Phil Cordell

"It's like Old Man Winter was constipated and now the poo is flowing."
-Phil Cordell


The above quote was in reference to having a weak snow year up until March and then getting pooped on with about 7 feet of snow in a couple weeks.


Cell Phone Pics at Stevens Pass courtesy of Phil Cordell.


Rode out of this one but almost lost my knee on the same drop a few days and a few feet later (and a year older too, I suppose).


How's my face?

my 29th birthday

another balloon to add to my collection

snowboarding at Central where I shredded a fun box and attempted the mini jumps (not very successfully)

dinner at Carmelita, an amazing veggie restaurant here on Phinney Ridge
I had the roasted pear arugula salad and carrot mascarpone gnocchi
yum

after dinner drinks at Oliver's Twist with Steve, Matt & Claire
Mr. Sowerberry is my favorite - gin, elderflower syrup, dry vermouth, grapefruit
yum


I received lots of birthday goodies including this handbag made by my friend Lisa (isn't she crafty?)
Mike got me some sweet headphones which allowed me to rock out at work today
Steve finally gave me my own jar of homemade huckleberry jam


Nollie was sad she couldn't come out to celebrate with us

Valentine's Day

We spent a great Valentine's day together:
snowboarding at Central
I shredded my first fun box!
balloons always scare Nollie
dinner and beer at El Chupacabra
Mario Kart
Mike fell asleep in his recliner while I rocked Guitar Hero


my balloons


Nollie's face when she has to be in the same room as the balloons

Nice.

Mt. Rainier: The Day After Alpental

I went splitboarding for the first time the day after Alpental (previous post). It was fun and beautiful. Thanks for the pictures, Al.


Hiking and Mt. St. Helens (I think).



Skinning.


Now that I have poles, I can do this.


Muir Snowfield and Mt. Rainier (I think).


Me and Mt. Adams (I think).


Unsplitboard.


Fun.


Beauty.

Alpental

fog

We went snowboarding on Saturday - starting out at Central and ending up at Alpental. It was a weird day where the fog was not burning off. It was 20 degrees at the bottom of Alpental and 40 plus degrees at the upper chair. This was my first time on the upper chair and the views were amazing. It was my goal this year to get to the top of Alpental and I did it on my second day out!


Mike

Christmas in WI

Mike and I spent Christmas in WI this year, missing the winter wonderland that shut down Seattle. We managed to split and combine time with both families. Most photos we took are of our niece Lydia, the center of attention. It was great to see everyone, especially those we haven't seen since we moved to Seattle!


Lydia


Aunt Sarah and Lydia


Christmas Eve


at Swensons' on Christmas day

NKOTB

me & Amanda

Amanda was in town this weekend for the New Kids on the Block concert! It well surpassed all of my expectations. I was not expecting to scream like a 10 year old girl when they came on stage, but we all did! Anyway, they sounded great and looked good dancing. Yes, all retro dance moves were performed.


Joey is still my favorite! Gotta love the blue eyes and Boston accent!


Here are the boys doing Step by Step!

San Juan Islands

We celebrated our third anniversary back in October with a long weekend in the San Juan Islands. Here are some of my favorite photos from the trip. Better late than never, right?


San Juan Vineyards


Mona, the camel that lives across the street from the vineyard


what your pants look like when a camel tries to eat your leg


we stayed at the Friday Harbor House (on the left)


view of Friday Harbor from our room's balcony


we hiked and saw some amazing sights and wildlife: seals, purple sea stars, porpoise, eagles, bull kelp, anemone . . . but no Orcas


that big seal was not a fan of the small seal - a lot of barking was going on


lighthouse at Lime Kiln State Park


Cattle Point Lighthouse


Is it sad that this is the only photo of Mike from the trip? And yes, the mustache came with us.


getting ready to kayak


kayaking in the Haro Strait was by far the best part of the trip

free trees

For some reason I have never seen PhinneyWood before, but am really excited to have found it.

Tomorrow our neighborhood will be planting trees in the planter strips. We got 22 trees free from the city along with 1700 daffodil bulbs to scatter around the planter strips, parks, and roundabouts. Mike and I have 4 trees to plant at our house tomorrow. Anyone want to help? PhinneyWood will be around our streets to take pictures of the event!

election party 2008

Oscar

Oscar was not at the election party and I'm pretty sure he's not old enough to vote, but that picture is too cute not to post!

Mike and I hosted an election party last night. As we all waited to find out the fate of our country for the next 4 years we drank a lot of beer and ate a lot of tacos. It was great to see that our friends got out to vote (some made it to the polls for WA's last year of polls and some filled out their mail in ballots yesterday at Taco Bell). Polls closed at 8:00 PM Pacific here in WA and at that exact time Obama was declared the winner. Hooray for democracy!

SOFT in AZ

I just got back last night from a week long conference in Arizona. It was sunny and 95 degrees all week long. It was a nice break from the rain here in Seattle. The conference was held at the Arizona Grand Resort. Here are a few photos from my trip. I didn't bring a camera - all photos are courtesy of my coworker Brianna (she is a loser and wanted me to make sure I gave her credit). I put where everyone is from in the captions in case you don't know who they are.


the desert we hiked through


a very, very old saguaro cactus

I learned from Amanda, another one of my coworkers, that the saguaro cactus does not grow an arm until it is as least 75 years old. And Amanda is a native of Arizona so she would know.


Ed (WI), Brianna (WA) and me at a vendor happy hour


Asa (WA) presenting his poster on ethanol found in fruit and whether it will effect breath test results


Amanda (WA), Ryan (WI), me, Ed (WI), Brianna (WA), and Bill (WI) at the masquerade ball


without masks


me, Ed (WI), and Amanda (WA) dancing it up

tea for two

I went to tea yesterday at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel downtown with our friend Mandy. It was very classy and ladylike, complete with fancy tea and tiny sandwiches. We mostly discussed planning a Rummikub tournament (with the hopes that Mandy will make Mike cry) and handbags. You know, girl stuff.

Mike and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary with a weekend getaway to the San Juan Islands. Hopefully photos and details to come soon.

Drunk Babies Don't Like Mustaches...

Below is photo documentation of the first time my niece saw my face.


Oh, man I can't believe I drank that whole thing.


I'm soooo wasted.


WHAT THE HELL...


IS THAT?

Nice to finally meet you, Lydia.