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!