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)

Jamaica Mon!

We had an amazing, relaxing, romantic Jamaican vacation.


Our first scuba diving experience soon led to our second and we have already signed up for a certification class at home.


Ziplining through the jungle


One of many wonderful evenings


We actually learned to sit back, relax, and enjoy the art of doing nothing.