inn at langley...

As part of my Valentine's present Jeff whisked us away to Whidbey Island to stay at the wonderful Inn at Langley. We only stayed one night but had a great time and a well deserved relaxing getaway. The weather was a little difficult the day we arrived with lots of rain and wind but we made the best of it. We took in the little shops, tasted wine at the local wine shop adding new additions to our collection, and we finished off the evening by eating dinner at the Inn's restaurant.

We were able to partake in the wine paired nine course meal by chef Matt Costello, and boy was it a culinary adventure. Words can't describe all of the things we were able to try so I've included the menu and the pictures from our evening below.

love is in the air...

Valentine's Day came and went but we had a lovely time celebrating it. Ethan's school had a big Valentine's Day party with every food being red or pink. Let me tell you, there was a lot of candy and cookies in the mix since I don't think red radishes would have been a hit. They also made Valentine boxes to collect all of their Valentine's cards and goodies. 

We celebrated at our house after work/school and had a home made dinner by me. Ethan got a giant gummy bear and was so amazed by it. He kept saying it is the most gorgeous thing and it is delicious. I got lovely roses from Jeff and we are celebrating Valentine's day this weekend with a trip out of town for the evening. (I will write a blog post on that later.)

I hope that everyone had as good of a Valentine's Day as we did. 

now it's time for shoot the duck...

On Sunday we were getting a little stir crazy, well Ethan and I were getting a little stir crazy, so Jeff came up with the brilliant idea of going to the Skate King over in Bellevue. I had not been to a roller skating rink since I was in elementary school and it was a complete flashback to those days. They even had the big mushroom shaped seats covered in shag carpet, roller skates - not roller blades, but with new music playing instead of 80's music. 

We were able to get Ethan out on the rink for a few times but he had a little bit of difficulty standing up on them. He did however LOVE the video games. Jeff got me a rose as well even though we had to leave before couples skate. So cute...

 

dog gone days...

Last weekend Seattle finally saw some nice weather so we headed to the dog park at Marymoor in Redmond. It has been awhile since Bindi had been to her favorite place on earth and it was the perfect day. I think all other dog owners had the same idea that we did since the parking lot was completely full. Luckily we were able to find a spot right up front.

Bindi thoroughly enjoyed herself even though she is getting a little too old to play with the young pups. After the dog park we went to dinner at Purple Cafe. We went a little early to avoid the wine tasting crowd and Ethan was able to get their milk flight which includes an assortment of milk, chocolate, strawberry, and caramel milk. I think Ethan has watched his mom and dad drink wine too much since he actually sniffed each of the wine glasses before trying them. We have ourselves a wine connoisseur in the making.