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My mom came up for a visit so we decided it would be fun to go to the Tulip festival. I was a little disappointed because not all the tulips had bloomed yet. We still had a great time walking the fields going to La Conner, shopping and eating some yummy food. Thanks mom for coming up and visiting.
I didn’t take any pictures before but here is the end product.
I have to blog for a minute about how proud I am of my husband.
Last week Ben was promoted as Client Executive for Defined Contribution. This is something Ben has wanted for a while and I’m glad to see his hard work paying off.
Ben I am so proud of you and I know you are going to rock your new role.
Congratulations babe!
This past weekend my cousin Dexter came up for a visit. It was so much showing him around Washington. We did so much while he was here and he was in luck, because the sun was out all weekend. On Friday we headed to downtown Seattle where we did the underground tour and pike’s market. That night we went to our favorite Sushi place where Dexter bet Ben to eat a raw oyster after about an hour Ben finally ate the oyster. We had to hear the rest of the night that the oyster made him sick, Dex and I laughed for about an hour. Ben was able to hang out with us on Saturday and we kicked off the day with the MS walk and then went Geocashing on Gig Harbor. Sunday before he left we went to the Space Needle and then over to Alki beach to walk the board walk. I am so glad he was able to come up and can’t wait for the next time. He is such a good teenage boy, and I can’t believe how fast he is growing up.
As you can see we have had a busy couple of weeks. It all started Super bowl weekend we went up to Mt. Baker with one of Ben’s co-workers. We had a blast at their cabin. It was so fun to get away for the weekend. Ben & Justin went skiing for the day while Erin and I stayed back at the cabin with there cute little man. The skiing wasn’t very good but the boys still had a blast.
That next week I went to turn on the dishwasher and wouldn’t start. Stupid dishwasher! I had to take all the dishes out and wash by hand, and if anyone knows me I hate dirty dishes I can’t sleep if I know that we have dirty dishes in the sink. I felt like I was always washing dishes. I never realized how many dishes we used in one day. Last week we went out and finally bought a new dishwasher to have delivered and installed, but when the installers came they informed me that they could not install the dishwasher because the new water hose we bought would not fit from the sink to the dishwasher. They said they could come back later when we purchased a longer hose. Are you serious, I could not wait any longer so Ben and I decided that it wouldn’t be that hard and we would do it ourselves, boy were we wrong. After six hours, two trips to Home Depot and me getting my fingers smashed we finally had a new dishwasher. Note to self next time we will just pay to have them install it even if they have to come back.
This year it was Ben's turn to plan Valentine’s weekend, we had a little wrench thrown in because of the dishwasher but still had so much fun. Friday night we went to a really great restaurant and had a romantic dinner. Then Sunday morning we got up early and headed to Leavenworth, it is a little Bavarian town. We had so much fun, looking in all the little shops and eating some yummy food. I loved that it was snowing it really made for a great time. I can’t wait to go back this summer, for white water rafting, biking and all the fun outdoor activities.
