How it came to be

Eric and I have started to form our own language. Apparantely there aren't enough words in the English language and we have discovered the need to make up some new ones.

Mer.

Anyone that has seen the SNL sketch Debbie Downer knows the little ditty that plays after her ever-so-pleasant input on the conversation. Wah Wah. We started using it whenever something went wrong. From there it became less of a cohesive phrase and more of just a noise that isn't really describable with words. It has been revised many times and finally molded into the term we now use anytime we are annoyed or bummed; usually in a joking manner, but I won't lie, I have been known to shout it in anger a couple of times. Oopsy daisy.

The best part is that we've heard PJ and Krista both use it by accident. Suckers.

Ashley's Special Day

Wendy, Tony, Ryan, PJ, Eric, Lauren, Alexander, Ashley

on thursday evening we all convened to celebrate ashley's 35th birthday at one of his favorite restaurants.
happy birthday, ash-a-ley!
don't worry, i adopted a little foreign baby real quick...
pj's favorite prank is bunny ears. it hasn't gotten old yet...i promise

Mer!

Another evening sucked away in bloggerville. This has really got to stop. I couldn't end the night before sharing my discoveries, though, so get this! My blog-stalking has finally gotten me somewhere. Usually I just find myself reading about people I don't know and usually don't end up caring about. BUT! Tonight I was reading Jenica's blog and saw she had a link to someone I thought I knew so off I went to see who it was. Turns out I don't know her, BUT, she has a link to someone I DO know. Linlee Halverson (Hutchinson)! Not only does Linlee have a blog, but so does Sheree and Trevor, our long lost Halverson cousins. What a small world. I had no idea blogging would reconnect me with so many people. Did I mention how much I love technology? And as a bonus, I feel like slightly less of a weirdo as my stalking efforts have finally come to fruition.

Well, kuddos to me. Goodnight...

A Blogging Kind Of Day

Since I have started this whole blogging situation, I am constantly thinking up things to blog about. Whether or not they interesting to others is questionable, but I guess I shouldn't let that stop me, right? Up until now, I have felt like I need a picture, or some sort of visual to entertain and make my posts interesting. HOWEVER! I just discovered Miss Kitti's blog and everything has changed! I had a list of thing to do tonight and not one of them got done because I got sucked into reading Kitti's blog and I can't pull myself away. It's great! There aren't very many pictures and it's OK! It's just a really fun read and I would like to dedicate this post to her and thank her for the inspiration!

I would also like to share my excitement about Brian and Megan's blog, and also Jenica and Tyler's blog. It's a phenomenon!

p.s. I've been saving up for a big screen computer monitor and finally bought it tonight. It's wonderful! I really love technology. Really, a lot.

Date Night

Once a week PJ spends the night at his mom's house. Usually it's Friday night, which is nice, because we try and go out to a fun restaurant or go hear music and it's a great ending to the week. This week we decided to venture into Seattle; something we keep saying we're going to do more. We tend to get lazy and stay in our little "Bellevue Bubble."

[Randomd Tangent: It's actually kind of gross when I stop and think about it, so I ususally don't. Work, church, grocery store, mall, movie theater, restaurants, bank, gym are all within a 2 block radius of where we live. While I really enjoy the money I save on gas I sometimes feel like a gerbil trapped in a little cage.]

So we decided on a swank little restaurant inside the W Hotel downtown. Yummy! My steak was delicious. Well, until I bit into a big bite of grissle. Ugh. The laundry service is going to find a little treasure inside my cloth napkin. I just couldn't get myself to swallow it.

Overall, a great meal. Then we headed back to the Eastside and caught the movie 21. I am becoming a big fan of Jim Sturgess. He was great in Across the Universe and really good in this movie. I'd give it 3 stars.

All in all, a lovely evening out!

Some fun pictures I found...

I found these pictures in an old photo file on the computer. Rooting on the Sox at Safeco a couple years ago. How stinkin cute is PJ?!

Baseball!!!

Can you believe it's back? I can't. It feels like we were just watching the Sox take the World Series! Back in March I (yes, I) sat in line at Safeco Field for 3 hours the morning that tickets went on sale. Eric said he was going to go at 3am and wait in line but when I woke up at 7 he was still snoozin on the couch so I let him sleep and he and Peej met me around 10. We got tickets to 4 Boston games and we are stoked! Stolen bases, home runs and garlic fries, here we come!

PJ has started Little League practice, too, with games right around the corner. Eric is an official assistant coach this year and we are all excited for a great season!