Oregon Wine Tasting 2009

 

 

 

 

Memorial Day Weekend 2009

 

Ayrian & I go shopping!

 

 

Me and My Sister

My sister and I went shopping for the first time in our lives; together!! I needed a black cocktail dress for a 50th birthday party in July. She met up with me and took me to Bell Square where we first went to Penny's (found a cute dress there that I bought); went to lunch (yummmmmm) and then went to the White House & Black Market shop where I bought a great black dress. It was so much fun to just spend the day with her. We need to do more of that.

Graduation Day 2009

Wouldn't you know it...Zach and Courtney graduated on the same day; Court with her Masters and Zach with his Bachelors. Molly also graduated from WSU the same day but decided to share her day with us. We all were there to watch Courtney graduate from Northwest University in Kirkland. Ayrian and Bob came with us which was really nice. The day was a perfect day for picture taking. After the graduation, we went to a BBQ and we met up with Hope, Harry, Deb and Marc.

Tulips & Daffodils 2009

 

 

 

 

Graduation Day 2009

 

San Francisco Trip

 

Girls in San Fran

 

San Francisco Trip 2009

The 4 of us have known each other for 20 years; all of us went to Hillside Covenant together. Jeanine, Carolyn and Sue still live in California so Mike thought it was time that we got together for a weekend in San Francisco. We had the pleasure of seeing Oleta Adams at the Nikko Hotel Rrazz Room and then spent a night in the hotel for a slumber party. It was an amazing time together just like Mike had prayed for. Saturday we got to shop in Sausalito and found Carolyn her 50th birthday party black cocktail dress which will be a big hit in July.

Sue and I at the Rrazz Room

 

Sue Gates

Sue Gates has been my best friend for 20 years; she is the one person that I talk with consistently every week since we left california back in 1992. I met her while going to Hillside Covenant Church and I guess I was trying to sell her Jafra but really I just wanted to be her friend because she looked like she could have been my sister. We've been through alot together; raising our kids; marriage and friend issues. Our kids have loved each other growing up and it's been so fun to see how God has worked in our lives. We vacation together and plan to see each other either in California or in Washington every year. This year has been a special year as I got to see her in February and in May and again in July.

Slide Show

I am trying out this new thing to see if I can bring in one of my slideshows...we'll see how I do!

Court & Sky

Court & Sky have been married almost 3 years now. We covet our times with them. Courtney is working on her masters in counseling so school does get in her way for alot of social time with them; however, we do our best to schedule times with them. Skyler is working for an architectural firm in downtown Bellevue and plans to go to school as soon as Courtney gets done with her masters which will be in July. Excited for more adventures with them!

Zach & Molly

We've also had the privilege of meeting Molly in April. She and Zach have been dating for 5 months and after they both graduated in May, she came to Olympia to stay with us for 3 weeks. We had a lovely time with her and enjoyed her immensely. We put her to work in the garden and she was a great sport but we also had some great dinners together; shared some great wine; and played cards. She has been in a cast for a couple of months after a scooter accident so she had to do everything lefthanded but she proved to be an excellent badminton player, good lefthanded bowler and can pull some serious weeds. She went back to Vancouver BC and Zach has moved on to Bellingham so he can be closer to her. They are both searching for a job so we'll see what happens next! Thumbs up!!

Crouses come to Seattle

Steve and Jana Crouse from College Station, TX came to Seattle for a conference so they came to visit us. Steve and Jana were our best friends while living in Albuquerque, NM 30 years ago.

They first suffered through 2 hours of Seattle traffic to get here for dinner on Friday night. They spent the night with us and then on Saturday we had a lovely day going for a walk around the Capital building and Tumwater Falls Park. We had a yummy smoked salmon fetticini lunch before they left for Seattle. They were spending a weekend Amtraking to Vancouver BC; ferry boat ride to Victoria BC and then back to Seattle on the Victoria Clipper.

The weather here in Seattle/Olympia has been absolutely perfect; being in the mid-70's and the rhododendrens have been in full bloom. It is the perfect time to visit us. The following Saturday Mike and I were able to take Steve & Jana to Ray's Boathouse for copper river salmon and then a nice walk through the Locks. Again, a perfect night to show Seattle off to our Texas friends.