Jonathan and I had a long weekend getaway to Vegas in May. We had a fabulous time roaming the strip, soaking up the sun, eating lots of yummy food and saw a couple of shows.

Our first night in Vegas, we saw Atomic Saloon. It was very entertaining!

At Hell’s Kitchen

White Castle!

Maroon 5! 

One of Adam’s friends was at the show and proposed to his girlfriend from the audience

I got spoiled this Mother’s Day. The kids all made me very thoughtful cards and Layla made this beautiful basket in her 2nd grade class. Aside from the first couple strands being started, she did the rest all by herself!

We had gorgeous weather, so we took our friends, the Stryjaks, who are moving out of state next month, to Bainbridge Island for the day. We had a great time being together and enjoying the beautiful PNW with our families.
  

The night before Mother’s Day, a few of us went out in Bellevue for dinner and drinks. With Mindee, Sara, Tammy and Niki.

Kieron turned fourteen this spring and will be a Freshman in the fall. We’ve noticed in the second half of this year that he’s maturing a lot and taking on more responsibility. Kieron is sweet, quiet, observant, loyal and steadfast. He has lots of noisy friends who appreciate these traits, along with Kieron’s sense of humor. He enjoys swimming, track, cooking, reading and boating. It’s been fun watching him grow this year and we can’t wait to see what high school will bring. 

We celebrated with a paintball party in Buckley, WA. It was SO much fun! Jody, Landry, Jack, Owen, Hudson, Silas, Eli, Max Josh, Kieron, Layla, Vietnam Vet Photobomber, Virgil, Avery & Liam
 

After a couple rounds, Layla surprised us and wanted to join in! She stayed in the rest of the time and took a few shots to her skinny little legs! She was so tough. She cried a little, but got right back in there and had a great time.
 

Handsome birthday boy

Jonathan & Jody, dads living their best lives!

At the end, Mommy emptied out a paintball gun doing some target shooting.

After paintball, we headed to Carlson Block, in Wilkerson, for the best pizza in WA state. And we agree, it is!

Make a wish! ( I should point out, this boy makes all the ice cream cakes in our house, even his own!)

All Blacks gear from Nana

Kieron loved the food dehydrator we got him for his birthday

Here’s what we were up to in April. It started off with Jonathan’s birthday.

Cookbook signed by Kenji Lopez

We found a couple if skinks in the backyard when we were trimming the bushes

More track meets!

   

With Jake

Waiting for Dad to get off work

Playdate with another Frenchie!

Paz and Layla

Just a girl and her cats

I flew to Pullman for a visit

We tried a mermaid braid. Turned out cute and was pretty easy to do!

PJ & Stuffie day at school

Middle school track! Kieron, Josh, Hudson & Declan

Silas & Landry

Caroline and I took Silas and Ethan bowling one Friday afternoon

New patio set for the back yard

Sleepover with Savannah

Hello!

Avery went to the Oregon Relays in Eugeue for three days. He loved U of O!

With Josh Kerr, Olympic runner & World Champion

Nicole is running track for Western (she’s 2nd from the right)

At a drag brunch with girlfriends – it was no drag!

  
       

For spring break, we took Everlong on a cruise down the Hood Canal. We based our days on the weather predictions, which were okay, but not glorious. Our first day we had a  somewhat rough crossing from Seattle to Poulsbo. Because of the winds and waves, we had to go diagonally, rather than straight across so we didn’t get rocked every which way. This, along with the chop, made the trip longer. The wind blew our burgee off, but we eventually made it to Poulsbo. The town was so cute and fun we decided to stay two nights (especially since we got in just before dinner the first day). There were lots of great restaurants and shops. The second day we met up with Avery’s friend, Henry, and his family briefly at Sluys bakery. They had taken the ferry over and happened to be heading there at the same time as us!

Just arrived in Poulsbo

“What is this oddity?!”

“A time machine?”

Movie night: The Theory of Everything

Skittish seal friends

These skies are looking better!

Getting pizza

At the maritime musuem

Sluys baked goods

There was a fun playground close to the marina

Truer words never spoken

These military planes didn’t show up on radar, so we came up with a secret mission they must be headed out on

Arriving at Pleasant Harbor Marina, a cute little place to visit. Has a shop, restaurant, pool & hot tub.

Exiting the marina at low tide. The channel was pretty narrow and shallow but we fit!

Next destination: Alderbrook, at the bottom of Hood Canal. We had the whole dock to ourselves! Jonathan and I had a dinner date there one evening and it was SO good!

Starlight, the starfish friend we found.

These seals were very curious

Our friends, the Greens, have a cabin just across from Alderbrook. The tide was super low, so we anchored on their side and took the dinghy over to visit for dinner one night.

DeAun, Matt and us

With Luke, Logan & Bennett

Our crazy kids jumped off the dock in to the frigid water!

Heading home. What a fun and memorable spring break!