Great Grandma Virginia and West
October 19, 2008
She always enjoys spending time with her first great grand-baby!
22 October 2008
Great Grandma and West
Great Grandma Virginia and West
October 19, 2008
She always enjoys spending time with her first great grand-baby!
20 October 2008
14 October 2008
Autumn crisp and new...
Finally, an update! We've been quite the busy family since last I posted news. Allow me to catch you up on our lives post-July.
We had a nice, full, August with lots of celebrations for friends and family including birthdays, anniversaries, and a lovely wedding in Oregon for our dear friends, Alan and Amber. It was incredibly hot and there was little more walking-through-the-woods-in-heels-time than expected, but the garden ceremony was lovely and it was nice sharing the
occasion with so many friends.
September was fairly uneventful aside from the start of my schooling at Everett Community College. I ventured outside my planning experience a bit to cater and design a lovely breakfast for 20 at the office of my dear friend, Sami. She's a lovely woman and I was so thankful for the opportunity to try something new in terms of planning and catering. The morning was a huge success, the food was wonderful and it was a proud day in my book. We also had the pleasure of watching Sami sing at the Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival and had so much fun, but West especially enjoyed dancing along, and he loves his Sami!
Christian is enjoying his time at Apple being in the Alderwood store. He is working hard to update his website and get side projects done when schedules permit. He's also enjoying having more time with West while I work on school work or other projects around the house. Christian is always working on some idea for a short film, or an animation project and is trying to focus so he can really see things come to life and finish one idea before beginning another. I'm beginning to think he's far too creative for his own good, but he never ceases to amaze me with all he is capable of!
West is growing so quickly, no big surprise there, and his vocabulary amazes me every day. He is constantly talking and singing, loving to read, dance (still!) and play hall-ball, our little rainy day hallway soccer game. He also loves looking at pictures of all our family and friends, playing in his room and doing puzzles. First word of the day, every day, is "puzzoes"! Recently, we have been sharing Christian's L
ego man "Bruce" (an old FAO Schwartz set-piece) with West and they are the best of friends! Favorite things lately, aside from puzzles, are zippers, mommy's spaghetti, bouncing balls, looking at pictures, Superman, sharing books, stacking and demolishing soft-block towers, blowing kisses, splash...I mean bath, nights, and hours of snuggles.
School has been interesting so far. Most of the class work is done online but for a few tests which I take on campus. The biggest challenge for me to this point has been the business math class and just keeping myself in check with the assignments and all the reading in each class, plus optional exercises and posting to online discussion boards. So far, I am getting by but I know I need to step up my focus and really set aside more time so I don't feel so stressed on Sundays trying to get everything in.
West and I have been enjoying mommy-and-me group activities when time and budget allow us to attend, and we are looking forward to upcoming Halloween parties and a trip to Stocker Farms for Pumpkin selection! While his costume has not been settled yet, Christian and I will be attending our wonderful friend's (Scott) big Bash on Halloween night as Thor and Sif (Wife of Thor, Goddess of the Harvest). We have a lot of work to do on our costumes and finding work time is challenging, but we're looking forward the end result. Pictures will be posted once they are completed!
With Christmas right around the corner I've been planning lots of sewing and knitting projects since we'll be keeping buying to a minimum like so many others, this year! I've recently joined a knitting circle thanks to Lyra, a cherished friend. We meet once monthly, eat, knit, chat, eat more, knit more and enjoy time away from the everyday goings on. The group, recently named The Wicked Stitches (Love it!!) is so fun and I'm very thankful to be part of such a great circle of friends.
Lastly, I am so thrilled to announce my return the the stage...or at least the back-stage! A few weeks from now auditions will be taking place for Northwest Savoyards production of "Once upon a Mattress" for which I will be serving as AD (I think!) to Sami! This is such a wonderful thing and I could not be more pleased to be involved with theatre and where so much of my heart lies. The best part of all this is that we will be putting the on show at the Everett Historic Theatre where I have done so many other shows in the past. Simply opening the doors and breathing in, listening the the heartbeat of the building, is like being home.
We had a nice, full, August with lots of celebrations for friends and family including birthdays, anniversaries, and a lovely wedding in Oregon for our dear friends, Alan and Amber. It was incredibly hot and there was little more walking-through-the-woods-in-heels-time than expected, but the garden ceremony was lovely and it was nice sharing the
occasion with so many friends. September was fairly uneventful aside from the start of my schooling at Everett Community College. I ventured outside my planning experience a bit to cater and design a lovely breakfast for 20 at the office of my dear friend, Sami. She's a lovely woman and I was so thankful for the opportunity to try something new in terms of planning and catering. The morning was a huge success, the food was wonderful and it was a proud day in my book. We also had the pleasure of watching Sami sing at the Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival and had so much fun, but West especially enjoyed dancing along, and he loves his Sami!
Christian is enjoying his time at Apple being in the Alderwood store. He is working hard to update his website and get side projects done when schedules permit. He's also enjoying having more time with West while I work on school work or other projects around the house. Christian is always working on some idea for a short film, or an animation project and is trying to focus so he can really see things come to life and finish one idea before beginning another. I'm beginning to think he's far too creative for his own good, but he never ceases to amaze me with all he is capable of!
West is growing so quickly, no big surprise there, and his vocabulary amazes me every day. He is constantly talking and singing, loving to read, dance (still!) and play hall-ball, our little rainy day hallway soccer game. He also loves looking at pictures of all our family and friends, playing in his room and doing puzzles. First word of the day, every day, is "puzzoes"! Recently, we have been sharing Christian's L
ego man "Bruce" (an old FAO Schwartz set-piece) with West and they are the best of friends! Favorite things lately, aside from puzzles, are zippers, mommy's spaghetti, bouncing balls, looking at pictures, Superman, sharing books, stacking and demolishing soft-block towers, blowing kisses, splash...I mean bath, nights, and hours of snuggles.School has been interesting so far. Most of the class work is done online but for a few tests which I take on campus. The biggest challenge for me to this point has been the business math class and just keeping myself in check with the assignments and all the reading in each class, plus optional exercises and posting to online discussion boards. So far, I am getting by but I know I need to step up my focus and really set aside more time so I don't feel so stressed on Sundays trying to get everything in.
West and I have been enjoying mommy-and-me group activities when time and budget allow us to attend, and we are looking forward to upcoming Halloween parties and a trip to Stocker Farms for Pumpkin selection! While his costume has not been settled yet, Christian and I will be attending our wonderful friend's (Scott) big Bash on Halloween night as Thor and Sif (Wife of Thor, Goddess of the Harvest). We have a lot of work to do on our costumes and finding work time is challenging, but we're looking forward the end result. Pictures will be posted once they are completed!
With Christmas right around the corner I've been planning lots of sewing and knitting projects since we'll be keeping buying to a minimum like so many others, this year! I've recently joined a knitting circle thanks to Lyra, a cherished friend. We meet once monthly, eat, knit, chat, eat more, knit more and enjoy time away from the everyday goings on. The group, recently named The Wicked Stitches (Love it!!) is so fun and I'm very thankful to be part of such a great circle of friends.
Lastly, I am so thrilled to announce my return the the stage...or at least the back-stage! A few weeks from now auditions will be taking place for Northwest Savoyards production of "Once upon a Mattress" for which I will be serving as AD (I think!) to Sami! This is such a wonderful thing and I could not be more pleased to be involved with theatre and where so much of my heart lies. The best part of all this is that we will be putting the on show at the Everett Historic Theatre where I have done so many other shows in the past. Simply opening the doors and breathing in, listening the the heartbeat of the building, is like being home.
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