Weekend Wedding

On Saturday my beautiful Aunt Donna got married in her back yard in the pretty sunshine to her main squeeze Mike Campbell :) Welcome to our crazy family Mike! Im so glad my Auntie Donna is so happy and in love. She has had to live through such horrible loss and hardship. But it is so wonderful to see how love keeps growing and is given second chances! Mike and Donna are SO happy and obviously mad about each other. It was a beautiful ceremony and such a fun gathering. I had such a great time.
Now they get to run off to Hawaii on Monday! *Jealous grumbles*
Have a happy honeymoon you two!
The bride and groom




Auntie with my cousins Jeff, Jer and Josie, and Mike's son Cory

Aunt Donna with my wonderful Grandma (her mama) :)

Cutting the cake


Donna and Gary

Darby with Daddy

Darby with Josie

And with Grandma

After making unhappy baby noises during the ceremony (ugh!) Darby showed her cute side during crawling practice in the living room. Auntie Steffie took some cute pics.

Alki 5K

Today my sister and I ran our first 5k! We ran the whole time; it was so great to have her with me to keep me motivated! We really enjoyed it. I hope it's just the beginning of many runs! It was SUCH a beautiful day! I didn't bring my camera so there are no pre/post run pictures :( Here is a random one from google...it's the only one I could find!
And here is my t-shirt and number :) I wish we would have taken some pics...but oh well. Next time!
Here is a bloggy blog about the run with some videos. I saw Stefanie and I on the first video around the 49 seconds mark...but it's so hard to see us, so I wouldn't try :)

Getaway

Last weekend we got away for our anniversary. Our wonderful family friends, Barry and Ann Cook, have a new vacation home at Ocean Shores, and they let us use it for the weekend! It is so nice! We had such a relaxing time. It was so great to just get away and relax with Darby and Dave. Their house is right on the water, and it is nice and quiet. Deer came by and we were able to feed them, we played games, watched tv, walked on the beach, and stayed in all weekend! It was perfect.

Walk to the ocean



Sneaking in a nap...



Getting a bath in the big kitchen sink


We had so much fun meeting and feeding Bambi and friends!



Just hanging out

Dave and Darby beating me at Dominoes!

Sittin on the dock of the bay...



Thanks Barry and Ann for a wonderful weekend!

4 Years and Counting!

September 18th was our 4 year wedding anniversary! I cannot believe it has been 4 years since we were hitched...!

So much has happened! Travels to other continents, finishing school, masters degrees, duplexes, condos, and most important....having a BABY!


It's amazing to think when I was growing up in Washington, the love of my life was growing up on the other side of the world in Africa. Im so happy we stumbled across each other's lives! I love my Dave and the life we have together! I can't wait to see what comes next :)
Thank you for making my life beautiful

Future Playground Star

The old grandparents came for a visit today and we hung out at the park in Edmonds. Darby got some good swing and slide practice in for those future days as a playground starlet :)
It was her very first time on a swing. She didn't quite fit, but we made it work!




Next we tested out the slides



It seems she didn't think much of the slide; but she liked the swing!
Now we just need to implement 'Plan - Move To Edmonds' for my parents. Sounds good to me! :)