jazz in june

more flowers

my dream house looks something like this

scores (and corresponding emoticons) for last night's game of "poop on your neighbor"

brian and i went on a double date with al and brad, last night. we had yummy dinner on buzzard billy's patio and then checked out some of the "first friday" art gallery action.

just bought these. aren't they beautiful?

special pic for pril

excited to see my sister again...in just over two weeks!!! woot!

front porch

ava and jenna (brian's nieces) enjoying some backyard pool time

friday night s'mores around the firepit at ann and jason's house

happy birthday to brian!

my dream house would have shoe shelves that looked like this

books and brian at love library

flowers from the backyard

new pair of j-41s. love 'em! mabel's teeth cut the life span of my last pair short. i'm going to try really hard to keep these away from her.

mabel and cousin henry

organic beef, asparagus, tomato and greens...a yummy lunch after fun farmer's market time with mom, al, and brian.

our current reading selections

brian and i went to dinner at bread and cup, then drank some tea and read our books at the mill. it was fabulous.

kimberly and tara at kiele's wedding shower

more colorful happiness

this makes me happy

unit of plasma that expires on my next birthday

getting more and more excited to meet the van boening babe

how did five years go by so quickly?

weird fruit. don't know what it is called, but it tasted okay - kind of like a kiwi and a cucumber mixed together.

al's baby shower

from the inside of the 10th floor reading room at seattle's downtown library

martha stewart nesting bols at macy's...love the colors

how is it that mike trader keeps making his way into my world?

big, ceramic cat that i received in our lab week "white elephant" gift exchange. pretty sure this will be making its way to the mcwilliams christmas gag gift exchange...or maybe i'll just give it to amber as a door prize.

more of the skagit county beauty

had a ton of fun on my weekend shopping trip with al and cindy

pril and jason - waterfall in bellingham, wa

not quite like the thousands upon thousands that we saw in skagit county, but here is my own little tulip patch. i think it is qutie nice.

beautiful birthday gift from my brian