The Nelson Narrative

We had an awesome week.  Paul is still on vacation so we did a bunch of day trips and checked off several of my bucket list items. On Monday Paul went hiking with a friend, so I was home with the girls all day and it felt like a normal work day. Tuesday we went to the Ballard Locks and Golden Gardens Park.  We had lunch first at a really yummy burger place across the street from the locks, except Paul and I didn't have burgers, we had fish and chips which were also yummy.  The girls enjoyed watching boats go through the locks and seeing fish climb the fish ladder. After the Locks we went to Golden Gardens Park to play on the beach.  They've added a playground since I was there last (way before the girls were born) so the girls played on that for awhile and then walked down to the beach to play in the sand.  It was an awesome day. On Wednesday, we went to Lake Sammammish State Park.  Again, they played on the playground for awhile firs

We went to Coeur D'Alene, Idaho for our family vacation this year.  We stayed right on the lake (WorldMark timeshare) about a 25 minute drive from town.  We had a beautiful view of the lake from our deck, but our main access to the lake was a little cove on the other side of our building. On Friday the 12th we drove to Crescent Bar where the girls were staying with grandma and grandpa, spent the night and then drove to Idaho the next day.  We stopped in Spokane for lunch and groceries, then drove the last hour or so to WorldMark Arrow Point.  We settled in, explored a bit, then after the girls were in bed we sat out on our deck with a glass of wine and enjoyed the sunset. On Sunday we just hung around the lake all day, swimming and floating on an air mattress.  Then on Monday, it was off to Silverwood Theme Park!  Unfortunately, Olivia threw up in the car on the way there (luckily we had a plastic grocery bag handy).  She had also thrown up Saturday morning wh

I know it's cliche (pretend there's a little ' above the "e"-don't know how to put one there) but Summer is flying by.  I think we're about half way through our summer break!  I'm still trying to keep a week-by-week record so I can look back and see what all we did and when.  Silly, maybe, but fun for me. Week 5   We spent the weekend after the 4th at Crescent Bar, then on Monday the 8th Paul and I came home, leaving the girls there for the week with their grandparents.  Paul still had to work, so I had 3 days to myself to do whatever.  Like usual I was hoping to accomplish all sorts of projects around the house but just didn't quite get to it.  Tuesday I went to the mall and the grocery store, and because I got kind of a late start, by the time I got back it was dinnertime.  On Wednesday I drove up to Everett to have lunch with my former boss and visit some of my old co-workers.  It was so fun to see them again.  When I got back I had a hai

Tuesday (of last week--I'm a little behind) - Free matinee Thursday - Community 4th of July Celebration, made homemade ice cream, went to a neighbor's to shoot fireworks. Friday afternoon we left for Crescent Bar and went to their parade on Saturday and watched the fireworks show that night.  The last two years we were actually in the parade, but this year we decided to just watch it.  The girls were all for it, because by watching the parade, they were able to score candy.  I can't believe how much candy there were able to get.  It was like Halloween all over. The Parade had an Old West theme Go Hawks! The girls sat in the shade with Grandma and Grandpa while me and Paul were across the street On Monday Paul and I came home while the girls are staying there for the week, then we will go back on Friday, spend the night there and then go to Coeur D'Alene, Idaho for 5 days.