Love On The Inside

Sugarland's new CD is playing in my Pilot on repeat! Track 7 is my favorite i think. Anyway, it's been way too long since they've come out with a new album, but it was definately worth the wait! I love it!

Happy 55th Birthday Mom!

Happy 55th birthday Mom!
We celebrated mom's birthday in the Elvis room at Mama's Mexican Kitchen. Mmmmm....delicious food, great margaritas and lots of laughter as the whole family was together! I hope you had a fabulous birthday mom!

5 States in 3 Days

Friday morning Sean and I woke up at 2am and began a journey in which we drove across 5 states in 3 days. Why? Sean's dad sold his Corvette and asked us to drive it home to Edmonds from Anthem, Arizona. We flew out of Seatac at 5am and arrived in Phoenix at 8am. We dropped our bags off at Craig & Patty's house in Anthem and drove Craig's scooter in 110 degree heat over to McDonald's for a sausage mcmuffin. Then we motored to Safeway to get a few groceries ~ as we promised to spend every minute of the rest of the day in the pool. And that we did!

Saturday morning, we revved up the Corvette, took the top off and hit the road. The hills were littered with cactus. It was such a beautiful drive. We stopped in a quaint town called Wickenburg and looked for quirky souveniers...I was tempted to buy a $2000 chandelier, but there just wasnt room for it in the corvette. Somewhere in the middle of nowhere, we pulled over to take a few pics of the amazing rock formations along the highway. I couldnt resist the wild impulse I had to climb up some of the rocks. My heart was pounding as I thought about all the snakes and lizzards. The view was unbelievable though!

We drove on...the temperature hit 115 degrees by the time we arrived at Hoover Dam. Our faces were torched from the sun and our backs were drenched from sweat - it was a drive we'll never forget. We treated ourselves to ice cream bars at the Hoover Dam gift shop and a jug of water.

We pulled into Las Vegas around 3:30, checked in to the Monte Carlo and found the fastes route direct to the pool. We enjoyed the afternoon people watching in and out of the pool and had a few ice cold beers. We were so exhausted from our sun-drenched drive, our night in Vegas was a mellow one. We had dinner at Diablo's, bought the boys souveniers from M&M World and walked the strip. The water show at the Bellagio was the highlight. For our boys, we got our pictrue taken with the Indiana Jones M&M.

Sunday we drove thru Death Valley, CA. The desert was beautiful and the view from Zabriskie Point was breathtaking. Photos can't even capture it.

We cut across California at a small town called Markleeville and the temperature dopped 20 degrees. The hills were green and the clouds rolled in and it rained on us. The wet rain felt so nice - we drove thru the rain with the top down and felt the raindrops on our faces. We drove 13 hours straight on Sunday and stopped for the night in Redding, CA.

Monday morning on the way out of Redding, we could see Lake Shasta! And all the memories of our College Graduation trip to Shasta came back to us. We could see houseboats tied up at the banks of the lake. We decided that's another trip we'll definately have to do together as a family!

5 states in 3 days: Arizona, Nevada, California, Oregon and Washington. 1556 miles. That's a lot of memories...More than I could possibly share on this blog.

Boating on Lake Washington

There's no better way to spend a scorching hot July Saturday than out on the water. Our friends Barry & Colleen took us out on their boat and we toured Lake Washington. Our own Lake discovered the wild fun of tubing and had a blast! Quite the little dare devil ~ couldn't get enough! West on the other hand barely got his toes wet, flirting with the water as he stood on the swim step. Sean showed off his frog-jumps into the water. We had such a blissful afternoon, enjoying the company of good friends and soaking up the sunshine!

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July! We kicked off our celebration at the Everett parade and we were truly entertained. We saw it all from Monster Trucks to Bagpipe Bands!

And from the parade we headed up to Whidbey for the weekend. We had a spectacular time on the beach ~ roasting hot dogs in the bonfire...then having an amazing sunset and watching the fireworks show put on by the neighbors. I kid you not, the neighbors had at least 20+ people outside singing God Bless America in unison as the fireworks lit up the sky. It may have been my most memorable 4th!

Tagged...

Leslie tagged me...Take 10 photos right away without cleaning up first! Then tag five friends! Here it goes...

1. Dream Vacation

Vienna, Austria

2. Self Portrait

3. What are your kids doing right now? West is having a sleepover at the beach house with his gramma, auntie kimmer and cousins chase & lucy. And Lake is practicing tying his shoes!!

4. My Closet

Usually there are more clothes strewn all over my bed and the floor than there are actually hanging in my closet. My bedroom is as messy as it ever was when I was a teenager.

5. Favorite room in my house

Living Room

6. Favorite Shoes

my Lucchese sh*tkickers!

7. My Laundry Room

More of a 'Laundry Garage' if you will...

8. My Bathroom

with a pepto bismol pink sink!

9. My Kitchen Sink

my wonderful husband was so awesome to load the dishwasher tonight!

10. And my fridge

And now I tag the only remaining person I know who has a blog.... Melissa!