My Week

It has been a busy but great week!:) Last Sunday we enjoyed going up to my in-laws for my sister-in-law Tessa's b-day celebration. She turned 11. I know a sister-in-law who is 11.:) Monday was a great day! Ty took the day off and we spent the morning up at the Brazilian store in Kirkland getting some stuff that Ty loves from his mission. I was able to go with Becky and Erin J to Erin C's house in the afternoon to help her out all afternoon with her beautiful babies. What a blessing those little ones are. I am so grateful that we all are so close and it makes it easy to help one another out when we need it. I came home and then seriously started my training for the half marathon. I ran 2 miles and it felt like I was going to die. I went on to run five times this week and I have to say that I was a lot more sore the beginning of the week than I am today. I can't wait until I get to a point where it won't hurt to run.:) Ten more weeks to go! Monday night we spent FHE with the Simon's eating Nachos and playing Ticket to Ride(America addition). On Tuesday morning it was gloomy but Jen and I still ventured to the park by our house with Erin J and her kids. We met up with Sommer and her kids there and we let the kids play for a while with the mist and all. Kids don't care if it is rain or shine. Just as long as they can play outside. Tuesday night we ventured to Ty's softball game in the rain. I spent the game inside the dugout trying not to get soaked with Emily Hastings. It was great getting to know another neighbor better. Wednesday Jen and I headed to Factoria mall and met up with Amanda. We did a little shopping and had lunch together. That night Ty and I ventured over to the Reynolds for a fun game night. We played the Europe edition of Ticket to Ride and in the second game I finally won! Wooohooo! We have enjoyed so much getting to know people in the ward and making a lot of new friends.:) Thursday morning we went down and met up with Mary Conley who was in town again for breakfast with my mom and sister. That was fun!:) Thursday night Ty, Issy and I enjoyed a wonderful night at home as a family. Those night are always good and always important for sure!:) Friday Issy and I walked with Erin J and her kids up to a park and met Erin C, her mom and babies there as well as Becky and her little Lucy. We let the kids run around and it was nice to just hang out all together. Erin C's mom was the highlight for the kids especially my Issy. She loved her!:) Friday evening we threw a BBQ with the Simon's. It was fun to have the Hadleys, Jones, Hastings, Clarks, and some of our neighbors who live by us over as well. We always enjoy hosting fun BBQ's and socializing with people. It was a lot of fun! Then Ty and I came in and watched Rush Hour. Saturday morning I watched Rush Hour 2 in preperation for Rush Hour 3! We love our trilogies! Saturday Becky came up and ran with Jen and I. :) Then Ty and Nick decided to stain our deck's which looks so great. Then my parents came over and watched Issy for us. Ty and I headed to a bunch of places like Nordstrom Rack, Best Buy, Home Depot. We had a lot of errands to run since it is Ty's last Saturday for a few weeks. He heads out for the Phillipines on Friday.:( Then we went and saw Rush Hour 3. It was very funny!:) We headed to Target and home for the evening. Overall it was exciting week. This next week should be fun as well but I am not looking forward to Ty leaving for two weeks. Good thing there is a lot going on at the time!:) Thank goodness for family and friends!:)

BASEBALL RECORDS

Ty took this cool picture the other nigth at Safeco field. We love our sports and yesterday I just have to say how amazing it is to be alive for such cool sports records. First off Barry Bonds tied the baseball record of most homerun with 755. On top of that Alex Rodriguez broke the record for the youngest player to 500 homeruns at the age of 32. What a cool thing to witness. I just wanted to blog about it so I would never forget that day.:) I hope you all had a happy weekend!:)

Date Day/Night

My husband and I were so lucky to have been able to have a full afternoon and evening together yesterday. My parents tooks Issy and we had a great time. We first headed to Seattle for the Seahawks Scrimage. That was fun to see them do their drills and stuff. As everyone who knows us, knows that we LOVE our sports and especially we LOVE our Seahawks!:) Ty and I got these great pictures while there. After the scrimage we went and saw the Bourne Ultimatum. we had spent the last couple days watching the Bourne Identity and the Bourne Supremcy to get ready for the movie. I am so glad I did because if you don't watch at least the 2nd Bourne movie before you see the 3rd you might get lost. It was a great movie! I had such a nice time with Ty and we really enjoyed being able to enjoy each other and do some fun things. It makes me realize that we need to take more advantage of date nights when we can.:)

Summer Fun!:)

I have taken a bunch of pictures of my little Issy having fun playing in the little pools and outside. I have really enjoyed being able to be home with her this summer and see how much she is growing and learning. She has so much fun running around and playing in the "waters" as she calls it. I am grateful for the beautiful sunshine that we have been given this summer.:)