Saturday, May 7, 2016

Sunflower Celebration

We ran in the Sunflower Relay today in the Methow Valley to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary a bit early. 20 miles for 20 years... (I ran a half marathon today and Jason ran about 7 with me...) and we had a ball! We all decked out in wedding attire and hammed it up. Hard to beat the beauty in this place to celebrate and savor and give thanks. 

the kids ran in the first leg together and did great!! 








at the spot where I got to meet Jason 
(I ran one leg of about 7 miles and then joined him for the last leg of another 6.5 miles to the finish.) 





yes, we ran with our silly selfie stick! Why not?! 





we ran 20 miles total today (I did 13.2 and Jason did 6.8 in the relay)... 
what a way to celebrate! 


the race director let me throw my bouquet as she was announcing the awards 



father daughter duo :) 


the sign I had on the back of my dress 

Friday, May 6, 2016

Hello Friday



small but mighty 


surprise visit from Terence Cuneo this week! 
(He is a now professor at University of Vermont but was back speaking at SPU this week. Time flies for sure-- his oldest daughter is graduating from high school this year....) 


Anna and her new friend Sarah baking up a storm at our house yesterday afternoon... 

great helpers 

Thursday, May 5, 2016

TBT- "Throwback Thursday"

TBT- favorite video from when Anna was in kindergarten. This cracks me up that this video has had 28,691 views. The comments on this are quite funny and one teacher even said it was the best video she has found on how to teach a child how to hold a pencil. Way to go, Anna! 


kindergarten 2008 

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

welcome to the world!


what a gift to meet beloved little Elizabeth Murray yesterday afternoon!!! 
welcome to the world, little one.... 



Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Mother's Day is just around the corner

with Mother's Day just around the corner, here's an old favorite to share...

and a fun video from Kid President from 2013 that has some great words for MOMS! 



Monday, May 2, 2016

A Room With a View

Yesterday afternoon, we went on the NW Green Home tour to see some really cool sustainable and green projects around town.  Our favorite one was an over-the-top floating house on Lake Union. Below we are on the front porch of this house. Not bad views at all- especially with the spectacular weather we've been having!