Edmonds beach

 Last month for our date night, John and I headed down to Edmond to soak up some fun.

We went to Anthonys beach cafe for a light dinner then walked the beach at sunset, which was a favorite past time of ours when we were dating, so it holds a special place in my heart. After the sun went down we headed up from the beach to the Edmonds theater. It's a local little place that I had never been to! Movies are something like $5 and the popcorn is a few bucks a bag, so you can actually see a first run film for under $20! Can't believe it took me so long to scope this place out. The movie was so good & it made my tear up at the end! {not to hard to do these days, guess the emotional thing comes with age}

The evening was wonderful.

I'm so glad that we are able to still enjoy the same things we did 14 years ago:)
Simple things like a beautiful sunset and a cheap movie.

A date with my girl

 We saw Mirror Mirror at the Crest, which was so funny, love Julia Roberts in this. We laughed, held hands and ate popcorn. Chatted like two old friends, squeezed each others hands at the 'scary' parts..and of course, made a great memory. Just me and my girl.

Then we headed down to Swirl, a new frozen yogurt spot in LFP.

{not my favorite, but it's close to home)

I had a wonderful time with my beautiful, fun, spunky daughter!

So much so, that we have another date planned for this Friday!

I love this girl!

First moms Monday of summer 2012

 We went hiking in St. Edwards state park. We found trails we never knew existed! We had so much fun finding all the long, slippery black slugs. Shilo was blazing the trail ahead of us and would announce every single slug:) 

We hiked all the way to Lake Washington, found a little beach we would like to explore on a sunnier day.

 True was a real trooper, he would hike a few miles then needed "bacon" as he likes to refer to Chastin as, to carry him for a few steps. He would hitch a ride on big brothers back for only a few seconds before Shilo would announce "Banana slug!" and he would quickly hop down to check it out!

 The trees were AMAZING and the views and sounds were peaceful. We heard all sorts of birds and saw baby squirrels.

I am soooo lucky to get to be able to take Mondays off to spend with these wonderful kids! I just find them to be so much fun! And it's nice to get to hear all they have to talk about and really get to listen to what's important to them.

They too look forward to our Mondays together, they ask what the plan is and usually have an agenda filled with great ideas of things to do together.