Well, summer has finally arrived. Technically, it just started a week ago, but with our wet/gray spring, everyone here in the NW was looking forward to some Sun. Thursday and Friday hit 80, and this weekend we are looking at around 90. Next week, the 4th of July week, it should be close to 80 as well. It is a welcome dose of Vitamin D that us pale folk need.
This week we are going to hit the Oregon coast with Family as well as the Cabin for the 4th. Check back for pictures of all the fun. Happy Summer!
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Sunday, June 22, 2008
The Impromptu Weekend
With all that is going on, we actually had nothing planned this weekend. The only things we had on the agenda were; remove the root balls (more on that later) and Church/Church meeting on Sunday. However, our weekend was as busy as ever, and a ton of fun!
Friday was a the first day of summer and the weather finally cooperated for us. We actually hit the 80 degree mark. So, while in line for the water taxi to come home Steph calls to tell me that we are heading to Arbor Heights pool with the Doerrs. The Doerrs became members last year and they have asked us to go a few time and we really enjoy it...Thanks Doerrs! We grabbed some sandwiches, chips, "beverages" and enjoyed the 1st night of summer at the pool.
Saturday was our day to get some yard work done. We bought an auction item last year where a family from SLHS will come and re-do an area of your yard/garden. We decided to use this opportunity to take out the 3 big Rhodies. We started on this a few weeks ago by hacking off all the branches....as Steph said, our neighbors were probably laughing at us with our "prune" job. It was my take to pull out the remaining root balls. Easy enough...no big deal...yeah right! 2 hours later I finally got them pulled out. The girls, even Josie, were right there helping. So, after all that we went in search of some nutrition and headed to Jamba Juice. After that, off to trader joes. On the way home we decided to stop in at the Meyer's house to drop off the Video from Lisa's 40th b-day. A short visit, turned into a long visit, and dinner with the Meyers. We had a great time talking about all kinds of things (mainly the Church meeting the next day.)
Sunday we rolled out of bed at 9am...Kenzie actually woke us up....and we headed to 10:30 church. With the construction on the Church/School, church is actually at SLHS. After the service, was the annual congregational meeting to approve budget, etc. As some of you may know, I recently took on the role of Chairman of the School Board at Hope, so I was preparing to talk on a couple topics in front of everyone. I'll admit I was a bit nervous given it was my first meeting, and there were some hot topics to cover. In the end it all worked out great...I didnt fall on my face in front of everyone and we left with the Sun out. From there, on a whim we decided to grab Spuds and head over to the Doerr's house. We hung out, had a couple "beverages" and chatted about the weekend of last minute get together.
It was a great weekend.
Friday was a the first day of summer and the weather finally cooperated for us. We actually hit the 80 degree mark. So, while in line for the water taxi to come home Steph calls to tell me that we are heading to Arbor Heights pool with the Doerrs. The Doerrs became members last year and they have asked us to go a few time and we really enjoy it...Thanks Doerrs! We grabbed some sandwiches, chips, "beverages" and enjoyed the 1st night of summer at the pool.
Saturday was our day to get some yard work done. We bought an auction item last year where a family from SLHS will come and re-do an area of your yard/garden. We decided to use this opportunity to take out the 3 big Rhodies. We started on this a few weeks ago by hacking off all the branches....as Steph said, our neighbors were probably laughing at us with our "prune" job. It was my take to pull out the remaining root balls. Easy enough...no big deal...yeah right! 2 hours later I finally got them pulled out. The girls, even Josie, were right there helping. So, after all that we went in search of some nutrition and headed to Jamba Juice. After that, off to trader joes. On the way home we decided to stop in at the Meyer's house to drop off the Video from Lisa's 40th b-day. A short visit, turned into a long visit, and dinner with the Meyers. We had a great time talking about all kinds of things (mainly the Church meeting the next day.)
Sunday we rolled out of bed at 9am...Kenzie actually woke us up....and we headed to 10:30 church. With the construction on the Church/School, church is actually at SLHS. After the service, was the annual congregational meeting to approve budget, etc. As some of you may know, I recently took on the role of Chairman of the School Board at Hope, so I was preparing to talk on a couple topics in front of everyone. I'll admit I was a bit nervous given it was my first meeting, and there were some hot topics to cover. In the end it all worked out great...I didnt fall on my face in front of everyone and we left with the Sun out. From there, on a whim we decided to grab Spuds and head over to the Doerr's house. We hung out, had a couple "beverages" and chatted about the weekend of last minute get together.
It was a great weekend.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Summer at Huksy Deli
Wanted to share a few pics from our visit to Husky Deli. The first one might make you "scratch your head" but this was a funny. As we are sitting at the counter, little Kenzie is looking at the window and whispers "That man doesnt have a lot of hair!" Kids say the darndest things! The last picture is from tonight...we took the McAllister kids out for a couple hours so that they could get ready for their trip to Cancun. Nothing like Husky Deli in the summer...now we just need the weather to catch up!
Groundbreaking
Playing a little catch up here....
Here are a few pics from the Hope Groundbreaking event on June 1st. This is an exciting time for the Church and School as things are getting torn apart with the plan that it will all be back together for the start of school in September.
Here are a few pics from the Hope Groundbreaking event on June 1st. This is an exciting time for the Church and School as things are getting torn apart with the plan that it will all be back together for the start of school in September.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
End of the Softball Season
Well, we started the season with Hail, Wind and Rain, and we ended the season with Wind and Rain and Cold. Yes, it is June 5th. The softball season ended with a final tournament where we played outs, counted runs, etc...a real game. On Wednesday, we won our first game and made it to the championship! Today, we fell behind early and then rallied back to within a few runs, but we fell short. In the end we got 2nd place. It was a great season..Maddie did awesome all season. She has become an great fielder, on top of a great hitter. Today she almost took my head off with a line drive! Here is a slideshow of her during the year, as well as a couple videos that Papa took tonight of two of her at bats. As you can see in the last one, Maddie had a great time too!
Hard Grounder to Shortstop....Safe at first!
Grounder to Second....yer' Out!
Hard Grounder to Shortstop....Safe at first!
Grounder to Second....yer' Out!
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Mother's Day Video
Yikes...need to play some catch up again. Here is the Happy Mother's Day Video I mentiond would get postetd....only a couple weeks late :-) Have to give a "shout out" to Little Haas who turned the big numero Uno (that 1 for those of you dont know Spanish) this week! Happy Birtday Haas!
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Mother's Day Re-cap
First off, Happy Mother's day to everyone!
Thought we would share some highlights from our Mother's Day 2008. Maddie and I kicked things off by making breakfast for Mommy on Sunday AM. Maddie insisted that Steph stay in bed for breakfast. We then got ready and headed off to Church. Afterwards, we headed down to the Pike Place Market. With our great weather (NOT) we didnt think it would be too busy, but we were wrong. It was packed. Luckily we found a parking spot pretty quick on 1st ave close to the market. We meandered through the market, very impressed by all of the Tulips! With our weather, there was some concern about the tulips, but there seemed to be plenty available. We stocked up on a few bundles, and picked up a few Chocolate Crinkle cookies before heading out. Here are some pics:
Later in the evening, we piled into the Suburban with Mom/Dad Channer/Jensen and headed over to Bellevue for a Mother's Day dinner at Maggiano's. This is a newer Italian place that we have been to in California, but had not been to yet here in Seattle. We were surprised by how much space this place has. It was clearly built with events in mind as there was a massive banquet room that was converted into "large party overflow" for the mother's day crowd. Word from the waiters was that they were going to server over 1700 people that day. The food was great, but it was a bit slow...hey, when you are serving 1700 people, I can only imagine the logistics involved.
All in all, it was a great day. Happy Mother's Day!
NOTE: A special Mother's Day video from Maddie/KK to Steph is coming soon....
Thought we would share some highlights from our Mother's Day 2008. Maddie and I kicked things off by making breakfast for Mommy on Sunday AM. Maddie insisted that Steph stay in bed for breakfast. We then got ready and headed off to Church. Afterwards, we headed down to the Pike Place Market. With our great weather (NOT) we didnt think it would be too busy, but we were wrong. It was packed. Luckily we found a parking spot pretty quick on 1st ave close to the market. We meandered through the market, very impressed by all of the Tulips! With our weather, there was some concern about the tulips, but there seemed to be plenty available. We stocked up on a few bundles, and picked up a few Chocolate Crinkle cookies before heading out. Here are some pics:
Later in the evening, we piled into the Suburban with Mom/Dad Channer/Jensen and headed over to Bellevue for a Mother's Day dinner at Maggiano's. This is a newer Italian place that we have been to in California, but had not been to yet here in Seattle. We were surprised by how much space this place has. It was clearly built with events in mind as there was a massive banquet room that was converted into "large party overflow" for the mother's day crowd. Word from the waiters was that they were going to server over 1700 people that day. The food was great, but it was a bit slow...hey, when you are serving 1700 people, I can only imagine the logistics involved.
All in all, it was a great day. Happy Mother's Day!
NOTE: A special Mother's Day video from Maddie/KK to Steph is coming soon....
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