More from the weekend

Sheesh, I'm too busy to blog! I hate it when I get behind a couple of days, because then it feels like old news, plus I also have ever more things to post about! So here are photos from this weekend, a Sounders game, another birthday celebration, and loads of nephew time!

After going for a run and then reading all afternoon in the sunshine, we headed out to meet Susan, Neal, Adam, Erin, and Corbin at Qwest Field for the Sounders match. It was such a nice night out, we were all perfectly comfortable in our shorts and t-shirts all night! We got another tie, but had a great time seeing a little of what Corbin has been learning lately!

"I'm ready for the game, Auntie Meghan!"

He's starting to take his first steps! A little tough in a stadium, but he gave us a mini demo!

He loves to point, and since last time we saw him a few weeks ago, he actually is pointing at specific things a lot of the time now! He can sign "more" and points at Erin when he wants to nurse, which is pretty awesome!

Note the Sounders colored pjs!

This kid knows how to cheer for his team!

It was a very quick little visit, hopefully Kevin and I will get a chance soon to get some good long quality time with Corbin. He is growing so fast and learning so much, everytime we see him we are astounded by how much he has learned!

Sunday I made a solo trip to the island to celebrate baby brother Joseph's 20th birthday! It was really nice to get the family together again, we have been lucky to be getting to spend so much time all together lately! Hopefully it will continue this summer!

The city looked gorgeous on the ferry ride, and I even rode up top for the first time in many years!

Jackson was getting over a stomach bug, but he was pretty perky for Aunti Mae Mae!

Nate and I got some quality time together, finally! He and I went on a walk through the Grand Forest to Battle Point Park, and I showed him the conservatory. He is a budding astronomer, and we want to go when the observatation area is open some evening together! He is also learning how to yo yo, and I taught him the few tricks I know! We also played an awesome game of Ticket to Ride, and we tied each other!

These brothers love each other! It is so cute, Jackson absolutely adores Nate!

Crazy decadent Coconut cake was a big hit!

Our little Gilligan!

Jackson loves playing with balls, and is becoming an expert bouncer!


He and I also are working very hard on him learning how to say "Lo Lo" because he has mastered Mae Mae! Gotta get both aunties names first!


It was s great visit with everyone! Last night Kevin and I went to the Mariners game, which they lost 1-0 versus the Orioles, but it was a really pleasant evening at the ballpark! Kevin and heading into the final stretch in school, graduation is the week after next! Very exciting! Almost there babe!

Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

Woowee! I have had a nice busy wonderful weekend, and have thoroughly enjoyed having an extra day off with all this great sunshine! Friday night we had some friends over to try out the new Thai restaurant in our neighborhood, Tangerine Thai. It has only been open a few weeks, and we had been itching to try it out! We were beyond pleased with it, and can't wait to go back again! We split 4 dishes and appetizers between us, and each one was excellent! I was especially impressed with the red curry, which is my all time favorite dish to have at Thai places. I give it 4 stars! Afterwards, we just sat around our house and chatted while we worked off the immnse amount of food we ate!

Saturday morning, Kevin and I headed out to get more gardening supplies. Our new upstairs neighbor doesn't have a green thumb, so she said we could use her plot! We jumped at the chance to grow more veggies, and some new ones at that! We got another bunch of compost, basil starts, a cucumber, a green bell pepper, and jalapeno pepper, and some radish seeds. We worked in the garden for a while in the afternoon prepping the soil and planting the radishes. We also built a trellis for our snap peas which have been growing like crazy! We think it turned out pretty great!

Trellis!

The new garden!

Then it was off to babysit Jackson! Matthew and Terri needed a night out, so while they enjoyed Star Trek and dinner, Kevin and I had a great time with Jackson, playing in his activity tent, going for a walk, playing at the park on the swings, eating some good grub, and many wild games of chase.

We like peas and bananas, string cheese is okay, but turkey must not enter the mouth! He would go to great lengths to avoid getting turkey on his other food, and every time I tried to trick him, would would manage to spit out only the turkey but kept everything else in!

We had a great time, and are constantly amazed at how smart Jackson is. Can't wait to see what he learns this week!

Sunday we got up early to head to the Ballard Farmers' Market, and got a great tomato start, as well as some good mixings for dinners this week. Then I was off to the Mariners game with my friend Sarah and her sister who was in town visiting. It was a great game, Felix pitched an awesome game, and we won 5-4!

Three happy baseball gals!

When I got home, we decided that cooking was for suckers, and headed down to Totem Fish and Chips in Ballard. We walked down from out place, got our fish and milkshakes, and headed over to the Locks to watch the boats go through. The sun was setting, the boats were gorgeous, the food was stellar!

My absolute favorite fish and chips!

Today, we got started it the garden early, planting all of our goodies! We are very excited about trying out some new things, like cucumber, radishes, and peppers, and glad to have zucchini make a reappearance in our garden!




Now we are grilling bratwursts and about to tuck into homemade potato salad and rhubarb cobbler! What a great weekend, we sure know how to pack it in! Hope everyone enjoyed their weekends and have a good short week!

Life is Good: A Weekend in Photos

What a great weekend! Friday, we went to the Mariners game versus Oakland for Turn Back the Clock Night. All the way back to 1939, when we had the Seattle Rainiers and the Oakland Oaks. We got great hats, and the whole game had an old timey feel to it. They had only organ music, and didn't do any of the obnoxious crowd rousing sounds. It seemed like people were much louder on their own without the prompting. Our friends Danielle, Robin, Laura, and a couple of Laura's friends from Vancouver joined us, and even though the Mariners lost, we all had a great time!

Danielle and I show off our Rainiers caps!

Robin and Kevin mug for the camera

Sadly, our rally caps didn't help the M's out, but we never lost our sense of humor!

Today, Danielle and I decided we needed to work off some of the kettle corn and peanuts we ate at the game, and headed off to do the Lake Union trail. We met at South Lake Union, and off we went! We stopped off in Fremont to check out the Fremont Sunday Market, where I picked up a couple birthday presents for some little men in my life, and then continued on around the loop, having a little snack near the houseboats on the east side of the lake. We had a really nice time, and the weather could not have been better! It was sunny the whole time, with a nice breeze. We both will sleep well tonight, about 10 miles logged!







Then this evening, Matthew and Terri invited us over for Indian Curry and homemade naan! What could be a better way to end a great weekend than great food and visiting with family? Matthew has been baking bread a lot lately, with great success, and decided to try his hand at naan, and boy am I glad he did! It was utterly fantastic! Terri made the curry, and Kevin and I loooooooved it! We now have their slow cooker on loan so we can make some ourselves! Terri is becoming quite to good little cook, and Kevin and I will never turn down an offer of dinner at their place! :) Thanks for having us over!

Naan!

Jackson of course was the center of my attention. He has officially learned the sign for dog, and even says "dah" when Sasha is around him. He always is definitely saying Nate, and he says "yeah!" a lot. He has improved his walking a ton since we saw him two weeks ago, he's practically running now! And he doesn't need to hold onto anything to get up, he's figured out the tripod method.

Always wants to play the guitar!

Jackson loves Nate, he just follows him around the house everywhere. Nate is playing a little peek-a-boo from the deck here, and Jackson loved it!

Nate and Terri got to see the Walking with Dinosaurs at the Key Arena last night, and Nate was super excited to show off pictures they took. He's turning 10 next Monday! I can't believe how quickly he's growing up! All in all, we had an awesome weekend, hopefully it extends into the week! We have a busy one, with another M's game tomorrow!

A Belated Bunny Post

Kevin and I spent the Easter weekend on Bainbridge, splitting time between his parents' house and mine. It was a great weekend, lots of food, egg dying, sports watching, game playing, and visiting with our great families!

Let the egg dying begin!

What a pretty batch of eggs!

Kevin got pretty cheeky with some of his...

While I remained ever sappy!

Mark found a miniature chicken egg AND a huge goose egg! He ate the goose for breakfast, it was tasty, much like chicken egg only gigantic and a little more chewy.

The Easter Bunny led us on a scavenger hunt for our baskets! We had to figure out clues all throughout the house and outside, and Kevin and I found ours in the greenhouse!

Off to my parents' house, where I snatched up a little bunny of my own! Jackson was darling as ever, and I had a great time playing around with the little man!

Egg dying round #2! Nate joined in the fun this time, and made some great colors!

Kevin and Jackson hard at work!

Loveliness!

Jackson LOVES to play the guitar. We spent a good long time just strumming along, and it was so much fun to watch him light up when he figured out how to make a new sound. We definitely have a musician on our hands!

This afternoon, Kevin and I headed to Safeco for the Mariner's home opener versus the Angels. It was a great day to be at the ballpark, gorgeous blue skies, albeit a little chilly. It was really exciting to hear everyone cheering when Griffey came onto the field! And they played him at DH, which is exactly where Kevin and I want him to play!

It was an exciting game, Silva pitched well, we had some good hits, and it was pretty much tied most of the game. It ended up going into extra innings, and we won in the 10th inning off a sacrifice bunt by Yuniesky Betancourt after Franklin Gutierrez laid down a double. It was a crazy end, and I think I may have ripped a hole in my larynx screaming my head off! The M's are now 6-2, winning tonight 3-2 tonight! Huzzah! First place in the AL West, tied for first in the AL! What a great way to start the season!