2019 Year in Review

2019

January

 We celebrated New Year's Eve at home with the family. 

Harrison turned 20! 

February

Arlie turned 21! We celebrated at The Rock where she enjoyed a "bucket" drink. 

We survived Snowmageddon. Schools were closed for a week! 

Jeff rode the Chilly Hilly bike ride - it was both chilly and hilly. 

March

We had a little St. Patrick's day party at home, complete with Jello shots! 

We took Grandma's "final wishes" trip to spread her ashes in Catalina Island and a few other places. 

April 

I went on a writing retreat and Jeff came along to hang out with me. We stayed in old barracks in Fort Worden in Port Townsend, WA. 

Hannah had sinus surgery and went on vacation just two days later! 

We also took a trip to Long Beach, WA with these guys! Stayed in the Adrift Inn - really cute!

We went to Teatro Zinzanni with lots of friends! 

Jeff and I went to Corvallis for a workshop he attended. I hung out in our cozy Airbnb and read my book!

May

Junie B turned 3 years old! 

We got baby birds in a nest outside the front door. We watched them grow and they left the nest on Mother's day!

The kids went to a park with me for Mother's day! 

We saw School of Rock!

We kayaked at Silver Lake and Hayley made jewelry. 

We took the first paddle of the season. 

We spent Memorial day weekend at Camp Killoqua with Hannah's nanny kids, Ryder, Makena and their friend Isabelle. 

June 

We got to see Jayden again when he visited Washington and we went to the zoo. 

We kayaked Cottage Lake and got eagle shots! 

Jeff spent another year at the Booshway at the IMM Rendezvous.

We saw Wicked! (again!)

Jeff celebrated Father's Day. 

We got a new deck! 

 We went to Pride! 

July

Jeff and Alec shared their birthday. 

We went to the parade in Bothell. 

We celebrated Hayley's 26th birthday by going on a crystal dig at Hansen Creek. 

We got a family room makeover! 

We saved a baby bunny! 

Jeff got stung by a yellow jacket and had to go to the ER. Our neighbor, DeVon, came over in full gear to eradicate the nest. 

We had family in town from Idaho and took the kiddos kayaking/paddleboarding. 

We also went hiking!

And the boys celebrated their 9th and 12th birthdays! 

Kaden spent a week with us and we went to the Funko store. 

Harrison won a barista championship and competed at the highest level. He didn't win that one but it was really fun to watch!  

We took Kaden back home to Boise. 

August

Hannah celebrated her 24th birthday!

Jeff rode in his 4th Obliteride. 

We watched the Blue Angels at Seafair with cousin Sarah Whitmore and her friends. 

Jeff and I went to San Diego for an ACS meeting. 

Flower and Dash came for a quick visit. 

Hannah and I went to Remlinger Farm with the Halcotts and her nanny kiddos. 

September

We went to Bend for our third year in a row and the Fox family came too! 

We went to Lake Crescent with the in-laws. Kayaked the gorgeous lake and hiked to Marymere Falls. 

We celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary by kayaking to Bothell from Kenmore. 

October

Hannah and I attended the Write on the Sound conference and I won first place in the writing contest! 

We had a Halloween party and dressed like the four seasons of the year. 

We made it to the pumpkin patch and Junie got to come! 

November

We went to Coeur d' Alene and met Carson finally!

We had Thanksgiving in Spokane with Jeff's family. 

December

We went to a Christmas tree farm.  

We went to the Seattle Genetics holiday party. 

We celebrated my 52nd birthday. 

We got our own Elf on the Shelf! 

All my loves were here for Christmas!

Junie B got festive!

Arlie, Jeff and I spent Christmas Eve getting brews and food. 

We saw festive lights. 

We ended the year with a getaway to Forks/LaPush - here is Jeff at Cape Flattery.