warm weather!

The weather was glorious this weekend and we were able to take advantage of it!

Friday night we went over to Dan & Jill's to celebrate Jill's birthday. We played another round of RAGE and we were definitely enRAGEd.



Saturday I celebrated Jill's birthday with the girls while Ben did some packing and met up with a friend.
Saturday night we tried out a new restaurant with Mark and Jess and got some amazing deep dish pizza. We didn't take any pics which doesn't surprised me because we were busy devouring the tasty food!

We came back and took care of some additional business.. destroying Mark & Jess in a game of hand and foot.. I think our lead is now about 9,000 points.. we didn't take any pics because they were busy crying.

We did manage to snag one picture of this little lady chompin away..

the rest of February

It's March!! There are beautiful blooms everywhere and my allergies are telling me spring is right around the corner!

February was a fun month.. lots of celebrations and fun activities!!

Here are a few of the highlights:

an afternoon at alki beach

kaci jean turns one!

several outings in the sun

and

a trip to the aquarium

yummmmmmm

Ben brought 12 of these home from work last week.. compliments of a call he went on for work. They were HUGE! They were sweet as is.. but of course we jazzed them up a little :)

wake up call

Ben set his alarm almost every day last week at 3 am to wake up and watch live sailboat racing for the Americas Cup. He reminded me that this only happens once every 4 years and that he doesn't watch any other sports..

Here he is one morning..

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playing catch up

It's amazing how quick two weeks can fly by before I realize I haven't posted anything in a while! We've busy with lots of fun little things!

dinner w/ friends

getting my hair highlighted while Ben drooled over boats at the Seattle boat show with a fellow boat lover

driving by our new house w/out making the neighbors think we're obsessed.

babysitting our favorites

watching the superbowl. Side note here. I was prepared to wow the crowd with a new recipe I found on Rachel Ray. Mac n Cheese jalapeno poppers. Doesn't that just scream amazing??? Well........ it wasn't.. it wasn't even close a 4 star in the bites ranking system! such a disappointment.

Anyway, back to the regular scheduled program..

celebrating Valentine's day with breakfast at Volunteer Park Cafe, afternoon spent buying $75 worth of products and breaking even (oh the life of a freebie shopper) and a delicious dinner at home. We were successful with especially one of the recipes we made.. I am now a little obsessed. If buying asparagus were to put you on a watch list.. I'd be at the top.

and

spending President's Day getting massages and eating amazing gyros on the waterfront in Kirkland.

Lots of fun!

chocolate croissants and something even sweeter

This past weekend we were blessed to spend some time with Jess, Mark and the kiddos. We went to a bakery in West Seattle called Bakery Nouveau. If you know Ben, you know that sometimes he gets stuck on something and will talk about it frequently. This has happened with Jack in the Box milkshakes, kaiser rolls, and now Bakery Nouveau. You can imagine his excitement when we ventured to the bakery on Saturday. After perusing the cases he came back with his careful order. "I would like a chocolate croissant, macaroon, and an egg/bacon croissant. oh- and a cappicuinno. But don't forget the macaroon." I smiled inside. I love this man. I love that he can find happiness in such small things. After clarifying that he did in fact want all of these items, he reminded me that we don't get over to this part of town often. I gave in and ordered a 2nd chocolate croissant for myself :) It was delicious.

house progress

Here's a picture of what our house looks like currently!



The drywall is up, the tubs in place, and the backyard is landscaped! We're getting excited!