!!!! It came with vampire teeth =) Sunday we went to the Quileute Indian Cemetery. It was very interesting. There didn't seem to be any logic to how the graves were placed, and all of them had trinkets on them. After the cemetery we headed home. I had a great time there, and I am glad Melissa took me.

Saturday morning a whole bunch of us went adn saw Twilight. It was a good movie. I still like the book more... But Melissa and I are going to go see it again tomorrow so we will see if I like it any better then.

After the movie I went to Melissa's to watch the Apple Cup with her, her parents, Meg & kids, and Danielle & kids. It was a good game and I am SOOOOOO happy my team won!!!! GO COUGS!!!! Jackson made a bet with Megan that the Cougs would win... So she had to cough up $20 when they won in double OT.

Today I have been working on a reseach paper... I am almost done, I just can't figure out how to end it....

Pictures from Kelly's Party

Ok... So 3 weeks later... Here are the pictures I have from Kelly's 40th Birthday Bash. As I was looking at all the pictures, I noticed there is not a single one of Kelly... hmmm... I think he was camera shy that day... Or the girls just wanted to have our picture taken and we didn't care about the men...

The Ladies

Me, Melissa, Megan and Jamie

Me and Melissa

Me and Megan

The ladies again

Me and Carsten.. I look so short

40 cupcakes.. 1 for each year.

It took a while for us to light them all

Megan and I drinking from

our hummingbird feeders

Victoria is giving this guy a drink... He is Jackson's

Baseball coach Rick.

Jamie and Carsten

Me and Jamie

May Update in June

It has been too long since I posted a blog. Sorry. The end of May was SUPER busy for me.

3 really exciting things happened.

First... I adopted a dog!! YAY!! Her name is Madison (Maddy) Skywalker Davis. She is a blue heeler (Australian Cattle dog) with SOOO much energy. I got her from PAWS in Lynnwood, WA. They were so good to work with and I am so happy with my baby girl. Maddy and her energy have been challenging but I am working on her. We plan on enrolling her in obedience school as soon as we can. We got her on 05/20 and took her camping with us to Winthrop over Memorial Day with the family. We all had a good time. She learned her name (always important), and that is where we picked her middle name. It was a toss up between Skywalker and Kain. My nephew, Kain, really wanted her to be named after him, but Kelly vetoed. Maddy LOVES Kain and thinks that she is his lap dog.




Maddy smiling while she relaxes at the campground.
Buster and Maddy on the ride to Winthrop. She has a cone on because she was just spayed.
Kelly insisted we stop at a waterfall so we could take our picture. This is on the side of the road at the top of Washington Pass on HWY-20
Jackson and Mia at Sunridge Mtn in Winthrop.

Second.. Kelly got a new job! YAY!!!!!!!!! I am so happy about that! I liked working with him for the last year, but he hasn't been happy. Insurance is what he loves, so customer service for cell phones wasn't a good fit. I am happy to say that on June 2ND, he started at PEMCO insurance. He is an adjuster there. It was a HUGE raise too (more shopping for me!!). Work has been different without him, but I know he is happy so that is what matters.

Third... Kelly and I moved to Lynnwood. Kelly REALLY loved our place in Seattle, but a 500 sq. ft Studio with 2 people, a dog and a cat is just too crammed. Plus there was a lot of construction, and more coming, so there wasn't a lot of parking. We moved into the same complex as Megan, Tali & Jackson. We really like the 1200 sq. ft. here. Plus we have a fenced in backyard so the dogs have room to play around. My commute to work is a lot longer, but on the plus side... Kelly now works about a mile from our new place. In the fall they will move their office to the office complex behind us. His walk to work should be about 5 minutes. We love living closer to our friends and family. I see Megan & kids almost everyday now which is nice.

I do have to thank my friend Jamie for all of her help with out move. We could not have done it with out her. Kelly & Sal spend one day moving all of the big stuff from the old place and my storage, but all the other stuff needed to be done. Jamie spend a whole day there packing by herself while we were working. Then she came back on our last day and helped pack the rest and cleaned the whole place. She also helped me unpack some in the new place. She is a sweetie and I am so thankful for all of her help.

Mexico part 8

Today was our last day in Mexico (insert sad face here). Megan, Jackson, Talia and I went shopping in Cancun while dad stayed at the Moon Palace and mom swam at the Cancun palace. On the shuttle to the mall we met a nice English couple and their 4 year old son, Oliver. Once we got to the mall we all decided to go to Hard Rock Cafe (I am sure Melissa knows what her present is now). So the 7 of us got a table and ate with an amazing view of the ocean.
After lunch we shopped for a long time. Jackson and Talia did this bungee/trampoline thingy (if that makes sense). They loved it!
Then we took the shuttle back to our hotel. We swam a little then went to dinner. Jackson, mom, dad and I went to a Brazilian place. It was really good. Then we watched karaoke. A kid for Columbia (the country) got up to sing Beat It by Michael Jackson. That is Jackson's favorite song so he went up there and sang with them. They did a great job. Unfortunately I forgot my camera.
After the show we came back and packed up all our stuff. That is something I didn't want to do. I love it here and wish I could stay for another month or so. Of course in order to do that I would need Kelly to be here. I would miss him too much. And mom, dad, Megan and the kids would need to stay too. I had such a great with them. There was almost no fighting (YAY!!!!!) and we all had a blast!!
So tomorrow we will say Adios Mexico!!! Not goodbye but see you later (hopefully soon).


Jackson with the bobble head Hooters Owl
Megan and the kids outside HRC
The view from our table at HRC
Jackson on the bungee/trampoline thingy
Now it is Talia's turn!

Mexico part 7

I was too tired last night to post a blog... Sorry. But I am posting it now, so oh well.
It was a full day! We went mini golfing at our hotel. I think dad won (of course). We decided the course needs a lot more shade. Almost the entire thing is in the sun. After mini golfing we had some lunch and the kids swam. Then we caught the shuttle to to Beach Palace. What a beautiful beach!!
The tide was coming in at the waves were really big and really strong, but we swam anyways. I got knocked over more than once. Everytime a big wave would hit me, my swimsuit botttom would almost fall off. Megan said it wasn't a nudist beach and I said "then why does the water keep trying totake my swimsuit off me?" After the beach we swam in their pool and hung out for a while. We took the shuttle back to our hotel. We went to the fancy Mexican place for dinner.
After dinner we went to the Mayan show. The costumes were amazing! They danced and player with fire. It was great.
Today I think we are going back to the Hotel Zone to go shopping and play at the beach some more.


Megan and the kids with the Mayan dancers

Me and mom with one of the dancers The kids were being so cute on the way back. You can tell by my hair how windy it was
Dad and Talia in the pool @ Beach Palace

Me and dad in the pool @ Beach Palace
All the ladies
The Hotel Zone view from the top of the Beach Palace
Me and Megan on the roof

Megan and the kids (with mom in the back) at the beach at the Beach Palace

Mom playing in the waves

Me and Megan in our hats. They were the best at keeping the water from splashing in our face Dad and Megan in the waves
Megan gets hit by a bug one

Mexico Part 5

Hola! Today started out interesting. Megan, Jackson and I woke up to Talia informing us she had puked all over the bathroom. That meant she couldn't go out to Isla Mujeres with us. Sad face. Megan and her stayed at the hotel and relaxed. Jackson, Madre, Padre and I headed out to the island. The water was so beautiful.
Once we got there Madre & Padre went snorkeling and Jackson and I swam in the pool at a hotel there. We saw a couple of sharks. They didn't have teeth or anything. I think they are called nurse sharks or something. That was pretty cool. We also saw a Sloth (a slow moving creature from South America). I had heard of them but never seen one. They are kinda cute but have HUGE claws.
Then we went to Dolphin Discovery and we swam with dolphins. It was SOOOO awesome! Dad and Jackson did their adventure together and mom and I did ours together. We got to kiss it, dance with it, hug it, hold on to it while it took up for a ride and have it push us by our feet. It was great! I am really glad I did it! We bought some pictures of us. I haven't been able to scan them in (no scanner on vaca). But I did take a picture of the pictures... poor quality but you get the idea.
After we got back from Isla Mujeres we went swimming in the pool and then went to a show. It was pretty fun! They made people go on stage and do things like drink as fast as they can ang do music trivia. They asked for 4 people from both team with tattoos to come up on stage. I went up there, not knowing what I had to do. Well I had to dance individually and show of my tattoo as sexy as I could. So... how do you make a back tattoo look sexy? Shake your BOOTIE!!! So that is what I did. The crowd decided I did the best from my team... But the other guy beat me in the end. He took his shirt off and I didn't... I think that was the clincher.
Here are some pictures from today.


Jackson with the Sloth
Jackson on the boat back from Isla Mujeres
Megan and I at the show
Me on stage getting ready to dance
Me and Talia waiting for the golf cart to take us to our room (I do have a shirt on, I promise)
Jackson, Madre and I on the boat

Louis the dolphin is kissing me
Now I am kissing him
Mom is dancing with Louis
Jackson getting kissed by his dolphin