Fun in Hansville!

Have I mentioned lately how much I love this little guy?! We went to Hansville this past weekend, visiting my parents in Hansville, riding the ferry from Edmonds to Kingston and seeing a dear friend in Poulsbo. The weekend zipped by quickly!

Time at the beach

At Grandma Norma's house in Poulsbo

Sweet guy enjoying the ferry ride.

MS Walk 2013

April 14th is the day Team KERRI walks!!

Join me by walking with me, donating funds to help find a cure or, of course, you can do both!!

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And thanks!! You are loved and appreciated.

MS Walk 2013 Team KERRI -- donate!

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Closer to spring!

With the arrival of daylight savings time, we've had a few beautiful days of sunshine. I'm in love with sunshine!

Just nine more days until spring and 17 days until the start of spring break for me. I'm headed to Phoenix for a week.

A sad trip to Seattle

David's brother Roger passed away this week after a battle with cancer for 5 years.We are headed to Seattle for a family memorial service. Roger wanted happy and colorful for his memorial service so I'll be posting happy things later today.

Fall update!

Wow, the time has zipped by this fall. We started school and whoosh, we're to Thanksgiving already. Here's who I am thankful for this year: Easton turned two just a few days ago. We did pictures last month in an apple orchard in Yakima and he'd had enough. But, of course, I scooped him up and loved him lots with a hug.

Leaf throwing time with Easton

David, Ian and I walked in the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes earlier this fall. Ian's doing great with his diabetes and we're working on figuring out those Thanksgiving dinner carbs. 

Jen and Brad's announcement for Baby Bellamy #2 due in June!

Oma and Opa with Easton 

Easton and his Oma -- Happy Morning!

And for my coffee drinking friends, here's a cup of comfort and joy for you. Miss my friends lots. It's not the same without you here in Spokane!

Summer time fun!

This summer has ZIPPED past! We had Easton with us a few weeks ago and enjoyed every moment with his laughter, smiles, temper tantrums and quickness. The pictures below are from when he was with us and when we went to the Seattle area. I can't believe summer is on its last legs. (The heat doesn't know that yet since it's about 99 here today!) But I am going to enjoy the most of the time I have before the snow hits. The last picture is of the summer yummy dessert I made for David today. We have blackberries (without thorns!) in our backyard and I was so excited to find the vines loaded with ripe berries. I had to do a taste test right after the Blackberry Crisp came out of the oven. It is DELICIOUS!

Mr. Sunshine every morning!

Swimming at Diane's pool

Jen and Easton at the Kingston ferry dock

Easton and his great grandma (my mom)

Opa and Easton relaxing after dinner

Ice cream smiles

Blackberry Crisp -- definitely a keeper recipe for the amazing flavors of summer!

Nelson, BC

David and I took an international escape for three days. We were only 3 hours away, but it felt like we were a half world away. We had a great time in Nelson, BC.

This is where we hung our hats for two nights. It was a wonderful backpackers lodge -- we had a queen size bed in our room, shared a bathroom and shower but we never had to wait to use anything. In fact, I don't think except for the last morning we were there & the front porch in the evenings, we actually saw any other guests even in the kitchen area.

Nelson is right on Kootenay Lake. We took a walk down on the lakeside path and I think we roamed most  of the streets. We found a farmer's market the last day we were there, Market Fest was happening on Friday. Lots of interesting culture in Nelson!

We drove up to New Denver, on the Slocan Lake and LOVED the countryside. (I'll add our own pictures later.)

You can see from the map where we traveled... we went northeast up to Kaslo and over to New Denver, then back down to Nelson. Beautiful scenery with very winding roads. The only wildlife we saw was one deer! But it was totally worth the drive.