California - April 2010

We recently went to CA for the weekend to visit friends and family. Here's a couple cute photos of Jack - posing with the models in Old Navy! :)

Landscaping!

This weekend we finally landscaped our front yard. We just had lava rock with big pots in the front. We took all that out, planted some rhododendron (the WA state flower) and heather and added bark. I'll try to find a "before" picture but here is the finished product. On to the backyard next weekend! :)

Growing, Growing, Growing!

Our puppy Duke hardly seems like a puppy anymore. He will be 4 months this week and just keeps growing. Here are some pictures from snowshoeing a couple of weeks ago and some older ones (when he was 9 weeks) in our backyard. We are very excited to begin home obedience class this weekend and hoping to work on some of his "puppy behavior" (biting, jumping, all the fun stuff!).

Hawaii - February 2010

In February Marc and I went to Maui to visit my parents for the week and we invited some friends of ours from our Bible Study ... Oh yeah, and we didn't tell them we were coming! Here are a couple of photos from our trip.

More of Sir Duke!

Here are some more photos of the baby ...

DUKE

Today we brought home our new German Shepherd puppy "Duke". We are in love already! More photos to come.

Christmas 2009 in CA

Here are some photos of our recent trip to CA to visit family and friends for the holiday.

Our New House

Finally ... here are some photos of the inside of our new house. As you can see, we have plenty of room and always welcome visitors! :)

Entry

Kitchen

Master Bedroom

Master Bath

Office

Upstairs hallway. You can see the office on the left and the bonus room on the right. Our hallway makes a horse shoe with the master bedroom next to the office on the left, and the other two bedrooms next to the bonus room on the right.

Bonus Room

Upstairs Bath

Stairs with kitchen in the background

Powder Room

Kitchen

Family Room

Baby Elliot Weston Briggs

Our friends Melanie and Brian and brand new baby Elliot ... 6 days old!

4th of July ... Montana!

We spent 4th of July in Montana with my parents and some of our friends. We had a blast! Here are a couple of photos with hopefully more to come later.

Memorial Day Backpacking Trip

Over Memorial Day weekend Marc and I and our friends Josh and Betsy went to the coast for a few days of backpacking. We hiked about 23 miles on the beach ... it was beautiful! I have to admit, it was a little much trying to hike 9-10 miles a day on the sand, rocks, over beach logs and boulder hopping with our packs on. We didn't get to camp until about 9pm each night! But it was worth it. :)

WE BOUGHT A HOUSE!

Well, we finally found a house and made an offer on May 13. We close escrow June 30 and will spend the month of July moving in. We are very excited! Sorry the photo is a little blurry. I'll post a new one when I take one.