yay for parker! 100 big ones.

yep he did it. after a long summer of hard work he finally reached his goal of 100 sales...and kept going. let me just tell you that parker was the first guy out here selling and now he is the last...that boy has determination and dedication...along with a bunch of other good stuff. I just wanted to say congratulations!! he definitely had some hard days and weeks but he stuck it out and i'm so proud of him! we sure have been blessed. it's been a really good experience for us to be out here this summer. I would tell almost any newly-wed couple to move away from their family and friends for a little while where you can really just have eachother to rely on and spend time with and really get to know eachother. i've loved having so much good quality parker and kate time.

oh family.

Had such a fun time with amers, melissers and mommers. we missed you emily! thanks for comin guys! some of the highlights: pike place, souveniers, melissa's b-day song at red robin, goonies at the space needle, h&m, china town, hot chocolate on the ferry, getting poured on, melissa's magnets, finding sleepless in seattle paraphernalia, the waterfall, dicks drive-in, rummy...basically just having my family with me and parker. more pictures courtesy of amy here. i was really glad that they got to come and visit us in this beautiful city before we leave especially since we are missing my family's vacation right about now...tear... but we had a good time while they were here!

peach pie, fish tacos, and date night

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i made parker's favorite peach pie on saturday after hearing about it for so long...(both the process and the deliciousness). It turned out really yummy even though I put too much of the gooey orange topping on top of the peaches. i decided to take park on a date since he is always doing sweet things for me and works so hard everyday for our family! the family I work for were out of town this weekend and invited us to come over and use their house...(they live on a lake and have an awesome, beautiful house).
we used their canoe and lake as a picnic spot for our fish tacos and jaritos.

Mount Ranier

So this is the second most active volcano in the world...they say it's not a matter of if but when... our buds, sarah and jordan... sad that we won't be seeing much of eachother in a few weeks! too bad...I guess we'll just have to go visit them down there in florida.. hahaslip and slidin' around on the snow. felt a little funny to be throwing snowballs in mid July!

ugly dolls!

I ran into these at the Bellevue Arts Museum gift shop while parkers mom was in town. while we were gawking and scratching are heads over these dolls, the girl working there told us all about how they are the new hottest "thing." Check them out here. Read the story of how the company got started. It's really sweet! Each doll has a name and a personality. so cool. how come I didn't think of this?