Thursday, May 27, 2010

Where have we been?

What a crazy month it has been!!! I can't even begin to describe all of the things that happened so I will just focus on a few: Cory finished classes, we went on a cruise and to Vancouver and Seattle, we packed up all our stuff, Cory graduated magna cum laude from law school, we moved all our stuff to a storage unit, and then we drove to St. George, which is where we are now for a few more weeks before moving up to Salt Lake for a month. Whew! That was tiring just to type! Cory now spends all day studying for the California bar at the end of July while I help the kids adjust to being technically homeless:-)

So I do have pictures of all these events, but today I will just post some of our celebration trip. We went on a cruise from San Diego to Vancouver. Then we stayed one day with our good friends the Leonards and got to see their youngest get baptized. The next two days were spent with my brother Eric, his wife Cheryl, and their daughter Ava. It was so much fun walking around Seattle and being with family. Oh, and where were our kids during all of this? At home in California where my sister Camille and her friend Cindy watched them for the week. How grateful I am for that break! Vacations are the best thing for stress management for me. Here are some highlights:

Eating filet mignon and lobster- delicious! Docking at Port Angeles, WAFor you Twilight fans- restaurant where Bella and Edward eat Our ship- Holland America Statendam Sunday dinner with the Leonards Reuben's baptism- what a wonderful experience! Cory and Adam playing night b-ball- my sweet camera shot Mt. Baker from the Leonard's back porch SeattleThe Troll under the bridge Ava chillin in the shadeWhat? We went to New York too?Nope. Not really:-) Just Alki Beach. Eric and Cheryl live here- but this is for our friend actually named Kent:-)Ava with Uncle Cory Pike's Place- they throw huge fish around here The Underground Seattle Tour and our guide- notice the "skylights"
These are the top of the skylights on the sidewalkEating at Anthony's- so good!!! Fish made out of baseballs at Anthony's More Seattle

Graduation pictures to come...