at the portland japanese garden....beautiful!

more of little miss willa

my little love

what i look like a couple hours after having my wisdom teeth out...had trouble keeping my eyes open long enough to take a photo

ian listening to tv on al's "nurse call" remote. after visiting al, brad, and willa - amber, mel, ian, and i went out for dinner. my favorite ian quote of the night was, "can we go to the bathroom and i can poop 'cause that might help [me eat more]. brooke, can you keep an eye on my ice cream?"

baby willa!

for an unknown reason, this song has been in my head for the last several weeks. i was very excited to get to sing it "for real" at church, yesterday.

yesterday's farmer's market. we went with jason, ann, and ava. and we saw cindy and al, too. brian made some yummy pico de gallo with our purchases.

before and after - front of house

my first attempt at a bento lunch. i am looking forward to doing more and more of these and making them as fun as possible.

larry entertains 50,000....including us

enjoying the tea party at the state capitol. can you find brian?

ice cream day at nhh

three of the waterfalls from our adventures in the columbia river gorge. we saw six or seven, all together. the top one was my favorite. the second one was brian's favorite. the third one was the most popular waterfall....attracting a lot of visitors.

kayaking on lake washington -- fun and beautiful!

a bishop-style piggy back ride

the obligatory seattle tourist photos: public market sign and inside/in front of the first ever starbucks

i will post a photo. or maybe 10. tomorrow.

while brian and i are hanging out in seattle and portland, mabel is hanging out at camp bow wow. you can keep an eye on her here. she is in the play area with the small dogs.

black and tan

sheets/duvet cover

ron paul finger puppet...a gift for brian...isn't he photogenic?

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