Ice Cream Anyone?

Tonight is Baskin Robbins .31 cent a scoop night. Grab your family for a cheap and yummy treat! :)

Here's the scoop: Baskin Robbins.

NW Auto Show

Shane, his Dad and brother went to an auto show on Saturday. They had a blast. Here are some of the pictures that Shane took. Emma, being the daughter of a mechanic, is obsessed with tools. So, Shane painted one of his old toolboxes pink, and took it to the auto show to get pin-striped. He said he felt quite manly walking around the auto show with a pink toolbox. It turned out so cute. We can't wait to show Emma.

PS...the last picture is of our hot new wheels. We miss the burb, but love the new Tahoe. Shane and I argue about who gets it for the day! :) It kinda reminds me of this commercial...

Tulip Festival

A couple of weeks ago we tried to go up and see the Tulips, but since we've had such a bad spring, none of them were open yet. So we tried again today after church, and it was so beautiful! My favorites were the bright orange ones (the pictures here don't do them justice!) We found some horses to talk to at one of the first fields we stopped by. Luke and Lindsay came down from Bellingham and drove around with us. We also went down into La Conner and walked around on a little boardwalk. The hotels and shops were super cute, it looked like such a great place to spend a quiet weekend. Emma was super grumpy by the time we came home, she doesn't do well if she doesn't get a good nap. It was beautiful, with just a little rain, but overall, a great time!

Garden & Bows

The weather is finally nice enough to plant the little seedlings I started about a month ago. I'm not sure many will survive, but they're outside now and we'll see what grows. Because we're in our townhouse, I'm doing all container gardening. I had one of the pots all set up and planted, and Emma accidentally knocked it over. We picked them all up, but those little guys might have an extra tough start.




I'm trying to enjoy more time being crafty, and I found some super cute ways to make bows, so I started last night. Here are a couple I've made so far. I"m hoping to get Emma quite the collection. I was surprised at how many "how-to" websites there are out there on the web. Pretty fun! :)

Sewing fun!

My sister-in-law AJ, has inspired me to start sewing. She helped me find some super cute and easy patterns for some sun dresses. Here's my first attempt. Not perfect, and a little too big, but still a good start! :) I'm hoping to make Emma a few cute dresses this summer, hopefully my skill will improve as time goes on. I hadn't used a pattern to make something for like 10 years, I had to learn how to do it all over again. So much fun!

Yesterday evening, while I was sewing away, Shane was so sweet and did a bunch of the dishes for me. He could tell I was excited and didn't want to break my concentration, so he tidied up for me.



So, here's the dress. The fabric I chose was a little retro, but in the picture it looks hideous. It really is cuter in person and in better light. Here, Emma just looks like a little Hippie.

The Zoo!

We decided to buy a membership to the Woodland Park Zoo and the Seattle Aquarium. I'm so excited to go this summer! :) Last week, we stopped by the zoo on the first beautiful day of spring and it was so great! We only stayed a couple of hours, and it was nice not to have to squeeze everything into one visit. The next day, we did the Seattle Aquarium. It was perfect, Emma can run through the exhibits and see all of the fish, otters and seals, in about an hour. I'm so excited for all of our many visits!

We get 1/2 off anyone who wants to go to the zoo with us, so come on! Let's go see some animals!

Woo-Hoo!

I just mailed off my final round of my National Boards. I'm so glad I have it finished, now it's just a waiting game until November, until I find out if I passed or not. I feel really good about it this year, and am praying that I never have to worry about it again! It's just nice to put it in the mail and let it go!

I had to wait in line forever at the post office today since they made my due day the same day as tax day...what were they thinking?!