by Amy ~ November 10, 2009
We recently went to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to celebrate our friends Sujeeta and Eric (Needy)’s wedding. We had planned the trip before we learned we were pregnant but the timing worked out great and we were able to celebrate the wedding and enjoy a bit of a “baby-moon” at the same time. This was our last real vacation before the babies arrive.
We had an amazing time and enjoyed catching up with old friends from the DC area and soaking in the sun. The 90 degree Mexico sun was a welcome change from our chilly and dreary fall/winter weather.
We went swimming in the ocean with wild dolphins – this has to be one of the coolest things I’ve ever done in my life. You dive under the water and the dolphins swim within a few feet of you. They’re just as curious about you as you are about them. I highly recommend a dive with un-caged dolphins if you ever have the chance. It’s well worth the money!
View our Mexico photos .
by Amy ~ November 10, 2009
My siblings usually all go home for the Fulton Fall Folk Festival. This is my hometown’s “homecoming” of sorts and is really a big tractor parade. It’s always good to have everyone home and eat some of mom’s cooking!
View my FFFF pictures .
by Amy ~ November 2, 2009
“Roller” has been spending more and more time at our house lately and since he’s virtually a fixture on our couch lately, we figured we should find out if he belonged to anyone. We started training him to wear a collar, on which we wrote “Am I your cat, if so, please call ….”
Unfortunately we learned that Roller does in fact belong to a neighbor who though she was just sending him outside to the bathroom (not sure how she rationalized him being gone for 8 hours at a time but so be it!). Anyway, not much has changed, Roller (aka Scout) still stops by twice a day (6:30 am and 6:30 pm) for some dinner and some love. The neighbor just had a baby so we think he may just be coming to our couch to get some sleep (and food of course). He’s going to be in shock when the babies arrive and it’s no longer quiet here either.
by Amy ~ October 3, 2009
Over the summer a very cute little cat strolled into our yard and stole our hearts. We call him “Roller” because he likes to roll over and have his tummy scratched. He began visiting daily and likes to follow us to the back yard and chase things (he especially likes chasing blades of our decorative grass).
Every morning at 6:30AM he’s sitting on porch waiting for us to wake up and feed him. (He cries loudly as soon as he hears us make a sound). Until recently he was not allowed in the house but it’s really hard to close the door when you hear that crying (yes, I’m a pushover)…. so now he’s part of the family. We still haven’t found out who the true owner is but we’re going to put a collar and note on him in hopes we can adopt him since it’s obvious he likes being at our house (yes, he has a bowl at our house… how else would I feed him??)
View photos of our borrowed cat Roller.
by Amy ~ September 12, 2009
Z competed in the Lake Stevens half Ironman again this year. This grueling race is 1.2 miles of swimming, 56 miles of biking, and 13.1 miles of running. The course has many hills so it was a tough race.
View Z’s Lake Stevens Triathon photos.