Friday Night Fun!

My Friday night was spent hanging out with some of my good friends down at OO Denny Beach. We all brought dinner down to the beach, played some games, played some catch and enjoyed the perfect weather!

Keep on Shining!

S-U-N; A Three letter word that means so much to us Washingtonia's. The weather has been just ideal lately. My weekend will be spent having fun in the sun! I hope everyone is able to spend some time outside this weekend, as you can see we have a sunny forecast for the next week or so! “May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day. May songbirds serenade you every step along the way. May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that's always blue. And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through.”

~An Irish Blessing

~Memorial Day Weekend~

Three day weekends are just perfect; especially when you trek over to Eastern Washington and enjoy some 90 degree weather. My weekend was spent in Ephrata, WA camping. I was accompanied by John and my parents, Bryan was even able to make it over one night too!

Vantage was looking its best which made the drive over so beautiful.

We spend 2 nights in this big 'ol honkin tent. It was to hot to be in during the day, and when night time came.. well that was a different story. The wind was incredible. I felt like I was laying in the middle of a hurricane/tornado/wind storm. It made sleeping tough..

The campground was so pretty. Since it was Memorial Day Weekend they opened up a grass lot next to the campground so it felt like we were camping in our backyard. This campground was a blast. There was a lake, golf course, mini golf course and a pool.

Saturday was spent at the Moses Lake Aquatic Center. We layed by the pool, ate lunch and spent a lot of time floating down the lazy river and going on the water slides.
When the men had some down time they would spend time golfing

While Mom and I spent time preparing dinner and drinks The weekend was a blast. We ended it by spending Sunday afternoon in Kennewick with John's side of the family. It was nice to see everyone and catch up for a few hours.

I am very happy and blsessed that all of my friends and family that traveled this past weekend made it home safely! I hope I get to spend my next Memorial Day Weekend playing in Eastern Wahington!

::Mariner's vs. Boston::

What perfect weather we had for a evening baseball game on Saturday, we did not even put our jackets on! The Mariner's took on John's favorite team, the Boston Red Sox in a 3 game series this past weekend. The Mariner's lost 5-3; but John being the die hard Red Sox fan he is, was thrilled! ***Despite the shirt I am wearing in the pictures below, I am still a Seattle Mariner fan and root for my home team!***

The Anita Goodman Experience

Last night I met Anita. Anita Goodman. My eyes last night were opened up to Seattle's finest drag queens; Anita, Cassie and friends. My Mom and her friends meet up once a month in Seattle to see what Anita Goodman is up to at her monthly "Anita Goodman Experience" performances. It was tasteful, hilarious and I cannot wait until the next one!

Mother's Day Run!

What a fun way to start off Mother's Day! The whole family headed down to Kirkland to watch Mom run her first 5k. She did much better then she expected and in my eyes did such a fantastic job. She accomplished her goal, finished the race and beat the 6year old that was running! She even got to see me wearing a hot pink I Love Mom shirt!

Kirkland look out, next year John, myself, Mom, Dad and Brother will all be running!

Lion's, Tiger's and Bear's..Oh My!

John and I went to the Zoo on Saturday! It was a beautiful day and we thought it would be fun to walk around the Zoo and check out the new penguin exhibit. Little did we know, it was "Mom and Me Day at the Zoo". We had to fight the thousands of mom's and their children running around the zoo in their matching t-shirts yelling and screaming but we had a ton of fun anyways! The animals were all out and I got to see my favorite's; elephants and giraffes!

My Mom: My Friend

I am blessed with the life I have; but one of my biggest blessings is my Mom, and the relationship we have. My Mom has always been someone I could go to when I needed encouragement, a shoulder to cry on, someone to laugh with and someone to confide in. I know I do not what my life would be like without her. Happy Mothers Day, to a well deserved mother, wife, sister, aunt and most of all friend!

My favorite mommy memory will always be our late night talks.. Some of the best conversations we have ever had were when the "men of the house" were asleep! We would yell room to room having a conversation or I would sit in my parents bedroom on the floor talking all night long..Love you Mom!

I'm a Fruit!

Summer is near; which means yummy fruit is in the forecast! I love the amazing taste of of a good peice of fruit on a hot summer day! Watermelon especially. My mom gave me half a watermelon on Sunday.. I have loved every bite of it and can't wait to enjoy some more (potentitally on a warmer day then today- its raining and 50 degrees)

::Weekend of Yummy Cake::

Remember last week when I was baking a Cinco De Mayo themed cake. Well the cake tasted just fabulous but my decorating skills... well, lets just same I am no Betty Crocker. The idea of what I wanted it took look like did not quite look the same on the actual cake so after a number of "re-dos" I gave up and just sprinkled M&M's all over it! I had to add my last finishing touch with the letter "B" in the left hand corner so we could celebrate my brother's birthday as well!

While we are on the subject of cake, my mom made the most tastey caske ever for Bryan's birthday! This mint chocolate chip cake was so tastey!

Happy 19th Birthday Bryan!

My darling Brother: Happy 19th Birthday! Thank you for being one of my best friends, my little (but taller) brother, someone that I can laugh with and someone I can go to with any problem. You have grown up to be such a great young man! I love you!