The Everett Imagine Children's Museum visited Kristjan's school for a family activity one night, bringing along lots of fun crafts to do. The girls tagged along with us.
Happy Cinco de Mayo!! I decorated the dining room and Mel made us a homemade Mexican meal.
Peter and I, along with Mel and James, were suppose to go to a Mariner's game. Tickets were provided by work. On the morning of, Mel and I were each getting all dolled up in our respective homes when James calls us from his office to say we didn't have any tickets. For whatever reason, their boss gave away all the tickets, even though it was clearly stated that we wanted to go. We weren't too happy about this. To make the best out of a bad situation, the four of us drove down to North Bend to have lunch (paid for by Romac). We all enjoyed being kid-free for a few hours, and the food and views were amazing.
For Mother's Day, Grandma Jane and Grandma drove up to visit for the afternoon. Peter and I made them lunch (shrimp fettuccine). We enjoyed each others company while playing a game of cards. Kristjan also gave Grandma Jane a manicure. Then later that night, Peter made me a meal of my choice: steak, salad, bake potato and asparagus. Yum!
Mel and I went to see BUSH in concert. Come to find out both of us were huge fans as teenagers of the band and each had a crush on Gavin Rossdale. The concert was in downtown Seattle on a Tuesday night, and it didn't start until 9pm. But it was well worth staying up past our bedtime and feeling exhausted the next day because the show was AWESOME!! Ahh, dream come true to see Gavin Rossdale live in person. The man is gorgeous. And it was so much fun rocking out.
We went on a family camping trip with Mel & James and the girls to Wenatchee Confluence State Park. We attempted to swim in the river (it was overflowing and freezing), went rock climbing, grilled up some burgers, hot dogs and s'mores cones, played frisbee, learned to hacky sack, and just enjoyed everyone's company. Before heading home, we made one last stop in Leavenworth for lunch.
For Memorial Day weekend, much to Peter's sadness, we did not go out backpacking per tradition. We were exhausted from work and past weekend activities, and we just weren't ready for such a trip. Instead we spent Saturday doing some things around the house, then on Sunday we went for a day hike to the Big Four Ice Caves and ending the day with a bbq dinner. Then on Monday we did some rock climbing at Marymoor Park.
