One thing I love

about my job is how I am continually pushed out of my creative little box. I mean I have my style and certain products or bands that I prefer to use, but working at Treasury I am always pushed to use things I normally wouldn't. For instance...nobody had volunteered to do the samples for Stamp of the Month for Sept. so today I said I would do. It is a company that I normally don't go for, except for their sentiments so this is challenge for sure...THEN I find out I need to make a calendar too! I am calendar challenged...can't do them so this is a big push for me. I sketched out the cards tonight and I am exited to start working on them tomarrow...the calendar on the other hand is a whole different story- still no ideas.
Here are a couple picts. of the cards I worked on tonight for the quickutz display. I pciked out the die and was really excited to work with it. I am going to scrap some of my fun mariner's picts. with it- can't wait!

major league baseball

Last night I went to my very first major league baseball game...and I liked it. We saw the mariners play the Boston Red Sox. It was very boring at first...they just kept getting each other out, but once people got on base it became more interesting. The last couple innings were very exciting. First they would be ahead and then we would be and then they would be, etc. in the end we won- YEAH! The only that could have made it better is if I would have eaten a stadium dog.

5 years!!!

yeah...that's right, yesterday ran and I had our 5 year anniversary! Crazy to think we have been married that long. We went to the zoo just over the border in Canada. (we both love zoos) We had never been to this one before and we both really liked it. The fences are like chain link and you can walk right up to them (not on the dangerous animals) and in some cases the animals were right there by the fences. We had some close encounters with the zebras, two diff. kinds of camels, a mini horse, a donkey, and a bird. We pet the camels and the mini horse even though we weren't supposed too. We had a lot of fun. I am sick right now, so it was slow going at the zoo...the lots of stopping, but it was okay. Here are some fun picts:


Here is me with a camel. He had some very gross teeth.


Here is Ran with a very friendly goat type animal...he kept trying to eat our clothes while we were posing for pictures. funny goat.

finally home...

I really like "getting away" but I really love coming home. It feels so good to sleep in my own bed and work on my own computer and sitting on my own couch, etc. We got home from the Tri-Cities last night and I was so happy to sleep in own bed again. AND I loved going into work today to see all the new fun stuff we got in! We had fun while we were there and loved seeing everyone. We did lots of fun stuff. We had family picts. taken, celebrated Isabelle's, kate's, and Laura's birthdays, went boating ((randy even went wakeboarding for the first time!), and played outside alot. Here are some picts:


here is a cute one of Ran when we are at the park


Here is cute little natalie. We were playing at the park while others were out on the boat. Clark would pour water on her and she loved it!


Here is David, Isabelle, and Kate


Here is Isabelle in her princess dress that Patty made for her

slurpees...

I had not had a slurpee in over a year, until this week and I am on my 2nd one. So good! Actually I am eating one right now as I type this. Its banana flavored, but its color is pink. wierd.

Anyhow- here in the Tri-Cities. it has been crazy to say the least. Davio flew in Tues. night and we all went to the airport to get him. he said the first thing he wanted to eat was a nacho cheese chalupa from taco bell. That is what he missed the most. so a couple of us went on a midnight run to taco bell. It has been a little wild here with 3 little girls and 8 adults all in the same house- tomarrow we are having family pictures taken at 9:00 a.m. I don't even want to think about the bathroom situation- there are only 2.

I'll have to post some picts. when I get home. I can't wait to see all excited we got in at Treasury...sounds like lots of fun goodies.

Seattle

So Ran's parents came up last night and we went to White Rock, CA. We had a lot of fun. We ate at this super cute little fish n' chips place and then walked the pier. Really nice relaxing evening. This morning they woke up early and drive down to Seatac to pick up Ran's sister Laura and her family- they had flown in from Baltimore. We met up with them and spent the afternoon in downtown Seattle. We went to Pike Place market and then down to the waterfront. It was kind of crazy with 3 little kids, but lots of fun. After they all left to go to the Tri-Cities Ran and I went to Seattle Pottery supply- an amazing store. They have everything for ceramics from kilns, wheels, and glazes to books, knives, and handles for ceramic pots/baskets. Ran loved it and we are planning another trip before school starts. After that we went to this awesome store called Earthwise. It has all this old and antique stuff they got from old buildings and such (kind of like the re-store). It was amazing the stuff they had-it totally reminded of a place they would go to on those designer Tv shows. We made a quick stop at Crispy Kreme and then went to IKEA. It was a super long day, but so much fun. Here are some picts. from our day:


Here is Isabelle eating some yummy cotton candy.


Here is Kate-we were looking at the fish in the water.


Here is Ran, Clark, Laura, and Steve all looking at the fish