Since Ryan had so much fun riding bikes in Kent, we decided to go ride bikes again, this time in Bothell. Chris found a nice bike path near Blyth Park and away we went. This time Chris brought his bike so he could ride with Ryan. We decided it best if the boys rode their … [Read more…]
We are finally having nice weather again and we are taking a small break from working on the house, so we decided to take the bikes out and have the kids ride their bikes. As most of my decisions are made, around food, we decided to go ride bikes around Kent, so we could eat … [Read more…]
Porpoise Bluff-Sharpe Park Pass-None Difficulty 2.5/5 Rating: 3/5 Beth came back for another visit! Beth hasn’t been for a visit in almost a year! (I think that’s a record for her!) She was browsing for flights to come see us, and found a … [Read more…]
We had a great Christmas this year! (Aside from EVERYONE getting sick.) Lillian got sick first, then Ryan, then me, then Chris. It was rough, so the whole break someone was sick sometime. We didn’t want that to stop us from having a good time and getting stuff done! Chris took just over a week … [Read more…]
Wallace Swamp Creek Park Pass: None Difficulty:1/5 Rating: 4/5 Another day, another outing with the kids! I wanted another SMALL hike I could do with the kids. Doing a little more research I found Wallace Swamp Creek Park. Its in Kenmore, which is a super cute little … [Read more…]
Saint Edward State Park: (Disclaimer we didn’t hike all the trails. Since I was wanting the kids to have fun, I let them pick how long we’d hike for, and we only did about half a mile, so my Ratings are on the small portion we did hike.) Pass: Discover Pass … [Read more…]
My sister Beth has come to visit a lot (4 times?). My sister-in-law is from Oregon, so when she was visiting her family one summer the kids and I went to visit her, my brother James, and Remmy. All of Chris’ siblings have been up (except for Andrew and Kerby), so we were only missing … [Read more…]
Some of my best friends from high school were wanting to get together and go on a girls trip. My friend Mary Anne had a free resort stay and she wanted some of us to go with her. It was really sweet of her! Sadly it was looking like I wasn’t going to be able … [Read more…]
Last year my mom had a busy year and wasn’t able to come to Seattle much. (She finally made it in December.) But this year, we were all hoping she’d make it out more! My mom had some extra time off and the kids and I were getting antsy to do something fun. We talked … [Read more…]
The past few weekends we have been trying to get some work done on our house. We’ve demoed the basement. Moved all the stuff that was in the basement into a storage unit. We’ve bought a lot of construction stuff for when we can start. We’ve mapped out where all the new lights/switches/outlets will go. … [Read more…]
October was a great month for us! Not only only did we have a great trip to Mexico and Arizona, but we did a lot of fun things in the Pacific Northwest! The day after we got home from Mexico it was Ryan’s and my birthday! I gave Ryan the option of going to school … [Read more…]
Shoreline is such a pretty city and its been so fun exploring it! The other day we were driving around Shoreline and we drove by this Botanical Garden about 10 minutes from our house. It was closed, but I was very interested in going there with the kids. When we got home I went online … [Read more…]
Sares Head- .75 miles there and back. 150 elevation gain Pass-none Difficulty-1/5 Rating-5/5 Chris’ dad, Bryan, teaches at a college in Arizona so every summer he has off. Chris’ mom, Nadine is a stay at home, and his siblings, Michael and Brianna are/were in high school. Since everyone has the summer … [Read more…]
North Creek Park Boardwalk-2 miles out and back, 0 elevation gain Pass-none Difficulty-1 Rating-4/5 I really wanted to start taking the kids on small outings on Fridays when they aren’t in school. I didn’t want to do anything to far away, or too complicated without Chris so I was looking … [Read more…]
Seattle is famous for its wet, gloomy, overcast winters. There are a lot of rainy days in the winter time in Seattle, there are also some really nice days! When the sun comes out, the people go out! We decided that it was a perfect day to go and get donuts ( at Donut Factory) … [Read more…]
