Memorial Day Weekend in Photos

Seattle Favorites

This trip to Seattle was full of a lot of favorites, including visits with awesome friends of coarse.

... favorite doughnut shop, Top Pot. Their apple fritters are the best!


This was actually a new Thai place we went too with Davidde called Bai Tong in Bellevue.


I don't usually love going to malls, but Seattle's outdoor mall is such a fun place to window shop. Joe dropped me off while he went to an appointment. I got a couple fun things at the Impress store and a delicious cupcake from Trophy Cupcakes. Actually had a little blue sky out as well!



Pineapple Upside Down Cupcake!


And of coarse, we had to stop by Dick's before we left for home! Favorite burger place and cheap too!


The mountains were out on our way home! My favorite stretch of I-90 is between North Bend and Ellensburg, love all the mountains - especially the Enchantments!

Update

Well its sure been awhile, hasn't it? I've been busy working, helping with my grandma at the hospital and now at the rehab place. Also squeezed in a quick trip to Seattle and a couple trips to the thrift store. Here's some recent pictures.

Flowers and coffee at the hospital.

Jenn and I at Palamino in Bellevue.

Snow day! Everything is so pretty covered in snow. Anyways, work the next five but I'll try to check back in a little earlier this time! (just for you El) :)

Melrose Market

Melrose Market is one of my new Seattle favs. I'm sure I've raved about Sitka and Spruce before, they make the best food ever - hands down. We stopped by the market on the way out of Seattle and had lunch at Homegrown, a little cafe there. The sandwiches were delicious and they even had gluten free bread that Jenn tried. I had the roasted beet and goat cheese sandwich, which was amazing! Enough chatter, here's some pics. I've been messing around with manual mode, so sorry about all the wacky exposures :)

Welcome 2012

Well 2012 is off to a fairly good start. For one, I got the weekend off, which is always nice. And, I got to spend it with good friends and family. This morning, Joe and I went on a coffee and crepe date, yummy! I also won our little bet today, so we're going to one of my favorite spots tomorrow.  Practiced using my camera in manual mode today too. Some random pictures from today...


And yes, that is a clear sky above!

A couple new years resolutions:
- Go cross country skiing (at least 4 more times).
- Finish the chapter a day reading schedule of the New Testament.
- Get my CCRN certification, Finally. (this has been a resolution before that didn't go very far...)
- Make some things inspired by my multitude of pins on Pinterest.
- Work on my photography "skillz"

Cafe Vivace

Just back from Seattle, had a wonderful weekend. Saw a bunch of Joe's family, our friends. Celebrated two birthdays, went antiquing and shopping with the girls, fit in some scrapbooking and got to sleep in and relax! Today on our way out of town, we hit up Cafe Vivace, initially introduced to me by my friend Jenn a few trips back. Probably my all time favorite coffee! So smooth, and not bitter at all. Anyways, hope to be back with more pictures soon, hopefully will have some decent light tomorrow.

Love madelines, should make some soon!

Pretty foam art!