welcome home...

This past weekend the Seattle Humane Society was having their catapalooza event to help promote the adoption of kitties since they have a large number of them in the shelters. We had talked about adopting two kitties once our other cats had moved on since we knew that we could provide a loving family and that we would miss having cats around. 

We drove to the shelter just to look and of course we were unable to leave without taking a few home with us. I would like you to meet our newest family members Zoey (the fuzzy kitty) and Olive (the short haired crazy one). They are two sisters who have adapted to living at the Kalles house perfectly and even have become friends with Bindi. 

 

gypsy rose kalles

Gypsy, you were a fighter and an ornery kitty but we loved you just the same. I got you in college for my twentieth birthday at the Moscow Mall pet store. I named you after the Fleetwood Mac song "Gypsy". You were a present from Cris (hence the middle name). You lived in several apartments while I went to school and even survived a night outside in the cold Pullman weather even though you were technically an indoor cat. You lived a long and happy seventeen years and were a total fighter during the last year since you began having kidney failure. I am sure that Ophelia is waiting for you on the other side and you are giving her a "hiss" hello. We will miss you greatly. 

Gypsy Rose Kalles

August 2nd, 1995 - August 9th, 2012 

happy 5th birthday to you...

August 4th we celebrated Ethan turning the big 5. Boy have the years passed by in a flash and Ethan is turning into such a cute boy. We are so lucky to have him and had to celebrate his birthday in style.  We started out the morning opening presents and heading to McD's for breakfast and fun on the play land. 

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.