Oh Happy Day!

70 degrees today. Me and the kitties played outside all day.

Birthday Boy!

We rang in the last year of Stephen's 20s with a lot of laughs ... Stephen's office bought him and his Dad tickets to Seinfeld's stand-up show at the Paramount in Seattle.  Such a generous and thoughtful gift!

Poor Stephen has been sick with the flu, but no way was he going to miss this! He rallied big time with plenty of those little orange pills.  Seinfeld certainly didn't disappoint.  We were just crying the whole time - definitely not a bad way to spend an evening...

Dinner at Il Fornaio after the show.

Stephen's birthday gift ... fun new skis!

Heard From Husband While Watching A.I. Tonight

"The only thing left for him to do ... is burst into flames"

Happy Easter!

We didn't get many pictures of Easter this year, but here's one of us with my family.  

Big News: Carly Skis Double Black Diamond!

I realize this blog's title is a little misleading in that it implies I have been skiing black diamonds regularly and just graduated to double blacks.  In truth, I thought I was skiing a single black diamond and the thought of that was very scary.  I was exhausted, sweating, and a little shaken by the time I reached the bottom, but I did it!  I skied the whole way down and only ate snow a couple of times.  The run was called Exterminator - yikes! After that run, I am ready to graduate to skiing more blacks (well, just single black diamonds ... the double was a bit much!)

Today was the most beautiful day.  We were up at Crystal Mountain and the sun shone all day without a single cloud in the sky.  

On Being Band Groupies ....

Believe it or not, our little ski excursion did not end the weekend.  After skiing on Saturday, we packed up our stuff and headed out to meet some friends in Portland to watch our friend Jon's band perform Saturday night.  They played at the Douglas Fir, and there were tons of people there - I think it was a sold out show!

Here we are before the show. Eric, Mickey, Stephen, me, and Angela

The Thoughts!

Taking our role as "the groupies" very seriously

Stephen took his role as videographer very seriously too :)

Jon on the drums.

Spring Skiing at Timberline

Stephen has really fond memories of spending time at Timberline Lodge as a kid with his family, so we've always meant to take a trip up there but - in five years of marriage - have never made it.  Finally, this weekend we got to go up there to do some skiing!  Timberline is such an amazing place - so full of history and so cozy and cute!  It feels like stepping back in time...

Stephen the Forest Ranger...

In front of the lodge - just a few steps away from the lift!

Conditions were so great on Saturday - the sun was shining, it wasn't too cold, and the mountain was groomed.  It was such a fun day.

Adjusting my boot.

The top of Mt. Hood.

Thinking Green - The Luck O'the Irish

St. Patty's Day was on a Tuesday this year ... but that definitely didn't stop us from celebrating.  Kelli, Amanda, Stephen and I celebrated at the house with green champagne and irish beer.  Our night went on way into the wee hours of the morning, with lots of laughing and silliness - so much fun!

Happy Birthday Celia!

We had a delicious brunch at Shenanigans last Sunday in honor of Celia's birthday (it was your 21st, right Celia?).  Had a great time visiting with Miguel and Celia and ate way too much yummy food.

Party Foul