Dinner Club at Cly'ta's CUTE apartment!

Dinner Club was held this month at my friend Cly'ta's CUTE studio apartment. She created a make your own pizza night with tons of toppings and homemade sauce. The weather was sunny and beautiful. What a great night with great friends.

Sorry this time I forgot my camera, so I only took pictures of the food with my iPhone. But what a spread she had for toppings!!!! and she even put little labels at each station to identify the sauce or topping.

GOOD FRIENDS

Wednesday night Brandon and I had dinner at our friends, Karen and Chase's house, who are getting married in June in Hawaii! Their son, James, (my godson) is sooooo cute! He is 3 now and already an expert on the iPad. He enjoys Brandon more than me though. Never leaves Brandon's side the whole night.

He gave Brandon a thorough tutorial on the iPad. Kids! Olivia is almost 1 in July. Where has the time gone??? Thanks Karen and Chase for a great dinner!

Olivia loved her celery the entire night!

...you have to concentrate REAL HARD when playing a game on the iPAD!

Karen's Bachelorette Party

Although originally planned to take place in Los Angeles, we ended up celebrating in San Francisco. 4 of Karen's college friends live downtown in the marina. Karen and I flew in Friday around lunch time. We had a great time, although the weather was not as nice as in Seattle. The Golden Gate Bridge was completely surrounded by a thick fog layer the entire weekend. Friday night we went to RN74 and cute restaurant that use to be a train depot station. They displayed the wine for sale using the same signage that the train stations in Europe still use, the flipping black and white signs. All of our food was fantastic! We enjoyed a few cocktails and continued on to dance. We even took a limo from the restaurant to the dancing! Oh yeah! We picked up some hotdogs outside the girl's apartment before hitting the bed around 2 am! What a great night! Karen even wore her Bachelorette sash and crown with veil after a few prodding and nudging from all of the girls!

Karen, the bachelorette!

(even took a limo from dinner to dancing)

Saturday morning we received pedicures. My big toe nail continues to grow and is almost back to its original condition. The pedicure definitely improved my feet! The yearly Oyster Festival was Saturday so we attended that. I even ate a dozen barbequed oyster. They weren't bad. And i found a new drink I like ~ ginger ale and vodka. Not bad! The festival was held at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge and all I could see was the base of the bridge. I was so disappointed, I wanted a good picture. The day had bits of sun, but mostly the clouds and wind kept us shivering a bit. That night we went to one of the girl's apartments that has a fabulous view of the Golden Gate Bridge (jealous!!) and had take out pizza and a dance party!

(if you squint you can see the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, lol)

Our BBQ'd oysters!

Sunday we went to breakfast at this cute restaruant that had a fabulous outdoor patio room (covered with heat lamps). I had Eggs Benedict, of course, but with the best rosemary potatoes ever! Sunday was spent hanging around. We had dinner at a very fun Chinese restaurant and then hailed a taxi to the airport! Overall a fabulous weekend and my friend had a great time!

Happy Birthday Christine!

Well Mother's Day and my sister's birthday happened to fall on the same day again. Which made for a great weekend. I was lucky enough to get out of working Saturday night, by requesting vacation for the last 8, and getting a friend to work the first 4 hours for me. My parents, my sister and her boyfriend, Tom, came over for dinner. My sister's boyfriend made my sister's favorite, pomegranate martinis. While we sipped those, I made our new favorite chipotle pepper fish tacos, while my mom made fresh guacamole. And my sister made a delicious amaretto chocolate cheesecake. We had a feast! Games were played and wine was drunk. I think I can say my sister had a great birthday!

The family!

The Pomegranate Martini, Yum!

Christine and her boyfriend, Tom

The beloved fish tacos!

Happy Mother's Day!!!

The next morning we went to my mother's house to celebrate Mother's Day! We sipped champagne, my mother opened a present or two and my sister made delicious Eggs' Benedict with thick ham! yummy! I want some more. After brunch, we all traveled up to Issaquah to celebrate my sister's birthday and Mother's day with our relatives. I gave my grandmother and mother my favorite truffles in the world. My mom and I found them while vendor shopping for my wedding. They are called Pink Peony Chocolates and they have about 16 different varieties now. Our absolute favorite is their signature truffle: dark chocolate caramel with sea salt on top. TO DIE FOR!! Happy Mother's Day Mom, you are truly the best!!!

Mother's Day Champagne toast!

Christine's homemade chocolate ameretto cheesecake!

For her birthday, I gave my sister money toward her mission trip to Mexico. She is going with some occupational therapy students from UPS with Push International. They refurbish old US wheelchairs not in use anymore and give them to children in need in mexico. She will also be doing horse therapy and will be practicing some of her new therapy skills with the kids. She left May22, I received a Facebook message from her and so far she is loving it!! Also wanted to say, Congratulations Christine for completing your first year of Graduate School! So proud of you!

March of Dimes!

A group of my work buddies and I walked in The March of Dimes walk to support healthy babies and prevent premature babies and birth defects. We walked about 6 miles around Point Defiance. It was a really early morning but we all managed to make it there and walk quickly...we were the last to start, first to finish! I busted out my fast walking I have learned from doing the 60 mile Breast Cancer Walk and my work buddies quickly caught on!

Wine Tasting

After the March of Dimes finished we caravaned over to Quincy, Wa. for wine tasting. I was a little nervous to say the least that we were going to make it over to Quincy in time. But, it all worked out. When we arrived to Crescent Bar the limo was waiting!! We piled in and had a great time (like always with my NICU friends). We went to 4 wineries and enjoyed tasting the wines! Then we came home and made 'TACOS, TACOS'!!! Thank you to everyone for making it a great time!

Martin Scott Winery

Cave B Winery

Jones of Washington Winery