Father's Day hike towards Mt. Rainer & Funny Signs!

Crawling...a little bit anyway!

My Dad's New Career...

For those of you who know my dad, you probably know that he has had a knack for writing that he's never used as a means for income. Well that is starting to change. He has recently become prolific about his writing and is working to get published. Making a name for yourself and getting things published is pretty competitive but we are confident that his writing is superb enough that the right person will notice eventually!

Check out his blog for yourself, read a few pieces, become a follower by clicking the link and if he happens to write a piece you like, email it to your friends! Help spread the word and enjoy his musings along the way. This is his link:

http://tellmeaboutitlater.blogspot.com/

Enjoy!

Stop in DC on way home...

We had a layover in DC/ Fairfax on the way home from Pittsburgh and were able to make a weekend of it so we visited my good friend Jenny Dillon-Tobin! Jenny and her husband Jim just had a baby girl, Andrea Ann, she is so precious and petite! We had been to DC before to see the monuments and museums but we did to see the World War II as well the Jefferson which we missed last time.

We also went to Great Falls National Park, played a little basketball and were treated to Jim's mastery of the grill on a beautiful evening on the deck with a few cold brews! The Tobin's are great hosts and we had so much fun visiting and spending time with Andi!

See the Great Falls behind us, this is the Potomac River.

Oliver's first visit to the White House!

The Tobin's!

Ollie and Andi just hanging out!

Trip to Pittsburgh

We just got back from a trip to Pittsburgh, PA to visit our Pirtek Mentors Matt and Kathy Valkovic. We had a great trip and got some great ideas for the business. We also got to do a few fun things while we were there. Matt and Kathy took us to a really fun German bar/ restaurant in downtown Pittsburgh on the Monongahela River. They had great German beer and music.

On our last night there, Gabe and I went back downtown and rode this old cable car that used to be used for mining up a big hill. It is called the Duquesne Incline and when you get to the top there is a great view of downtown Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh is a beautiful city and we really had a wonderful time there.

This is Matt and Kathy the owners of Pirtek Monroeville and our mentors.

This was a business trip for Oliver too, he reads the Money section in the morning just like his dad!

Dave, Laura & Sienna visit Seattle!

We have been so busy I am just getting to posting pics of the Ludlam's visit to Seattle. It was so great to see our good friends from college and good to reminisce. This was the first time we got to be around each other as parents and it was great! Sienna is such a doll and just beautiful, Oliver and Sienna played and smiled at each other and seemed to have a great time. We miss our Colorado friends and look forward to seeing them again soon!

I put this picture in below because Oliver does this thing we call "face crink" where he crinkles up his whole face to smile! It is so adorable and so I wanted to share it!

Shrimping and hat from Mimi...

A few weeks ago my dad went shrimping with my Aunt Pat's brother Jerry who lives up here in Anacortes, WA. Dad had a great time and brought back shrimp for us to feast on! I wanted to post a picture of the shrimp because we were so amazed at how big they were, but even more amazing was that they were so delicious! They honestly tasted almost like lobster. The picture following is everyone enjoying the shrimp dinner. Hopefully dad goes shrimping again!


These are some of my new favorite pictures, Mimi gave Oliver this hat and although it is still a little big on him he loved wearing it!

Hiking Trip to Breseman Forest

Our little hiker loved the trip! He was all smiles and talking the whole way.


This was a beautiful creek that the trail paralled for awhile.

This is a really cool rock/ monument thing that we found.

Baptism and Chrismation! Lot's of Pictures!

Kh. Makrina Shanbour and Joseph Ramos are Oliver's sponsors and Godparents. We are very blessed to have two such wonderful Godparents for Oliver.

Oliver did great even after being dunked three times!

Makrina and I then got him dressed in his Baptismal Gown.

Father John Pierce is our Priest, he is in the middle.

Below this is Oliver being anointed with oil.

Mom and Oliver filled with joy!

Ben, Mary and baby Annika came too!