Love me some Jules!!!

One of my best friends from Hygiene School came out for a visit over a long weekend in May. We had a great time...didn't take many pictures, but we did enjoy our time together. She arrived on Thursday night and luckily I didn't have to work the next day. We had a little mini spa day on Friday, showed her around Olympia...aka as shopping ;)...and when Doug came home we went out to eat. We spent Saturday up in Seattle. We had our own little personal tour guide Jenette show us around. Julie got to see Pike Place Market where she loved looking at all the flowers. They are simple amazing. So she could see more of Seattle we took the Ride the Ducks tour, which I always recommend. After the tour we went to see the Fremont Troll...a cement creature that lives under a bridge, kinda odd, but neat.

Julie and Jenette on the Ducks...

Weird Fremont Troll

We stayed the night up in Seattle. About 10 others girlfriends of mine came up to Seattle on Saturday night and we all went out to eat and then danced the night away. Since our night didn't end until about 4 in the morning we relaxed at home on Sunday. I was sad to see Julie go on Monday, but am super excited about coming home in September to be her Matron of Honor and see her walking down the aisle. Love you Julie Momlickivickicvokakjdflkajdkja!!!!! hahaha

Heather and Julie...

Reshma and Me...

Reshma, Heather, and Lynn...

Jenette, Reshma, and Me (Heather didn't get the memo that we were smiling for this pic...but props to Heather for an awesome crazy face!!! hehehe)...

Lena and Reshma...

Mary and Jenette...

Bath Time

We have found the best place to give Wrecks a bath. Dirty Paws is a life saver! Wrecks is a huge dog that takes forever to bathe. He has tons of fur that can get all nappy. At Dirty Paws we don't have to lean over in the tub or chase him around with the hair dryer. We put him in the walk up tub and he just stands/sits while we shampoo, use face wash, put conditioner in his hair, clean his ears, and blow out his hair. I wouldn't say that he loves getting a bath, but he does tolerate it very well!

Whistler Weekend

When we went to Whistler in January we bought a 3 day pass. We only used 2 days of the pass and had to use the third before the end of the season. We drove 4 hours after work on a Friday up to Whistler, skied on Saturday in good to crappy snow, went out on Saturday night in the village, and then drove back on Sunday. Whewwww...what a weekend!

Enjoying the slopes with Jenette and Christian (the dentist that I work with)...

Night out in the Whistler Village...

MIA

I have fallen off the face of blogger earth! I can't say that I have been super busy with work or play...I have been just completely lazy! I mean I haven't even updated my dry erase calendar since April!!! I am going to try and get caught up on this blog. My goal is to be up to date by the time we leave for....wait for it....our Alaskan Cruise!!!! We are so excited to finally start marking vacations off our to do list. We have always gone to Mexico since we were getting such good deals. When we moved out here we had a list of vacation to go on. 1. Alaskan Cruise 2. Hawaii 3. Cities in Cali. Going to Mexico was never on the list. I am so excited to be scratching these places off.

When I last blogged we were about to head to Jackson Hole, Wyoming to meet up with the Harpers and Ellen. We had a great time with family. Skiing was not the best though, the cover was really thin. I put one heck of a scratch in my ski because I went over either a root or a rock. I am glad the even Doug realized that the skiing was not that great. I do have to say that Jackson Hole offers a great military discount---half off a daily ski pass!


We saw some really cool wildlife---Coyotes, Big Horn Sheep, Moose, and something that left blood on our back porch. HA!



Beautiful views from the porch...

The Harpers

Bennett playing in the snow...

At the top of the mountain...

I love the views from the top...

We surprised Henry with a party and a cake...after the shock on his face faded he proceeded to tell us how we didn't surprise him right because we didn't jump up from behind the couch...such a little stinker....

Everyone came to the top via the Gondola to join us for lunch...

Showing off our matching hats...Thanks Ellen!

Hope you enjoyed the pics....

More to come tomorrow!

Valentine's Weekend

I know Valentine's Day was almost a month ago, but better late than never to blog about it.

We had a very fun filled Valentines weekend. Friday night we went out with friends and to a movie that started entirely toooo late. Doug and I both past out in the movie theater. The movie obviously was not that great. It was the new Mel Gibson movie and we highly recommend not going to see it, especially when you are very tired.

After sleeping in on Saturday morning, we went to Seattle to one of our favorite restaurants for lunch. The Harpers sent us a gift card for our Birthdays. So thanks for our Birthday present and our Valentines dinner :)

At the Crab Pot they just dump everything out on the table.



It can get a little messy...



After lunch/dinner we took our first ever ferry ride to Bainbridge Island. The Ferry ride was really neat and great scenery...the island that we went to was not as exciting. We walked through a deserted downtown area and then walked back to wait on the ferry.

We had a lazy Sunday relaxing and watching movies all day on the couch. Monday was President's day, so Doug and I were both off. We went to Crystal Mountain and had a beautiful day of skiing. The snow was great, the weather was great, and we even made it back home in time to unwind from a fun filled weekend!

This is Mt. Rainer in the background. It was such a clear day!

We are both excited about our week coming up of skiing in Jackson Hole and vacationing with Ellen, Judd, Valerie, and the boys. So glad tomorrow is Friday!!!

How many times do I tell him to floss???

I cleaned Doug's teeth a couple of weeks ago. He is not one of my favorite patients, not because he is hard to clean (he is super easy and lets me dig and poke all I want), but because I know how he takes care of his teeth. I blame the dentist that he went to as a kid. He says that he never ever brushed or flossed when he was in middle or high school and when he would go to the dentist they would tell him to keep up the good work! Well, as I tell all of my patients that don't brush or floss, it has finally caught up with him. He had two cavities and a couple of other areas that we are watching. I am glad that we found them before they were too big and I am glad that he found time in his busy schedule to come back in and have them taken care of. Now I floss his teeth every night and nag him constantly about brushing! For all of you who don't take good care of your teeth be glad that I do not live with you and feel sorry for Doug who does. ;)

Dirty Dog

Someone had a little too much fun at the Dog Park!

He loooovvveeeddd running and jumping in the puddles. He had a blast getting dirty!

But didn't really enjoy getting cleaned up!

Now he is a pretty boy! Love this dog!!!

Weekend in Whistler

We had a great 3 day weekend at Whistler in January. We partied, skied, and ate way too much! We enjoyed ourselves and absolutely loved Whistler. It is the best place to ski. You never have to leave the village. There are great places to sit and unwind after skiing and wonderful restaurants for dinner. Everything is just so convenient! Definitely one of our favorite places!

We went to Whistler with Sean and Reshma. They totally out skied us. We bought a three day pass and on the third day we chickened out because it was raining. But not Sean and Reshma...they are hard core. They are even lucky enough to be in the crowd of some of the olympic events this week! Needless to say they love to ski!



After a long day of skiing.

It's a Girl!!!

Julie Rea is having a girl!!!

When Julie told me that she was pregnant I knew that I probably wouldn't be able to attend any of her showers living all the way out here in Washington. When Doug told me that we could go home for a week over the holidays the first thing that I thought of was not only could I go to a shower for Julie, I could host one for her. Since Julie has so many close friends, I was not the only one in Atlanta that wanted to have a shower for her. Julie put me in contact with a few of her friends that had offered to have a shower and what a shower we planned!

Of course I seem to get a little carried away with all the small details that go into hosting a shower. The first thing that we needed was a theme. Julie's nursery is decorated in a jungle theme...so I ran with that. I found adorable invitations on line that had a monkey (perfect for the jungle theme) on them and were brown and pink.

I hung baby socks and animals from the chandelier.



With the help of my cousin Elizabeth I made a diaper cake that I am super proud of. (So proud of my work that I actually let a Julie have a sneak peek a week before her shower.)



We had a cute baby banner made by Brittney.

We had an amazing spread of food.

I found a bakery in Alpharetta that made this wonderful cake. Not only did it look awesome, it tasted just as good!

I loved all of the little girl clothes that we hung on the clothes line.

Thanks again to Brittney for donating her baby shower decorations.

I don't know where she finds this stuff...but again, too cute!

I think everyone had a good time and enjoyed themselves.

We played a couple of shower games, including the dirty diaper game. I was amazed that 6 girls got all 7 of the melted candy bars right.

When you plan a party/shower there is always one aspect that you don't know how it will go over with the guest. I had the idea to get onesies and let guest decorate them during the party. At the end, when every one is finished, Julie will pick which one she likes best. I was completely surprised at how much fun every one was having decorating the little shirts. I guess everyone secretly loves craft time!

My personal favorite! On the butt there was another buckeye.

Julie with all of the shower host...

Julie's favorite onesie...

Loved the little animals on the cake...

Julie and Ellen...

Another silly idea of mine...

I ordered these stickers when I ordered the invitations. They say "Enjoy! From Julie's 'Bun in the Oven'". I had the same bakery that I ordered the cake from make cupcake that looked like Cinnamon buns.

Wasn't quite sure how they would turn out. They look pretty close to Cinnamon Buns.

I can't wait for little Elizabeth Nordmann Rea to arrive!