Moving on....

After 8 years living and working in the Seattle area we are officially going "home" to the other side of the mountains! As most of you know, this has been a goal of ours for the last few years, especially since Dylan joined us and we felt the great desire to live a slower pace, have our parents closer to us and in our opinion improve our way of life. Last week Kevin put his name in for an open position with Enterprise in Couer d' Alene but neither of us had much faith that he would be considered since Spokane/Couer d' Alene is a different region and they usually like to promote their own people, however after an interview Wednesday he got a call on Thursday and was offered the position. He immediately accepted and when the person who called asked if he needed to consult his wife, Kevin replied, "nope I already know her answer."
Now the real work has begun! Since Kevin will be starting next Monday, June 8th we have a fire lit to get our house packed and ready to put on the market. The majority of today was spent packing up closets and getting rid of items that have collected during 5 years here. We are so excited for our next adventure and what life has to hold for us and also feeling a bit sad to leave our life here in Seattle. There will definitely be people and things that we will miss but we are so glad that we will still be close enough for visits and fun events.
Dylan and I will be here for a few more weeks getting things settled on this end and preparing our house for sale.....please pray that we get a buyer so we can find something soon in Spokane!
I'll be sure to keep you posted on things during the next few weeks!

A Theory

Many of you have heard the following story about one of Kevin's first experiences with my family. About 8 years ago as we were dressed up to attend some friends' wedding we had my mom take a few pictures before leaving my parent's house. After one picture my mom stopped, looked at the digital LCD screen and said "Oh, Kevin's not smiling" and proceeded to take another picture. After taking the picture she stated "Oh, Kevin's eyes are closed" to which he quickly replied, "Nancy, I'm Asian, you only get eyes or teeth, you can't have both!" Which brings me to the following question...because our child is only 1/2 Asian does that mean that we can have 1 eye and teeth? See pictures below....





He's still precious.....even with one eye open!

A Fantastic Weekend

We had such an enjoyable Memorial Day weekend this year. For the first time in quite a few years we didn't travel anywhere but enjoyed the great weather at home spending time together. We filled our time by boating and barbequeing with friends on Saturday, swimming and barbequeing with Kevin's family on Sunday, and a family trip to the zoo followed by lunch at Dukes on Greenlake, and a barbeque with more friends on Sunday......needless to say I think I've reached my quota on burgers this week! I hope everyone had a safe and relaxing holiday weekend and enjoy a short week! Cheers to summertime!<

I'm loving...

My updated table set on our front porch! After our wicker chairs started falling apart this winter I was on the hunt for some new chairs. I found a good deal on these wrought iron chairs at Costco and love my new red cushions for them. Just a fun little pop of color and the perfect place to enjoy a glass of wine on a summer evening.

Day on the Lake

I think everyone who lives in the Seattle area can agree that it is probably one of the most beautiful places to live when the sun comes out and it stops raining! We certainly enjoyed what Seattle has to offer this weekend when we joined friends Nick and Kim on their boat for an afternoon on the lake. After a quick trip to fetch a life jacket for Dylan, (who then wanted to wear it in the store-- sorry no child of mine is walking around Target in a personal floatation device)and a beer and snack run to Safeway, we had all the necessities for a fun day in the sun! Dylan had an absolute blast on the boat and is already talking about going fishing with Dad and "Uncle" Nick. Here's to many more sunny days to come (I hope)!

Cousin Love

Dylan just loves spending time with his cousins Evan and Dom. Last weekend when we were in Spokane for a night on our return trip home, we took the kids to Chester Store to get ice cream and I snapped this pic.....I think it shows just how much Dylan adores them!

Montana Slideshow

Here is a slideshow of our photos from Yellowstone Park and our trip to visit Great-Grandma Deming.

Montana Roadtrip- Yellowstone Nat'l Park

I'm currently searching for my CD of pictures made from our trip.....it disappeared somewhere in the packing! Hope to have pictures soon!
We are back from our week-long road trip through Montana! I have to admit I was more than a little nervous to pack our 3-year-old in a loaded car for many hours of driving through and around Montana but he definitely exceeded our expectations! He was an awesome little traveler and we enjoyed our time with him so much!
On Sunday we loaded loaded up my parents Highlander complete with a car top carrier and headed towards Yellowstone Park. Along the way we took several potty and snack stops....Dylan was a trooper holding it though....as well as some sightseeing stops. We made it to the town of West Yellowstone around 5:30 PM. Our first item on our list was to hit the Yellowstone Park Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center across the street from our hotel. There we were able to see two rescued Grizzlies eating their dinner and some wolves as well. At this center the animals are enclosed but it is different than a zoo because the workers do not interact with the animals and if feels like they are in the wild. After dinner out and some swimming we were all ready to rest up for a day of sightseeing on Monday.
We woke up on Monday morning to a light layer of snow and it was freezing! But we did have gorgeous blue skies and lots of sun to greet us as well. Taking off early we were able to see a lot of animals out for their morning meal. We got close to some elk at the river, buffalo grazing in the meadows as well as some mama buffaloes with their babies. The steam rising up from the geysers looked absolutely gorgeous in the cold air. It was so incredibly peaceful and beautiful!
We managed to get to Old Faithful a few minutes before it "erupted" and Dylan loved this show. However he was upset when it was over and didn't want to leave! This was one of only a few 3-year old meltdowns we encountered along our trip. We continued through Yellowstone and were able to get some mini-hikes in to see the Yellowstone Canyon, the upper and lower falls of the Madison River and Yellowstone Lake. So spectacular!
I hope that one day we can go back as a family and do some camping in the park. It is truly an amazing place of nature and beauty!