The Nelson Narrative

May 13th was our 9th anniversary, and for Christmas my brother and sister-in-law gave us a certificate for a night at a hotel and offered to watch the girls whenever we decided to use it, so we went the weekend of the 16th/17th for our anniversary.  It was so nice.  We went to a hotel in a neighborhood of Bellingham called Fairhaven that is a popular tourist spot with lots of cute little shops, restaurants and bars. We arrived on Saturday afternoon around 3:30 or 4:00, got settled in our room and then went out exploring.  We walked around and checked out the shops and then stopped for Happy Hour at a restaurant.  We then had some time to kill before our dinner reservation at another restaurant so we went back to our hotel and sat out on their deck for a bit and then walked around some more. We went to dinner at a place with live music.  We were seated next to a fireplace with a good view of the band (jazz), but unfortunately the food was just ...

I need to catch the blog up on some recent happenings. First, back in April we got a pet hamster.  The girls named her "Hammie" (although Kayley insists it is spelled "Hamy").  She's super shy and timid and won't let us pet or hold her, though, so that's a little disappointing but it's still fun to watch her run in her wheel.  She also has one of those plastic balls that you can put her in and let her run all over the house. Second, Kayley finally lost one of her two front teeth. Third, the girls got their ears pierced.     Fourth, Kayley lost her other front tooth. Fifth, they graduated from Daisies to Brownie Girl Scouts. And lastly, they had their first Gymfest at their gymnastics studio last night and Olivia got a first place medal and Kayley got a second place medal (it was one of those events where everyone gets a medal of some sort).