Friday, December 26, 2008

Pictures from the City!















This is me... dressed up and ready to go shopping downtown! 

View of Seattle at Sunset from the 32nd floor of the Crown Plaza!
















Christmas at night in Down town Seattle






















The glass roof by the 
Seattle Convention Center...It looked cool!






















City Traffic... A view from our Hotel!





Thursday, December 04, 2008

leaving for the City!

Seattle at Christmas is my absoulte favorite time to go to the city. It is magical, all the lights and hustle and bustle, christmas shoppers and locals alike fill the city sidewalks. We are traveling there Friday thru Tuesday.... Bill has a business meeting, but I have nothing planned but relaxing, shopping, coffee with a friend and dinner with my husband! It will be awesome!
So I may not write for a few days, but I will fill you in on the details when I get back.
Now new subject.....
We bought a new car this week. We turned in Bills truck and got a 2009 Black VW Jetta SE! It is one sweet looking car! All the perks inside, except for electric seats, but it even has a I-pod dock, and Sirus radio! So that was very fun!
Goodbye for now...

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Christmas baking!

Today I made my first batch of "Sugar Cookie" dough of the season!  Next I will make gingerbread cookie dough and Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti! Yum!  So tis the season to listen to Christmas music, make cookies and be merry! 
That is how my day has been today. Eliana came over this morning while Jamie and Ethan went to the dentist. So we made Sugar Cookie dough, it is a bit more challenging with a 2 year old helping you. And we didn't get to take as many pictures as I wanted to, (thus no photo with this post) But we had a wonderful time!
I will keep you updates as to how the baking is going! It is so fun! 

But the other thing I wanted to share, is how God is working in my life lately. 
God is good, His Goodness is evident in all that is around me!  I am so blessed!

Monday, December 01, 2008

24 years and counting!

Today Bill and I have been married for 24 years! 
That sounds like a long time on paper....
But really is it?
No, not at all...
In those 24 years,
we have become parent to two beautiful children,
Phil (21) and Amanda (19,almost) and a in July we will add, Aimee our new daughter in law.
We have had so many friends come and go in our lives,
we have lived in 4 states, and moved 11 times!
We have had two pets, Parker (9) and Miss Kitty (12), of which we still have.
We have had to say good-Bye to beloved family members.
We have been able to travel to many places!
We have made alot of memories during this time!
so to all of this.... I say Thank you! 
Thank you Bill for choosing me,
Thank you family for loving us,
Thank you Friends for being like family to us!
Thank you kids for being our wonderful Children!
and Thank you God for making this all happen for me, for my life!
I am so blessed!