October - December, 2011

Thanks for all the lovely comments on my previous post :)

So I realize I have sucked at blogging over the past few months.  And I am definitely trying to do better :)  And I hate to drag you all back to October 2011, but the last recap I did was of my trip to Yakima which was the very first weekend of October.  And I am Type A and can't feel good about moving on to 2012 until I finish writing about 2011.  So bear with me.

In October ...

R., M.C. and I watched the UW v. Colorado game at Duchess Tavern.  It was lots of fun, but we felt OLD.  Yikes.  Apparently we can't hang with the college kids anymore.  And we were rooting for Colorado (R.'s alma mater) so we were slightly out of place. 

I had dinner with an old friend from law school at my favorite restaurant, Phoenecia, in West Seattle.  If I lived closer to this place, I would be fat and my bank account would be empty.  It's a must go in my opinion!

I visited my mom and sister in Chicago.

My sister and our friend Joe took me out to one of their favorite restaurants, Sunda.

I met my sister for lunch and got some yummy cupcakes from Crumbs:

We went for dinner at Quartino ... another delicious restaurant!

I had brunch with Face at The Breakfast Club:

Went shopping for an afternoon and enjoyed the beautiful weather and scenery:

And watched my grandfather play the cello in the Evanston Symphony!

Isn't he adorable in his bowtie?

After Chicago, we celebrated Halloween at R.'s:

as the trio from Alice and Wonderland!

In November ... 

I had a spa afternoon at The Chyrsalis in Bellingham, compliments of J.  It was awesome and if I ever strike it rich, I am definitely going to be treating myself to spa afternoons more often!

I got my first speeding ticket in 10 years.  Thank you Island County.

The squadron Wives Club started preparing for the homecoming. 

And I spent a week in Houston for Thanksgiving! 

In December ... 

I saw The Nutcracker at the Pacific Northwest Ballet ...

J. came home from his four month deployment:

Mr. K13 met baby Noah for the first time and the whole hangar was teary eyed.  Meg and Aaron from Evantide Photography captured the moment beautifully.

We got engaged ... which you can read all about here.

And then we went home for two weeks!

It was a great way to end 2011.  

Thanks for sticking with me through my blogging rut ... I hope you all have a wonderful MLK weekend!

Purdue Reunion - Halloween

So, Facebook changed the way they do their photo albums and now you can't copy people's photos.  While I am sure this was some kind of security thing, it's super annoying when you want pictures from your friends!

Anyways, after our big day in Leavenworth, we spent our second day together lounging around, walking the dogs and waiting for J. to get back from work.  We headed north to Anacortes in the early evening and made a few stops along the way ... we had to drop the dogs off for their sleepover with Uncle W. and needed some last minute costume accessories.

All dressed up ... we were superheroes and BatBee!

Margeaux, Elle, Face, Me and Easy A

Take 2 ... I needed a picture without my bat mask:

The black and yellow crew:

Face and Margeaux ... or WonderWoman and SpiderWoman:

The Red and Blue Crew:

Anacortes friends:

Me, Mrs. R, Mr. R. and Mr. Cheese ... Mr. R. had the best costume.

Me and Mrs. R.:

Playing Flippy Cup ... Team SuperHereos:

Team Heart Fail (don't ask):

We were having so much fun, everyone joined in ... the new and improved Team Heart Fail:

G.S. and J. squaring off ... (they were Chilean miners):

Go, Team Heart Fail, Go!

Making our mark on the table:

An intense game ...

And my picture taking abruptly ended.  We had so much fun.  I wish we could dress up more often!