Three years ago today, I married the best guy in the whole entire world. I still look at his adorable face and piercingly gorgeous blue eyes and ask myself, "How did I get so lucky? Why on earth did he choose me?"
On the back page of our wedding program, we thanked our friends and family for all the support and love they have given us throughout the years; for helping shape us into the people we had become. We included a "special thanks" to my grandmother, who introduced us at age four and brought us back together twenty years later.
Whether it was fate, timing, or a little of both - I am forever grateful to have found someone so caring, genuine and funny. Someone who will always take care of me and who will always have my back.
Happy Anniversary to you, Kev. Here's to many, many, many more. I love you!
Yikes, has it really been a month since we've been home from Seattle??? We've been keeping busy with numerous house projects and lots of fun-filled family weekends at the beach. Since June, Kev has been slaving away remodeling our basement and it looks amazing! He's single handedly tiled, re-drywalled, trimmed and painted our entire basement. He's finally able to see the light at the end of the tunnel and I'm looking forward to decorating! :) It's going to be nice to have a basement that doesn't flood and smell like an old gym sock. The new and improved basement is a thousand times better and I can't wait to unveil it! (Pictures to come!) Meanwhile, here are a few pictures from a family wedding we went to last weekend. We're headed to the beach this weekend, celebrating our 3rd anniversary next week then enjoying a much needed visit from my mom over Labor Day. Hope everyone is doing well as the summer slowly winds down!
Julie and me
Randy, Patty, Julie & Kev
Lindsay, me and Jules
Here are pictures from other fun events while we were home including a BBQ at Kelly's,Fitz's, and also Coffey's, a Redhook Brewery Tour and The Bite of Seattle with Kate and Kev and the Sox vs. M's game we went to. Thank you friends for hosting us all week and to MarJe for hooking up those awesome seats!!
They're just mad because they dressed like twins...
At the Bite of Seattle
At Fitz's for a kick ass BBQ
Marje, getting cozy
Ann and Evan
Red Hook Brewery Tour
Payton!
Kel and Isabel
Go Sox!
Katie and baby Tyson
Lynnie and me
Cutie Jackson
LOL, the crazy Blyth's!
Jakey!
Miles!
Okay, so these posts are more in the order I'm editing the pictures and not so much in the order I took them. We did an awesome hike the day after we got to Seattle, when jetlag hadn't quite set in and getting up at 6am was still easy. We packed up that morning and headed to meet my aunt before trekking out to Mt. Index for our hike to Bridal Veil Falls and Lake Serene.
We first hiked an hour in to a cutoff where you could either go up to the waterfall or directly to Lake Serene. We chose to do the waterfall first and it was SO beautiful, there's a reason they call it Bridal Veil Falls. It was over a hundred foot drop (I think) and we stared up at it from the bottom. The spray was just enough to cool us down. We hiked back down to that same cutoff and made our way up to Lake Serene. It was 2+ miles and about 1800 feet in elevation from that point and wow, were we feeling it! I may actually looked around for either a nearby helicopter or zipline to take us down, I was that tired! It took us a total of 2 hours and 45 minutes to get to the lake where we had lunch, threw the balls for the dogs and just relaxed.
We started to make our way down shortly after lunch and Carol and I switched boots. Mine felt too loose and hers felt too tight. It worked out perfectly until my lace broke and there was no salvaging it. Thankfully, my well prepared Aunt had thrown in a roll of duct tape as her "11th essential" and thank god she did. I don't know what I would've done! Although it was tight, it did the trick!
6 hours after we had set out, we finished our hike And, despite the extremely sore calves and feet that ached for days we'd do it again in a heartbeat! It was great to get outdoors and explore the beautiful PNW and also spend time wiht my aunt who I don't see too often. Next time, I'm going to come more prepared and have some icy hot awaiting my arrival for the car ride home! Tucker and me, ready to hike! Tuck, not lovin' his pack... At Bridal Veil Falls Carol and me Trekkin' along! Mt. Index At Lake Serene Beautiful! My friend, duct tape!!
Kevin, the pups and I ventured off to Seattle in mid-July for an 11 day visit full of bbq's, girls dinners, golfing, Red Sox vs. M's game, a looong hike, a wedding, a 30th birthday party and lots of fun time making memories with friends and family. Every time we go home, I remember why I love Seattle so much! You can't beat the summers there and I'm convinced that I ALWAYS bring the sun!! The dogs did great on the plane and they absolutely loooved being able to swim and run around outside for hours on end. Pretty sure Tuck swam between 2-3 hrs each day!
I'm still uploading pictures, but here are a few from my best friend, Katie's 30th birthday! We started the day with lunch at my house followed by some sun time while the boys went and boated around Lake Washington and Lake Union. We all met up later to lounge on the boat and give one of my stepdad's ridiculous water toys a go! The "Aquaskipper" had everyone puzzled for a while trying to nail down the best technique to get it to not sink! Marge and I both got slightly injured, Jeremy sank, Derek did slightly better, but Kev "skipped" himself across the water looking ridiculous! Bryan was more than pleased that someone mastered it!!
Later that night, we took Katie to The Tap House Grill for dinner and drinks. Lots of drinks, laughs and friends popping in and out all night. I know we all had a great night, I hope she did too! It was a great night, I loved seeing one of the last ones finally turn 30, just as I'm about to turn 31! Yikes, Oldie Hawn!! Love you, Rauhie!! XOXO
One of Derek's attempts Jeremy, faltering :) Marge, prior to arm injury... Marge, making a splash! Our beautiful view!
How ridiculous is the aquaskipper?? Also, sorry for the wind interference and sideways video, apparently I haven't figured that out yet. Also, I say, "Marge, show us your arm," not something else! It sort of cut out :)
Me with the Birthday girl! Rauh and her Bday Book, she hasn't changed a bit! Me and Kel Browsing through the pictures So-Cal Girls pic! Cute LoLo - 8 months preggo Group pic! 54 Girls, minus one :( (missed you, Shel!)
We had a great, relaxing weekend! So relaxing that I sort of forgot to break out the camera until Sunday, whoops! I got out of work at noon on Friday and headed down to the beach to hang out with family until Monday afternoon. Nothing better than a 3.5 day weekend :)
Eliza and her cool shades after her run with Jason Intense game of Cornhole... They LOOOOOVE Uncle Kevin! So cute :) Kev and Lucas (3 weeks) Teaching them young :)
...To my Little!! I can't believe we've been friends since we were 16 years old! Some of my favorite memories of all-time have been with you and I hope you know how special you are to me! By the way, we realllly need to get some new pictures of us together, this is SO 2007!! ;) I hope you have a wonderful day and enjoy the fabulous weekend you have planned. Can't wait to see you in 2 weeks! XOXO
