Redondo dive...kinda

We went out to Redondo this morning for our first advanced dive. We were so excited and Brooksie even showed up to take our picture and watch us go in! After diving down to 60 feet for 7 minutes, our instructor called the dive due to visibility of 2 inches. We actually spent much more time suiting up than time in the water. We were super bummed, but "safety first" as Paul always says.

At least we look good!

Date Night!

I took Paul on a surprise date Friday night to Frank's Oyster House in Seattle. Good food, romantic setting...wonderful!

It's never too early for Victoria's Secret

No, no, it's not really a gift from Victoria's Secret. But the bag is pink, so I thought it would be perfect wrapping for a gift for Ryleigh!


Ryleigh is two weeks old and doing fabulous - she eats and sleeps like a champ and is a very easy-going little girl. Erin is such a natural mom and is recovering beautifully!


I am just in total awe of this perfect little blessing...

Dive Time!

After our dive experience in Jamaica, we decided to get fully certified! We spent 9 hours learning skills in a pool and then finally got out in open water. It was amazing and we can't wait to get back in the water tomorrow to complete our certification!

My new love

My beautiful niece Ryleigh Kristine Gist was born on April 28 at 6:31 pm.


This perfect baby girl is such a precious gift and I love her so very much! All I wanted to do was hold her and stare at her all night long.


We have had so many experiences together...the three of us with the new addition!


In November we all took bets on when Ryleigh we be born...I guessed the actual date! This is the paper that we wrote our bets down on - check it out!

Stop to smell the flowers

We drove up to LaConner to see the tulips and they did not disappoint. It was a very fun day with Dana, Maddie, and Brooksie. We walked around the fields of tulips, did a little wine tasting, then had lunch at a darling restaurant in town. It was so fun!

Dog bar

I call it the "dog bar" but it's really called The Beverage Place". It's a bar in West Seattle that you can take dogs into - what could be better?!?! We met some friends there on Friday night and had a blast! (And our dogs had a great time playing too)