Elkfest/Artfest

I've heard both names for the festival, but anyway we went to it yesterday near downtown Spokane. They had the normal booths, food and music. It was fun just to enjoy the summer night after a hot day.

The best part of it though was watching the crazy drunk/old people dancing in front of the stage. Check out the guy just to the right of the tree with the hawaiian shirt on. He was hilarious.

Recession?

Wednesday at 6pm, 1 hour and 10 minute wait. We were celebrating getting our tax refund and didn't realize we would have to wait an hour for dinner.

Homecoming

So I got too excited to post about the quilt that I forgot to post the CA trip first, which happened a week before the UT trip. We went for a quick Fri-Sun trip to see Derek who just returned from his mission in Nebraska and for the court of honor for Ty's eagle.

We flew on a propeller plane. It was so small that I hit my head while going through the door. I am 5'7" and hit my head! There were only two seats on each side and it felt like a foot wide aisle. I won't even go into the size of the bathroom, as if you can get smaller than the normal sized ones! But we did make it safe and the plane just made it more of an adventure.

Arrived at 11pm, in bed at midnight on Friday, up at 5am Sat to drive 3 hours to Laguna Seca for the races. It was fun, but also about 100 degrees so we only stayed for a few hours.

Here I am in front of Josh's dream car, the camaro,
similar to the one my mom owned back in the day.

The two reasons we went to CA, to see Derek and the Court of Honor I have no pictures of. Not sure why, I guess because it was a quick trip and very busy.

Wedding/Quiltathon

This weekend I went to Utah for Alyse Hales-Barber's wedding and for a quiltathon with Cindy. (and my mom, but she refused to even touch the sewing machine)

Since I was very sick the night before, I was out of sorts and didn't take pics, but here is Alyse and her new husband Bob. They are very cute together and looked great!

Cindy offered to let me stay at her house and teach me how to quilt. She was an amazing teacher and very patient with my beginner mistakes! We quilted a LOT but also got a lot done and I can't wait to finish it up.

Cutting my quilt squares

Cindy trying to fix the machine that I seemed to always screw up for some reason, ha. Its kind of like a car, when its not yours it takes a little while to get used to.

My semi-finished quilt. I have everything sewn together, but have to finish the actual quilting part of it. Its a baby blanket so its small and simple, but I was very excited about my first quilt.

We also got a little bit of relaxation time in between. She has an amazing house and it is so adorable. I just love everything about it. She also taught me how to make a one-hour baby quilt, no pics, but its so cute and pretty easy to make. Thank you Cindy for being such an awesome aunt and teaching me your ridiculously amazing quilting skills! And thank you mom for taking the pics, even though she's not in them, my mother was there also for social and relaxation time away from work!

Mother's Day

Spring is upon us. We decided to go to Manito park, our favorite here in Spokane, to see the blooms for Mother's Day. Then was church, called the mom's, talked to Davis on his mission, and had friends over for a goodbye dinner to the Day's and Barney's who will be gone on internships for the summer.

The picture above and below is from our neighborhood walk the other day, just awesome trees blooming right now.

Happy Mother's Day to both my mother and Josh's mother. We are so blessed to have such great mom's who love and sacrifice so much for us. We are thankful in our prayers each night for you both for raising the spouse that we love. We are happy to see you both soon!

Official WA Residents

So I went from CO plates to UT a few years ago, and so the only thing that proved I wasn't a Utahan was my CO plates. I was pretty sad to turn over the plates of my home town and become an official UT resident. Now UT wasn't so bad as this weekend we had to switch to WA. I'm still not sure on my feelings on calling WA home. I am sure on my feelings of happiness and joy as Thursday will be our official end of the first year of law school, WOOHOO!

Another Apron!

Love the pink! The back is lined with the light pink also.

Little Bit of Action at Work

Came back from work today with the road blocked off. Just to the right of that car is the exit of North Wall Schools. Apparently there was a 4-car crash while I was gone. The director of the school called 911, screaming and cussing from the victims was heard by the children who were outside at the time, jaws of life was used, news people were there. Needless to say there was some buzz around the school for several hours. It was great fun. For some odd reason I am attracted to destruction and near death experiences, but only if its other people involved. I was in heaven and couldn't stop watching out the window.

Random Note: Josh did a little service for a young women in the ward and participated in her blood drive for her personal progress. Two days later his arm looks like this. Ew.

Spring is finally here

Last week, snow. This week, 70s and 80s. Had to take advantage of it, because you never know if the snow will return soon.

Flying kites in the park.

Picnic at riverfront park.

Random guy at the park who was doing this move for like 15 minutes straight. We thought it was funny. Also saw a 60 year old with Jnco shorts, a walker, and holding a huge snake. I should have took a picture.