Sunday, June 6, 2010

i fail at ace

we've been busily working on our house, which means jake sends me too our local ace hardware to get whatever he needs to complete, whatever i want him to complete. we learned that i stink at this. i end up going back about three times before getting the right item. the ace workers totally know be by name and laugh every time i come in. now i just hand my phone to the worker so they can talk to jake directly. yes i am totally that woman. oh well. hopefully i'll get better at this whole home improvement thing.




here we are in front of our new home. we got big plans for the exterior which include new front door color, pots with flowers and one day a fresh new house color (we're thinking dark greyish).
jake's parents came to visit us for the weekend and to see the house. we took them to dinner at our neighborhood golf and country club that jake and i joined a few weeks ago. the golf course runs through the neighborhood and the country club is beautiful.
i bought fabric at ikea and to make these pillows after seeing them on little green notebook's blog. jake's sweet mom taught me how to sew them. she was a great teacher. i was successful and they came out great. i love them.

i know this is blurry. i only posted it as you can kinda see my braces. they're bad. i am sad for myself.


saturday was spent morning shopping in seattle looking for some mid-century, 1960's end tables and credenza. jake's parents were good sports. we rewarded them with tickets to cirque du soleil in the afternoon. jake and i have never seen it and totally enjoyed the amazing acts. it was fantastic.


this photo is for brooke. still waiting for a couple more paintings/prints to come.

Friday, March 12, 2010

backyard

thanks everyone for your excited comments about our house. we have our inspection tomorrow morning. so hopefully it all goes well. here are some pictures of the backyard.

we like our little basketball court. can you see it?

Sunday, February 28, 2010

house number two

didn't get the house. but we just put an offer on a much better, more perfect house. please keep your fingers really crossed for this house. I love it and LOVE the location and community. I would post pictures but i don't want jinx it. so nervous!

Monday, February 15, 2010

meet my parents

they don't ever read my blog so i think i am ok posting this. classic parents.

yup, thats them. make sense now?

valentine's day

was spent up at our beautiful cabin. the whole fam made it up for the weekend. we had a big v-day dinner on saturday night. i made grandma coo's amazing canlis salad. meg made grandma coo's delicious lasagna. my mom made grandma d's homemade rolls with added red food coloring. and callen decorated the cabin and table. so fun and so so yummy.



molly just up from her nap. i couldn't stop taking pictures of her. she's so beautiful i can't stand it.

the chubbster


like grandpa, like grandson.







the decor



our valentine's from molly.


holding my "harry the heart" present.


mom, meg, mike, callen, and nike.

Monday, February 8, 2010

i love laughing babies

i don't know what it is about these laughing baby videos on youtube, but i could watch them all day.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

mt. si

today was a beautiful day in seattle. blue sky and sunshine. i suggested to jake we go on a hike. we decided to go on this little three mile one. but once we got to the hike, i talked jake into hiking mt. si which was a little further away. its a 4000 feet hike to the summit. i have never done it before and have wanted to forever. the mt. si hike is often used as training for mt. rainer. i had no idea how hard it was going to be. it totally kicked my butt. jake did pretty well (stupid jake, better than me at everything) but he still thought it was pretty tough. we weren't prepared for such a long and hard hike, because originally we were just doing a little baby hike. no water and no food. we were so hungry and thirsty on the way back down i almost cried.

on our way to the hike. mt. si in the background.





it was really cold and windy at the top. we were cold.


seattle and beautiful mountains from the summit.