14/52: Getting caught up in April

If you are a regular to my blog, my apologies.  Lots of stuff going on.  Plans, parties and trips.  Not to mention life....you know...work, eat, sleep...REPEAT!!!!

It's nice to take some time....a break and then look back at 3 or 4 weeks of photos to appreciate all that is going on around you.

Longer days!  Sunsets on the train.  April flowers!

Time to relax and take care of yourself!  Time to walk.  Time to eat a wonderful meal!

Enjoy!
Stacy

43/52: Pumpkin Patch

Autumn leaves were falling and the rain came crashing down...but not before we found some pumpkins up in Snohomish on Saturday with our good friends, the Seymours.

Sunday was filled with a quick walk between showers through Lincoln Park, some yummy Shepard's Pie and a quiet train ride back to Portland.

Enjoy!
Stacy

35 & 36/52: The Last Hurrah/Summer Vacation

Summer vacation was amazing this year and as always it kicks off with Brian's birthday (September 1st).  We headed down to Lake Morton, perhaps for the last time this summer and had dinner with friends and watched the sun set fade across the water.

Sunday morning it was up bright and early for a surprise trip to Los Angeles (Brian was told the night before) and by early afternoon we were walking through the historic Venice Canals and down to the Venice Beach Boardwalk.

Monday it was down the coast to Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach and the picturesque Point Vicente Lighthouse before making our way north of downtown Los Angeles to Dodger Stadium.

We wrapped up vacation week with our final Seattle Mariner's game of the year and Brian's first foul ball EVER!

Wonderful memories of a fantastic vacation!  

Enjoy!
Stacy

30/52: Hot Fun in the Summer Time

You can feel the dog days starting, but the heatwave continued all throughout the weekend as Seattle reached unprecedented and consecutive days with 90 or above temps.

Not too much you can do but early morning walks along the water and afternoon car trips to air conditioned luxury (casino, anyone?).

Friday night instead of cooking, we tried a new place in West Seattle that was on Dinner, Drive-ins and Dives a few weeks ago called Pizzeria Credo.  We must go back for the pizza!  We were both hungry for some pasta which was good (not great).

Cooler temps are on their way and more hot fun in the summer time!

Enjoy!
Stacy

29/52: Summertime Life

Some weekends are just perfect.

Perfect travel.

Perfect weather.

Perfect food.

Perfect time spent with loved ones.

I hope your weekend was perfection!

Enjoy!
Stacy

28/52: Heat Wave

We tried to stay cool over the weekend.  I worked from home on Friday and it was a "pleasant" warm...then Saturday and Sunday were down-right "miserable" hot.  We live in a house that gets a nice cool breeze off the Puget Sound.  Let's call that "nature's air-conditioning" as we have nothing else. Need-less-to-say, we each experienced a bit of cranky pants over the weekend, surviving on little sleep.

Saturday we grilled burgers at my Mom and Kenny's (and took a time out inside as they have aircon) and Sunday we went to the West Seattle Summer Festival early in the day to hear Rat City Brass before the pavement began to melt!

Can't complain, can we?  It's the middle of summer and before we know it....there will be frost on the pumpkins.

Enjoy!
Stacy

27/52: 4th of July and a Summery Urban Hike

Happy 3rd of July!  Our weather was fabulous and since it rained on the 4th and we had to work the 5th, we celebrated a day early!

Mandatory Deviled Eggs for every holiday!

Our 4th was on a Wednesday which felt like Sunday and we worked on Thursday which felt like Monday so by the time Friday rolled around it was time to hop on the train and try out a new pizza place in West Seattle called, Supreme.  Who doesn't like NY style pizza in a dark retro bar on a Friday night?

To clear out the carbs, we hiked through Discovery Park on Saturday morning.  It's a busy place and quite a trek down to the lighthouse from the Magnolia Bluff, but the weather was pleasantly humid with a nice breeze and the 4 miles was surprisingly easier than I anticipated (although I had jelly legs the next day when we did 3 miles through Lincoln Park).  

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Enjoy!
Stacy