Bellevue bliss

Well, I have a lot of updating to do. Since I've last posted we've had Thanksgiving, had Cameron's birthday, a new niece, graduation, a cruise, Christmas, a move and a new job.  I'll start at the beginning.
This year for Thanksgiving we went to my parent's house in Ovid. We had the Ward's over (my mom's sister and family) I can't remember the last time we were all there together. Well, I guess we weren't all there this time either. My sister Emily had to work and my cousin Krystal's husband was in Georgia for boot camp. We had a great time laughing and singing Christmas songs. It was fun to have Grandpa Sorenson there too. We found out my cousin Jesse's wife Melissa is pregnant with their 3rd and it's a girl! (Ward's are a very boy dominated family.)
The day after Thanksgiving was Cameron's 24th birthday. I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE planning his birthday because it's always by Thanksgiving so I usually have like 4 days to plan for. It's so much fun. I start planning in October. I love staying at hotels so his birthday is the perfect time to plan a little vacation which involves hotels for me and cake for him. We both end up happy! This year we celebrated the first half of the day in Ovid.  Cam took my niece and nephew out on the 4-wheeler while I attempted my first baking of his favorite German chocolate cake. We just took it easy that morning and later made our way down to Salt Lake where we had a candle lit dinner at the Messick restaurant.  My brother-in-law Scott cooked shrimp scampi. It was wonderful. After dinner we headed to Salt Lake to see "Off White Christmas." It was a small theater where they did different comedy and improv shows.  The one we went to was a spoof on the Bing Crosby White Christmas movie.  At the beginning of the show they asked if anyone was celebrating anything. They asked for anniversaries, bachelorette parties, and birthdays. Cam raised his hand and they had him go to the front where the entire theater sang happy birthday to him.  As a gift, they gave him two comp tickets to another show. It was so unexpected and so awesome! The show was hilarious and we loved every minute of it. After that we went to our hotel that I had previously reserved for the night.  The next day we went downtown Salt Lake to walk around the new City Creek mall.  Cam had never been so that's where we spent the morning and afternoon. We enjoyed a delicious lunch at the Cheesecake Factory which was a gift from his parents. After that, we went to Jamie's house where we met up with them to go to "Get Air."  It was a bounce house with trampolines literally everywhere. There was a foam pit and trampolines all over.  It was fun watching him show me all the awesome things he'd learned in his gymnastics class that semester.  One exciting thing that did happen while we were there was Jamie and Theron got a call from their case worker saying that they had been picked by a birth mom and were to be at the hospital the following Tuesday where their new daughter would be born.  We were so excited to be getting a new niece!  After that, we went to Grandma and Grandpa Gleed's house to spend time with them.  What a wonderful week we had!
Just like the social worker said, Jamie and Theron were able to be there Tuesday the 27th of November when little Jessica Messick was born.  She was so small but so beautiful. It was a closed adoption so after the birth mother's c-section the baby was taken into a different room to be cleaned up and for Jamie and Theron to hold their new baby.  She has so much black hair!  The first time we met her I was shocked at how much smaller she was than the pictures made her look. She's adorable. I love her squeaks and her funny  scrunched face and her tiny yawns. It was amazing to try and remember when Addie was that small. I still feel like Addie is a little baby but not when she's near Jessie. We love her and are so grateful she's joined our family.
Next, Cameron was able to graduate from BYU with his Bachelors Degree in Actuarial Science.  He's worked so hard and we are so proud of him.  He had a busy semester studying for exam MLC and his classes but his hard work paid off since he got a 4.0 GPA AND passed MLC with a perfect score of 10. He is so smart.  He amazes me everyday with his dedication to education.  I hope our kids inherit his diligent studying abilities because my attention span isn't half of what his is.
To celebrate his graduation, we went on a 4 day cruise.  It was kind of tricky the week or so before we left because we had to be out of our Wymount apartment before we left.  So we had to pack our bags we wanted to take on the cruise, pack stuff we'd need for after the cruise for Christmas, and pack the stuff we wouldn't need until we moved into our new apartment.  We loaded up our two cars and when we were about to leave Provo, Cameron noticed that our new car, the leganza, was leaking oil.  We didn't feel safe driving it so we went to have it looked at.  6 hours and hundreds of dollars later we had the important things fixed and we were headed to Grandma and Grandpa Gleeds house to stay for the night.  The Sunday the 17th of December Grandma and Grandpa took us to the airport where we flew out to Long Beach California which was where our cruise was leaving from.  We had a nice flight down (Addie is such a trooper on planes) and took a taxi to our hotel for the night.  The next morning we had until about 1:15 until our shuttle took us from the hotel to the cruise port.  We spent that time antiquing.  This is one of our favorite things to do together.  There was 2 different antique stores just down the street from where we were staying.  We ended only going to one because the other one looked really sketchy so we didn't go.
We caught the shuttle with another family (who happened to be another Morman family from Ogden) and went to the ship.  We got on and went straight to eat.  We had fun that day exploring the ship and familiarizing ourselves with the places we'd like to hang out.  Our room was great! It was a lot better than the last time I went and they even had a little crib set up for little Addie.  The next day we were supposed to dock at Catalina Island but the weather was to bad so we didn't get to go. What a bummer.  The next day we stopped at Ensanada, Mexico.  It felt like we were the first ones off the ship because when we were walking into the city we were the only ones around.  We took a little horse drawn carriage ride around the town which was a lot of fun.  They dropped us off downtown where we walked the next few hours just looking at all of the great stuff.  We bought Addie the cutest little dresses.  One white one with blue flowers and one pink one with different colored butterflies.  We got Quinn a luchador mask for his birthday and Cameron and I both got new sunglasses.  While walking around, our camera batteries died so we walked into a 7-11 to buy new ones and when we walked in, there were two police officers with guns standing right there by the checkout. S.C.A.R.Y! After a quick fish taco we headed back to the boat where we spent the rest of our time.  We ate, went to great shows, ate more, and tanned by the pool.  The pool was FREEZING. I touched it with my finger and even that was too much. Cam was brave and jumped in but said he'd only do it once.
While on the cruise we went to some great shows.  One was a Latin show where they just had great dancers dancing and singing to different Latin songs.  I felt like I was at a show in Vegas! It was so fun to watch.  The other show was similar except it was just like a 'dancing through the decades theme'.  They had great costumes and were very entertaining.  One night they had a Christmas show which was great but my favorite show one of the nights was a love and marriage show.  They had a newlywed couple (who was Mormon), a couple that had been married 25 years, and a couple that had been married 52 years.  It was so fun seeing how well they knew each other and what sort of crazy answers they'd give.
We went to karaoke (where Cameron sang awesomely Benny and the Jets) and there was one girl that was probably 15 that thought she was super good so she sang a lot of songs but really she was just funny to watch.  We also went to two different comedy shows which were pretty funny.  Overall it was a wonderful vacation.  We'll definitely be going on another cruise.
After we got home from our cruise, we went up to Bear Lake for Christmas.  We had a lot of fun being together.  It was great having Addie be the only kid for Christmas because she let us sleep in! : ) We had fun opening gifts and going to see Grandpa Sorenson.
On the 27th we set out really early in the morning for Oregon.  I was driving the Malibu with Addie and Cameron drove the Leganza.  Dad had given us 2 way radios which were amazing! They were so much easier than using cell phones.  The first half of the drive was really slow going until we got to Pocatello, then it  cleared up a bit and we were able to make up some time we lost while going slow. There was a really bad wreck just before Twin Falls. There were about 4-5 semi trucks and about 8-9 cars that were all wrecked. They shut down the freeway and everything. Luckily for us, we were going the opposite way.  When we started we were really nervous about this drive since we were still a little unsure about the Leganza and Addie doesn't have the best track record for being a great traveler in the car.  We were pleasantly surprised when Addie actually slept most of the way and the Leganza worked wonderful! We made it the first night to Pendelton, Oregon.  We stayed at a little hotel that was cute but freezing cold.  I accidentally left my phone charger there and they said they'd mail it to me but that hasn't happened yet. Super disappointing! The next morning we ate breakfast at a cute little place then drove onto Washington.  We got  to our cute little apartment Friday Afternoon. The nice landlady Joanna showed us around after we signed all our papers.  The next few weeks were filled with trying to find some furniture and make this house our home.
The things we love about this place is:
1. CHURCH IS LITERALLY NEXT DOOR
2. Awesome shopping center on our other side
3. close to the park-n-ride for Cameron to get to work
4. Temple about 3 miles away
5. Sidewalks for Addie and I to go running/walking on
These are just a few things that we love.  Our ward (Newpart ward) is so great. They were so welcoming to our little family. I've even spoken in church already.  We are really excited to do missionary work and make friends.  I've joined a little "mommy-n-me" group which will help me get out and have fun activities around the area with Addie.
Cameron LOVES his job.  He loves that he's busy and can work on long term projects as opposed to being an intern where it was just summer work.  They are a great company and I'm excited to be apart of their company for the next 40+ years.  Cameron has been going to work really early (5:30am early) to study for his next actuarial exam which is in March.  He goes early so he can come home at a normal time instead of having to stay after.  He's my hero.  I for sure couldn't do what he does. He's my favorite. He's a great provider for our family. I sure am one lucky girl.

Our new 2000 Daewoo Leganza.

The Gleed family with little baby Jessica. 

Isn't she adorably small and so cute?

Addie's first encounter with Santa. He was having a good talk with her. 

Our Cruise!

Grandma Addie

Addie and her new crabby friend

Horse carriage ride through the town

We went swimming!

We went mini golfing

Now, the before and after pictures of our house: (sorry they're a little out of order and scwampus but it's late and they are the same no matter the order)

This is our kitchen and washer and dryer area. This is right when you walk in the front door. 

Proof I have a washer and a dishwasher...HEAVEN!

Addie's room (and guest room if someone wants to visit)

Hall into living room

living room and fireplace. 

Addie's and guest bathroom

dining room 

Master bathroom

Our bookshelf of awesomeness

Guest bathroom

my pretty flowers Cameron got me for my birthday

Master bathroom

Our front door

Addie modeling her cute room

our living room! Decorated in our wedding colors. 

new cute picture of Addie

Dining room. The wall says,  "Family is a gift that lasts forever."

my kitchen

I love Addie's room

I love my room even more! The little banner on the Wall is a Cape May flag with my mission plaque under it. I'll get Cam's soon to add to it. 

The end.

This, that, and the other...

My my how time flies. It's nearing the end of the semester and I am filled with mixed emotions. We've loved it here in Provo, but are ready for a new adventure in our lives.  We had such a wonderful Halloween.  Cameron dressed up as a sheriff from the 70's, Addison was THE CUTEST little ladybug that's ever existed and I was a cat. (meow) I though I'd really get into Halloween for the first time in my life. I've never enjoyed Halloween. I don't hate it, but it's just not something I get into very much. This year I decided to spice up dinner. Not literally though. I made spooky shepherds pie. I'ts pretty self explanatory from the pictures that are included at the end of my yabbering.
In other news, a week ago exactly our lives got a little less stressful.  Not a lot, but we had a big day November 6, 2012.  Cameron took his big MLC actuarial exam (MLC stands for Models for life contingencies).  He's worked super hard studying for this. Like we're talking months and months of studying. I can't even guess how many hours he spent studying.  He is so diligent when it comes to stuff like that. I really admire that characteristic in him.  I would have gone crazy and given up months ago.  He said that he would be surprised if he didn't pass so that's a good sign.  He doesn't find out for sure for another 7 or so weeks if he's passed or not. I sure am proud of him for working so hard.  He had a lot of financial incentives to pass.  At Milliman they'd start his salary off 2,000 more a year as well as giving him like a 1,500 bonus for passing.  He'll also get reimbursed the 300.00 he paid for the exam and he won't have to spend all that time studying for it again. I'm confident that he did because he's just that smart. I love my math smart husband. It's comforting to know my children have a chance at being good at math. : ) To celebrate this accomplishment we went out to eat at McDonalds which is Cam's favorite fast food place to eat. Then, we went shopping for new clothes. He picked out a very handsome sweater vest at Ross. He looks so good! Then, my favorite part of the day was that he finally got a haircut.  His hair was so long and shaggy before, but we made a deal that he'd cut it after the exam.  So, with a full belly, a nice outfit, and a handsome haircut he went to the Alpine Massage place where I had made an appointment for him to get a 30 min massage to relax his mind and body.  After that, we went as a family out to eat at Sizzler since we had a coupon.  Not much to say about that place. It wasn't bad, but we wont be going back probably ever.  After dinner, Cameron wanted to go diving to practice all the awesome things he'd learned in his diving class.  Addie and I went and watched which was so great.  Addie LOVED it! Her eyes were GLUED to the divers.  She seriously stared at the pool for about 15 min. It was cute to see her so interested in what was going on.  After that, we were all pretty tired from all the excitement of the day. Oh, that morning while Cam was taking his test I took Addie to get her 6 month old immunizations  That is never a fun experience.  I'd say she did medium this time.  She didn't scream and cry for 20 minutes like she did the first time nor did she only cry for 30 seconds like she did last time.  So, she did medium well. She sounds like a steak. :) All in all we had a great day.  I'm mostly excited that he gets to be home more often now.  He still has normal homework but he gets that done quickly and spends the rest of the time with us.  Addie and I love having him here. He's such a good daddy! Cameron and I were also celebrating our official 18 month anniversary. What a joy this past year and a half has been. I'm so smart to have married Cameron. He is the greatest man. He makes me laugh everyday and I love that about him. He's my kind of wonderful.
As for our darling daughter Addie, she's growing so quickly. She army crawls like a champ and is getting close to crawling. It's cute. She's recently started making these loud screams. She's not crying or cooing, it's full on screams for attention. It was funny at first, but oh man can she get real loud real quick.  She can sit up all by herself quite well.  Sometimes she needs a little support, but I'm comfortable enough to actually sit her down and let her play with her toys alone. She usually ends up on her belly pretty quick anyway.  One thing that I absolutely love is that she is into making this old grandma face.  She covers her gums and smiles. I'ts so funny! I'll have to try and get a picture.
One thing I've recently discovered is that she really doesn't like anything on her right foot. If I put a sock on her foot it's usually pulled off within 10 min. She loves her feet and is always kicking or eating her toes but her right foot is usually bare. She's quite unique. At her last doctor appointment she weighed about 15 pounds and was 26 inches long. My little munchkin is growing so fast.  We sure do love her even though she still hasn't quite got the hang of sleeping through the night.  I keep trying to adjust her diet to see if that will help but nothing has made a difference so far.  Can I be honest? Some nights I kind of enjoy having to get up with her.  I like it when it's quiet and dark and I get to hold my perfect little baby.  It's been a nice time for me to slow down and really think about life or about things I need to get done the next day.  I especially love when I'm going to put her back down to sleep in the pack-n-play that she sleeps in and the light is coming through the window and I can see our shadow on the wall.  It is so wonderful to see a shadow of my baby all snuggled into my neck.  Even though my hair is usually frizzy and out of control, it' is an image that is burned into my memory for good.
So here's a great story about something cute Addie did last week. Marv and Judy Tolman (former Elder and Sister Tolman) invited us over for dinner last Saturday. She made the most delicious hodge podge soup. (It's basically minestrone soup with a few more ingredients) I was eating mine while holding Addie. She was apparently jealous that I got to eat from a big normal spoon because she was wiggly and followed my spoons every move with an open mouth.  I put the spoon in her mouth, empty of course, but she must have thought she was getting something because when I'd pull it out of her mouth she'd say, "Mmmmmm" everytime! It was so cute. She wasn't physically getting anything off the spoon but whatever she imagined she was getting was obviously delicious. I thought it was cute.
Let's see what else. Oh, Cameron and I are almost full fledged adults.  We have a kid and insurance which makes us partial adults, but yesterday we expanded our adultness by buying our first car together.  Yes, our family just grew. We bought a 2000 daewoo leganza. It's been so fun all 14 hours we've owned it.  The best part is that we were under budget. (well hopefully we will be, we haven't registered or insured it yet) It's fun to drive and looks fancy because it has a built in navigation system.  We're high rollers now. I'll hopefully be able to take some pictures of it today to post later.
I think that's about it, we're getting excited for Thanksgiving and Cameron's birthday next week.  We have so much to be thankful for. We truly are blessed. 

Yes, even a happy baby can sometimes be a grumpy bum. 

I made her a tutu.

I was about finished with something I was working on when I turned to check on Addie because she was being quite and this is what she looked like. She was so confused at what was going on. 

Her little hat says, "My little pumpkin" This is what she'd look like when we'd go out for our walks in the month of October. Well, like this but with pants, a jacket, and a blanket.  

This is my dear friend Petrine.  We've been friends for a long time. She was my first college roommate  On October 10th she invited me to go with her to the Carrie Underwood concert in SLC. It was so fun to be out with an old friend.  The concert was good but it was more fun just being with her. She is so sweet and always makes me laugh.  

I have videos of Addie in the tub, but no pictures.  She LOVES the bath . I don't love it as much as I used to because now her favorite thing is to roll over in the tub. What she doesn't realize is that it's not carpet there like she's used to and when she puts her face down it's harder to breath because it's water.  

Cameron and I got to go on a real date! It was so fun and muchly needed.  Kayla, my sister-in-law was kind enough to watch Addie for us while Cam and I went out to dinner and a movie.  We went to the dollar theater to see the new spiderman movie.  After that we went out to dinner at Mimi's Cafe. It was so fun to be together and laugh and giggle.  We sure do love being together. 

This is our little miss Halloween.  Cameron took this picture one day when he surprised Addie and I when he came home for lunch one day.  I love it. 

This was taken at my mom's house in Idaho.  She was so kind and bought Cameron a BYU hat with ear flaps like he likes and Addie a hat since she didn't have any that fit her. I'm wearing Cameron's old hat. We're such a cute hat with ear flaps family. Aren't we? 

Halloween 2012

This is my spooky shepherds pie dinner. 

My cute little ladybug!

I love this picture for the fact that this was the first time that she's been able to sit up all alone for quite a while . And, she's darn cute. 

This was also at my mom's house. Cam had been playing outside with Addie and my niece Eliza with the horses when it was just too much to handle for little Addie.  

Addie Loves eating real food. I think this was avocado night. 

In case you didn't know, ugly sweater day was a few days ago.  To celebrate, Cameron wore this gem I made him a few years ago for his birthday. 

aGLEED, it's a beautiful life.

Life is as it should be, I'm sitting here listening to Christmas music (I have been year round....don't judge) blogging all while while watching my beautiful baby sleep.  She is the funniest sleeper. No joke this picture is her preferred position to sleep in. It doesn't matter where she is, she is more comfortable with her head tilted way back. Sometimes when I check on her sleeping I'm honestly shocked at how close she can get her butt and head to touch. She's such a cutie. I love her.

So, we are doing great here now that we aren't super busy going fun places like we've been the past 3 weeks. It also helps that it's cooled off a tiny bit. Our apartment doesn't have AC so it can be super hot with this big window but we manage by sitting out on the balcony drinking cold water. Cameron deals with it by standing in the fridge and freezer. :) 

Let's see, since we've been here in Provo, we've been to Park City for the Parker family reunion; Manti for my old roommate Angela's wedding; and  Logan for my aunt Sherry's birthday and the Brigham City Temple Open house. It was fun to be all of those places, but it sure is nice being home and getting caught up on a few things that have been neglected. {my crafts}

When we're not crafting, Addie and I love going for walks outside. She is such an outdoors girl.  We even met Cameron on campus the other day for lunch. It was so fun having all the other students pass by and  I'm sure think to themselves, "Oh, what a cute little family. I hope my family will be that cute someday."

Cameron is enjoying his classes this semester. He's got a gymnastics class and a diving class that he loves.  I love hearing about all the fun cool moves that he is learning. We've even gotten a demonstration of something he learned in gymnastics. What a treat! He's really strong and good at it.  He is studying super super hard for his next actuarial exam which is November 6th.  He is so diligent. 

I've started running again. Cameron wakes me up when he gets up (somewhere around 6am) and I go for a little run while he is here with sleeping Addie. It's been nice to get out and get a good burst of energy for the day first thing, but I'm still not a morning person so the waking up part can be rough.  I went 3 times last week. I'm not as fast nor can I go as far as I could but it still is mentally good thinking that I'm doing my body good. I have about 7ish pounds left before I'm at my pre-pregnancy weight so hopefully this will help.  

I think that's about all for us here at the Gleed home. I've got some smileboxes of all the pictures of our latest outings almost finished up that I'll post hopefully within the next few days. We continue to see blessings everyday and are grateful for them. 

Wymount Apartment

Here are a few pictures from our apartment in Wymount.  It's a great place to call home.  

Kitchen

Living room. hopefully our couch will be available soon (we're on a wait-list to rent one) so we can have a place to sit. 

Dining room

Balcony complete with our gnome!

Bathroom. Isn't the tile just like something you'd find in a church bathroom? :)

Addie's room

Our bedroom

yes, we have an accordion church partition for our door to our storage closet.  

The perfect month.

I saw the other day on my friend's blog that she does this thing called "the perfect month." She picks one thing that she wants to be perfect at for that month. She's done a month of perfect scripture study and a month of perfect running. I thought this was a genius idea because 1. I can work on just one thing at a time so I'm not overwhelmed and 2. It makes me accountable if I've set this specific goal. So, with that said this is going to be my month of perfect lunges. I've been working on toning my legs and lunges are something that I've dreaded but do the most good. So, starting today July 23, 2012 I will do at least 20 lunges everyday, except Sunday. I will try and report everyday if not once a week on my progress. I'm really excited to do this because I will feel good about setting a goal that is definitely achievable and my legs will look better. Here we go!
Lunge recap--it was almost a perfect month of lunges. Not a perfect month for reporting about it, but the actual lunges themselves I did ok.   I know I missed Aug 6th. That was the day we moved from Lori and Kevan's house back to Grandma and Grandpa Byrd's house and I just completely forgot. I also think I missed a few days right before Kayla's wedding.  Being sick, last minute wedding helps, and getting ready to move to Utah were the things I thought of, not lunges.  I do feel proud that I stuck with it as long as I did. It wasn't easy but it was a good first try. I should have measured to see if there were any changes, but I didn't.

Perfect Month #2...Flossing.  Cameron is REALLY good at this. He's flossed everyday for a year and a half. So, it shouldn't be a super hard thing to remember to do since he'll do it with me.  So, September 24-October 24th I'll have a perfect month of flossing. I feel my teeth and gums rejoicing now.
So, now that it's November 13th, I'm getting around to being accountable for perfect month #2. I ROCKED!!!! I think there was only 2 days that I missed in this specified time frame but I've continued to do it everyday so that makes up for it right? I love having clean teeth. My sister-in-law Kayla should be proud.

I haven't decided what the next perfect month will be but I'll decide soon. Perhaps reading to Addie. I don't do that quite as often as I should.

un-boring

It's been said that when you have a baby, the relationship and the groove of how things go with your spouse change. I agree but it's been a great change. I know I've said it before but Cam seriously has been such a big help with Addie. Whatever I need he's there to do it. Uh, BLESSINGS! I've also heard that dates are nearly impossible and that conversation is 99.9% about the baby. I can see how that could be the case; however, not with us. We have both taken different weekends to plan a date. And, we are still full of conversation that has nothing to do with Addie. Yes, we do talk about her a lot, but not constantly. Addie does go with us on dates because I'm not comfortable with letting her out of my sight for longer than 10 minutes yet. Two dates that I want to remember took place the last two weeks.

The first date we went on is one that I planned. I got this idea from a blog do do an alphabet date. What is that you might ask, well I picked the letter L and created a date from that. Where we went had to start with L, what we ate had to start with L, what we watched had to start with L, and what we wore had to start with L. It didn't turn out quite as I imagined, but it was fun none the less.

We both wore Levis on our L date then we went to Lynnwood, Washington. In Lynnwood we toured Heritage Park. We went after hours so we just looked around ourselves. I'm sure it would have been more educational had we taken the tours that were there during the day.

The first house was the first general store and post office in Alderwood Manor (which is now called Lynnwood).

The second house was the Superintendent's cottage and water tower. This was a less than exciting to look at but we had fun looking at it together.

There was also this old railroad car which, like the house pictured above wasn't very exciting.

The part that I enjoyed the most was this random statue: I don't get what it had to do with the rest of the park, but it was there and amusing.

My other favorite part was the pretty back part. There were lots of pretty trees and openness. Cam Loved climbing the trees.

After that we were going to eat some Licorice, but we forgot to stop at the store and get some. We went home to watch Life as we know it, but we didn't get that channel so we watched something different. See, it wasn't quite as planned but we were in Love the whole time!

The next weekend we took Addie on her first exploration of downtown Seattle. She doesn't know it, but she loved it! We rode a bus down walked around Pike Place Market for a while, then Cam took us to show us his office where he works. After that we went to Qdoba (a Mexican place, like Cafe Rio) then walked around the waterfront. It was a lot of fun. We bought some pretty flowers at Pike Place that smelled so good in our kitchen for a week or so. We love Seattle.

We love spending time together as a family.