Heavenly Weekend in Indianola

Last weekend our family headed south to new and exciting destination -- Indianola, WA, on the Kitsap Peninsula in Puget Sound! Jeff's brother Jordan and sister-in-law Jana invited us to stay with them at their "home away from home". It was a perfect weekend, complete with- ferry rides, walks on the beach, great conversation with family, yummy food, games, and absolutely beautiful view. Wyatt had a great time with cousins, playing X-box, air soft wars on the beach and helping Wil put together his "Star War" lego collection. It was a wonderful memory maker!

A Christmas Story in the the Big City

One of my favorite holiday movies is "A Christmas Story". It is great story of little Ralphie and his Christmas wish for a "Red Rider" beebee gun. In the end he receives it from his father along with some wonderful family moments that he will remember for a life time. For the first time, the movie was set into a musical and performed at the 5th Avenue Theater in Seattle--Excellent!
Jeff, Wyatt and I went to Seattle overnight, stayed at the "Hyatt Place Hotel", a great place to stay. It is right across the street from a Lacrosse sports store (instant Christmas shopping), a few blocks away from the best coffee in town - "Uptown Espresso", and they will shuttle you anywhere within a 1 mile radius- evening shopping, Dragon Fish Happy Hour, and the 5th Avenue theater--perfect!
The best part of going to the big ciy is we have family that lives there and were able to visit them. Jeff's sister Janice invited Jane, Tom and our family over for a feast of Christmas cheer and delicious food. She has a lovely apartment on Queen Anne Hill. It was a perfect way to end our stay in Seattle. We are so blessed with family!

Dance, Dance, Dance

We had a great day with the girls on Wednesday. We had pizza lunch with Jeff and Grandma V.H. at Milts and played the day away. Cassy wanted the Wii dance game for Christmas-great idea! Cassy and Lexxy won most the time, but I burned a lot of calories and had fun. Looking forward to another day of dancing next week.

Ohhhh...the LOVE!!!

I don't mean to make you jealous, but it's true...I married a romantic. He remembers our engagement anniversary every year and gives me flowers or sweets. This year, my favorite - 19 chocolate covered cherries and a chocolate bar with a message! Twenty years ago yesterday, December 17, 1990 my sweetheart asked me to marry him and it's been happily ever after.

LC Football

Wyatt standing next to my nephew MAX - he was a great asset to the LC varsity team - nice job #83!


Wyatt decided to play JV football this season for the LYNCS - a first for him. As a parent you get excited with all your children's "firsts" and this was no exception. I am very proud of him for having the courage and determination to try a sport he's never played. He was also able to suit up and support the varsity team, they had their last game Friday and it was a WIN, a great way to end the season! I was impressed by the encouragement he received from other players and coaches during the season, it is amazing how just a few words can make such a big difference--way to go LYNCS FOOTBALL COACHES & TEAM!!

Going GREEN...

Our Travel Agent (namely ME!) found a hot deal for our Phoenix car rental, only $205 including tax for the whole week. Found out later it was a glitch in the computer and it should have been $905 for the week! We went green, but that doesn't mean we got a "Toyota Prius"...

Where in the World is DEREK

Derek moved south to Phoenix about 6 months ago, so we decided it was time to check out his bachelor pad, spend some quality time getting caught up, and experience his "life in the desert". We went to "Roys" for happy hour with his roommate Brian - good food, good drinks and good company! Derek is working for a pest management company - "GOT BUGS?" give him a call and he'll take care of it. It was great to see him, made me miss him more, we got home and I promptly booked a ticket for him to come home at Christmas.