Memorial Day Weekend

This weekend has seemed so long and we have done so much!

Saturday started out with me and Leah and my mom going to a local Farmer's Market and also doing some other shopping. Too bad it was raining while we were at the Market, ugh!  So we kind of had to rush through. Later that afternoon our friends came over for a last minute barbecue! It was fun and our girls are really starting to interact and play with each other more and more!

Sunday morning Dustin's dad came over for coffee and doughnuts and to play with Leah for awhile. 

 Later Sunday afternoon we went over to my dad's house to visit with him and my Great Aunt Nan who lives in California. They all went on an Alaskan cruise together and just got back Sunday morning.

I love this pic of 4 generations!

On Monday we took Leah to the Woodland Park Zoo for the first time! My mom got Leah a membership for her birthday, but the weather hasn't really been good enough until now.  It was mostly overcast, but that is better than being raining or too hot.  We can't wait to go back again soon!

I hope everyone else had a wonderful and fun weekend!

Silly Girl

Leah is so much fun!

She found a new way to play with her activity table, it also makes a good rocking chair, ha!

Modeling her Great Grandma's pearls -

Trying on Mommy's shoes -

She is looking more grown up every day!

New swimmy suit!

Peek-a-boo!

BFFs at the Park

Leah and Ashlyn had a fun time at Newcastle Beach Park on Tuesday!

 They are getting so big!

Yum

Great way to start the morning.

I would choose this over candy any day! 

West Seattle 5K!

This morning I ran in my 2nd 5K race of the year.  Hopefully there will be several more this summer, I swear they are addicting!

I ran this race with my good friend Sheri.  This was her first ever 5K race and she did SO well!!  I was kind of nervous that we would want to run at different paces since we have never run together before today.  But we ran at pretty much the same pace, which was great!  And we ran the whole time with no stopping and finished out at about 36 minutes! Not bad for beginning runners! Just gives us the goal of improving our time in the future!

The weather also turned out perfect for running - mostly cloudy at first with the sun popping through at the beginning of the race, but still cool enough not to be hot.  I was glad that it didn't rain like the forecast predicted.

Me and Sheri after the race - Like the bright orange race shirts?? Haha!!

Our hubbies brought the babies to cheer us on. It was great to have them there!

Woohoo, we did great!

We stayed and played at Alki for awhile after the race -

When we got home we all took a nap, ate lunch, and then went for a family walk which ended at McDonald's where Leah played and Mommy and Daddy got ice cream cones (What??.... I ran a race today...I deserved it! ;).

Fun day and weekend but I am definitely exhausted!

Sunny Days

So of course the sun is gone from Seattle for now. It was nice for the few days it lasted.....sigh.

Besides our trip to Texas, this is the first time Leah has been able to wear short sleeves and sandals this year!

Having fun at Gymboree.

 Then powering up before our next destination - Alki Beach

We met up with our family who is in town from CA. They are here to go on an Alaskan cruise - JEALOUS!!

First Day of Spring!

OK so I know that it was technically a few months ago.  But for me, it was today. BEAUTIFUL sunny Seattle day! 

This afternoon we got together with my friend Katie and her 9 month old boy Cohen.  We were supposed to go for a run but the babies weren't having it.  They were both fussing and wanting to be held, and then Leah would want to walk. Geesh!  We were saying that they were probably distracted by the seldom-seen big bright glowing ball in the sky! Ha!

Here is Leah checking out the river. She actually tried climbing under the fence to get down to the water, yikes-

Leah says, Hi Cohen, I'm gonna tickle your toes!

 Everyone follow Leah!

Playtime in the grass! Cohen is quickly catching up to Leah in size! He was very entertained by her running around. It was so cute!

Cohen says, Leah wait up!!

 To continue our fun sunshiny day, we decided to barbecue for dinner - Turkey hot dogs, veggie burgers, and my tomato salad.

This time I added in white beans and it was so good!

 AND, so exciting, I finally found (thanks to a tip from my mom) the Skinny Girl Margaritas at a local store! I have to say they are pretty good! At first they taste kind of bland, if you are used to regular sugary margaritas from restaurants. But after a few sips you get used to it and I like them! (Although they are kinda pricey...)

 Leah was acting like a goofball during dinner -

 Yep, she is wearing her birthday shirt, haha! She stills fits comfortably in her 12 month sized clothes!

 Time to wind down with some stories with Daddy -

Please please please let this sunshine stick around!!