Opening Day

We finally made it to Opening Day on Everlong this year and had a blast! In the past, Back in college, Jonathan rowed for WWU in the Windermere Cup and I watched from the Montlake Cut, and a couple times early in our marriage we went to watch together, but this was our first time viewing from the water. Our yacht club has a spot across from the log boom where we are allowed to anchor and raft up. Jonathan had to take the boat over on Wednesday and stay on it until Saturday. He picked us up in the dinghy Friday night.

Here’s Tyee. We are the boat on the left.

UW practicing on a weekday morning

Heading over from Madison Park





Opening Day morning! We picked James up at UW before the festivities began.

Watching the regatta




Cheering for Western!

Did you know Seattle has the biggest boat parade in the western hemisphere? It follows the Windermere Cup on Opening Day.







Time to head back!



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April

It may be April, but there is still some powder at The Summit, so Avery and Dalton went skiing/snowboarding

It’s getting real!

First fire of the season

I love this magnolia!

We stayed home for Spring break, but Layla went to her friend, Shelby’s family ranch, 9 Mile Ranch, in Eastern Washington for a few days. They had a terrific time together!







Phoebe, waiting for Jonathan to drop something… anything!

First day on Everlong this season. We had to take the Christmas lights off her!









Avery and Erika are so sweet with Layla. They’ll often hang out with her around the house.

Moms night out at The W

Trivia night at William Grassie Winery

Layla went the her friend, Sawyer’s, spa-themed birthday Party. It was so cute I have to share the pics!








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Viva Las Vegas

We  really appreciate Nana and Frank staying with the kids after Easter so we could get away for a couple days in Las Vegas. It’s been a stressful couple months with Jonathan looking for a job and we needed a break to recharge, so we used miles and points to treat ourselves to a couple days in the sunshine. We hung out by the pool, walked around town, ate yummy food and went to a show.

We stayed at the Vencecian. Here’s the view from our hotel room.



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We went to a show one night




This little cutie was next to us on the plane

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Easter

Nana and Frank came up to visit for Easter this year. We had a traditional holiday morning while Avery went to church with Erika, followed by brunch with friends at Laura and Simon’s.




Dying eggs




Eggs a la Goldenrod



Brunch




Playing The Floor is Lava

With Cecily at the pool egg hunt.

Waiting to jump in



With Colette & Lawson

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Jonathan’s Birthday

Happy 45th Birthday, Jonathan! We celebrated with friends on Saturday night. Unfortunately, I forgot to get a group shot at The Club, but I did get this of some of the guys hanging out at our place afterward. Zach, in the middle, has a birthday a couple days before Jonathan’s so we did a joint celebration.

Lunch at Paseo, in Issaquah

Marionberry pie!

We ran into friends during happy hour at Saints – where everybody knows your name!

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