Livin' the life...
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
A little news...
Thursday, July 07, 2005
Wonders never cease!!!
Anyway, during the day Doug was at his friend Bill's house setting up for the fireworks show that night. Fortunately he was finished early enough to come by the lake and take a quick swim. We had an adenture with the paddleboat... Those things always seem to look more fun than they actually are though. Doug was gracious enough to get in the paddle boat with me even though he didn't really want to... We had to scoop a few buckets of water out of the boat after we were both in it... but it floated for us :) I think those things are built for smaller people who have shorter legs... Next time i'll just swim out to the floating dock and back rather than trying to paddle... much easier i'm sure! :)
So for our evening we both went over to Bill's house and enjoyed another BBQ. We had some time to test fly the small model airplane I'd given Doug for his birthday. Of course we crashed it a few times... or i should say Doug flew the plane and i crashed it... but it was fun. The battery only runs the motor for about 3 minutes, so they were all rather short flights! It was fun to try it out! Neither of us have flown those before, so it was a learning curve. It'll be fun to play with some this summer. Then of course our evening concluded with a fireworks show put on by Doug and Ryan. They did a great job with it! We thoroughly enjoyed the bonus bangs that Eric provided for Doug to include in the show! Thanks Eric!!! All in all it was a great holiday and a fun celebration of our country. Of course during the day i didn't even hear one patriotic song... so on my way home that night i had to think of all the patriotic songs i knew and sang them to myself in the car... just to make the holiday feel complete. :) Oh beautiful for spacious skies.....
Wednesday, July 06, 2005
Celebration...
This past weekend Doug and I went out for dinner with family and friends at a cute little place called B&O Espresso in Seattle. We all got together to celebrate Doug's birthday, which was a week beforehand. Doug and I had spent a wonderful day together on his actual birthday... but his sisters wanted to take him out too... and niether of us were going to argue! It's always fun to spend time with his sisters and their husbands. And this time we were joined by his cousin Suzanne, her husband Skyler, and our friend Taracina. We enjoyed a delicious meal and a lot of good company. It was great to spend an evening with wonderful friends, and enjoying the atmosphere of the city. It is nice to take the journey downtown every-so-often :) The city really does have a lot to offer! Thanks to those of you who helped to make Doug feel as special as he is for his birthday. :)