Updates and such

Well, we survived the holidays and the beginning of the new year. As most of you know we purchased a new Mac in November after our old one hit the skids. Unfortunately, less than 90 days later little miss Emma spilled a beer (kids really shouldn't be drinking so young, it's just not right) on the new Mac which quickly put an end to it. So now we are left with just Eric's work computer. But atleast we have something. The verdict is still out on whether or not the Mac can be fixed. We're keeping our fingers crossed.

At Christmas we got some wonderful news, Eric's sister is expecting her first baby on June 4th. A little girl to be named Mailee Anne. We are so excited for her! And of course can't wait to pawn off some baby stuff to her!

Eric has decided that he will ride the STP (Seattle to Portland) this year. He's started training and is doing a great job. I am so proud of him for getting back on the bike, as it had been almost two years since he'd ridden it. The STP is going to be so much fun.

We have all just barely gotten over colds. Emma had the worst of it, she had a high fever for a few days and then we ended up in the hospital emergency room, in fear of pneumonia. Thankfully, after 6 hours of waiting, she only had a double ear infection. After a round of antibiotics she is feeling so much better now and back to her usual shananigans.

We are just a few days away now from a trip to Mexico. Eric's parents booked their timeshare in Zihuatanejo for 7 days. We couldn't be more excited, so much so that we are already packed and ready to go! Emma has never been on a plane before so wish us luck! However there will be 4 of us to pass her around so it shouldn't be too bad. If all else fails, we have benadryl!
I'm sure I will have some wonderful pictures to post once we get back.

Everyone should watch this

The magic of a Nikon D40...I'm in love

Emma in the bathtub

Summer is Fast Approaching!

I always get so excited when summer approaches! Just the thought of the warm, long days gets me giddy! I have to say that summer is by far my favorite season, and living in the NW we are so lucky to have fabulous summers. It rarely gets unbearably hot and there are so many great places to explore here in the summer. I hope that this summer we can get out and do some exploring. I'd love to do some hiking; it would be nice to hike around Mt. Rainier which is actually fairly close to Eric's family cabin. I'm sure we'll take several weekend trips out to Eatonville for some relaxing. And we have a trip to Priest Lake planned for August which I'm very excited about. It's one of my favorite vacation spots and I'm so excited that Emma will be able to get in the water with us this year. I know she will absolutely love it! We will also be traveling down to Dundee, Oregon this year for some more wine tasting and a stay at the Nut House. We went to Argyle last year and stayed for the weekend. We did tasting at Erath, Sokol Blosser...and a few others that I now can't remember! We had a really great time and I hope we can make a trip down there a yearly tradition.

Backyard!

This is what I see when I look out the back door. Eric completely re-did this planter last weekend and it looks so much better than before!








Eric built a new walkway from the house to the garage.
It's so nice to have a backyard, especially now that the weather is getting better and we're coming on summer. It's great for Molly to have a place to run and I'm looking forward to when Emma starts walking, for her to have a place to play outside. Eric has been doing such a great job with getting the yard in order. He did such a great job on building the new pathway and getting all the old bricks out. And he did a wonderful job with the planter, putting in new bark and planting new flowers. I tell him that he's done a great job and he responds with likening himself to a "renaissance man". He doesn't paint...or carve wood...or anything like that but I suppose he has similarities to a renaissance man...