summer and cousins...

Ethan and I just returned from a visit with his cousins and aunt up in Anacortes. They were visiting from Colorado so we had a chance to all meet up and hang out for the weekend. Even though the weather was not as cooperative as it could have been we still had a great time. The kids got to fish and hang out at the beach while the parents got to chill and drink wine. We also made a big bonfire and roasted marshmallows for some smores.

I wish they lived a little closer since they had such a great time hanging out. We will definitely have to make a trip out to Colorado to visit them as well.

happy, happy, birthday...

We celebrated Jeff's birthday over the weekend with cake and wine, two of his favorite things. We headed out to the Woodinville wine country with our friends the Strand's while grandma babysat Ethan. 

We tasted lots of great wine and had a great time chatting and checking out the wineries. 

red, white, and blue...

Yesterday we celebrated the fourth of July in our new town of Bothell. The city puts on a pretty big parade and we lasted about halfway through it before Ethan was ready to head home. The weather turned out perfect and we even walked down the street to the fireworks stand and purchased some sparklers and smoke bombs. 

 

imagination...

This last weekend Jeff had to put in some hours at work. We had been doing quite a bit of house stuff so I thought it was time for Ethan and I to just hang out and enjoy the weekend. Now that we are closer to Alderwood Mall, we headed down to browse and go to lunch at Claim Jumper.

Then it was off to the Imagine Museum in Everett. We had a great time exploring the museum and they had quite a bit of new exhibits since the last time we were there. Ethan loves driving the bus and especially loved using all of my spare change to charge me bus fare to Hawaii and Disneyland. He also got a kick out of having me sit in the barber's chair and giving me a shave even though he told me that ladies do not have beards so we were just pretending. The sun actually made a brief appearance so we were able to play on the rooftop playground. Since we live a lot closer I see us spending more time there.

start of summer...

We are all moved into our new house and loving it. Ethan is starting to really like the new house. It took a couple of days for him to settle in but now he has told us on repeated occasions that never wants to leave so that is a good sign. He has been especially liking our new soaking tub and the neighborhood playground.

We also enrolled him in swim lessons in Kirkland for the summer. This was a great idea until we moved but he has really been enjoying them and loves bobbing his head underwater. 

welcome home...

We finally made the big leap into a new house. Jeff and I have been thinking about this for a very long time and finally made the move. We had been growing out of our old house for quite some time and thought it would be a great time to make the leap. 

We set out with the help of our friend Jeff in search of a new home. We looked at several houses but none of them seemed to have what we were looking for. We finally found one in the city of Bothell. 

We are still in the process of unpacking boxes and getting our old house ready to sell but we couldn't be happier. 

Once things are settled down I will be sure to post photo's of the inside but I can already see us hanging out on the porch drinking some vino!

Also, wanted to call out a special thanks to Jeff Strand for tracking this down and working with us, and our parents for coming down and painting and helping unpack. 

ski to sea...

Over the Memorial Day weekend, Jeff was busy getting the garage cleaned and instead of us getting in the way, Ethan and I headed up to Bellingham to attend the ski to sea festival. The main motivation for the trip for Ethan was to eat ice cream and play drums at Grandpa's house. Both were accomplished and the weather also cooperated so it was a great day.