Welcome to the gun show!

Gone fishing

We snuck away one night for a little fishing on the Puget Sound. Todd loaded Ginny up in the front carrier and the two of them went fishing! We love our Ergo Baby Carrier- Ginny snoozes and we play!

Our First Anniversary!

One year ago today, we were having a blast with our friends and family in Leavenworth, WA. I can't believe it's already been a whole year (and a crazy year at that...) so I thought it might be fun to put up a few pictures from our wedding.

Bouquets for the ladies. I was especially excited to have hops mixed in with the flowers

Patrick, our godson, and the cutest ring bearer ever! Of course, his dad had to carry him up the aisle... thanks Mitch!

Red-Tail Canyon Farm



Homebrew we made for the wedding- an oatmeal stout (my personal favorite) an amber and a pale ale. Labels were made by Jennine- she did an awesome job and made us look like pros!

A huge thank you to everyone who traveled to celebrate with us or send well-wishes along. We had a amazing day we will never forget!

All the pictures in this post are from our fabulous wedding photographers, Josh & Kelli Mintling. You can check them out at http://www.catchlightphotography.smugmug.com/

Farm Kitchen Breakfast

One of our favorite events is Farm Kitchen Breakfast. The first saturday of every month we head up toward Poulsbo to a farm that cooks up an awesome local meal.

They have a different meal each month, this time it was brioche stuffed french toast with blackberry compote, bacon and fresh fruit. Oh so yummy!

After we ate, we wandered around the farm to check out the horses, flower gardens and veggie patch. Their garden is looking much better than ours at home. Todd was just telling me he's going to have to mow our garden because the grass is taking over :) Hopefully we'll at least get some spinach and lettuce- anything beyond that we'll consider a bonus.

One close-up of the little girl- we know that's who everybody wants to see :)

A Day in the Life of Ginny

Ginny likes to rise and shine long before her parents are ready. Especially since Todd is working swing shift and getting home around midnight, his mornings are a little slow going. However, she shows no mercy...

And speaking of getting out of bed... our new quilt is finally finished! We started it back in August, and had it pieced about two months ago, but just finally got it back from the quilt store. We are strictly a sewing-in-a-straight line kind of skill set around here, and leave the fancy finish work for the professionals.

After breakfast, it's time for a little stretching and exercise for the baby. In the last few weeks she's started to figure out that she has all these muscles in her face, and is exploring how to use them. Our new form of entertainment is just watching her wiggle around and make faces (particularly hilarious while she's trying to poop. It's like a full body experience for her).

We usually head out for some type of adventure- maybe a trip to the grocery store and walk, or a cruise down through the marina to go boat shopping (well, boat shopping in our dreams- there's some sweet boats for sale, and if we ever rob a bank, we'll know where to spend some of the dough :) Ginny usually is pretty happy in her car seat. On a good day, she even naps.

Ginny loves to hang out on Todd's chest, and he's figured out how to hold his Playstation control so he can race in Gran Turismo while she naps. Win, win! And that means I can even sneak off to take a shower, so win, win, win!

Mail call! Ginny's birth certificate showed up in the mail this week. Now that they know we have her, I guess we'll have to keep her around to avoid pesky questions :)

Ginny plays disc golf

We snuck out last weekend for a short round of disc golf at NAD. Ginny rode along in the Ergo Baby carrier, and mom & dad got some fresh air. It's been really fun to have so many "firsts" for Ginny. Todd was pretty excited about this one; his goal is to get her hooked early so he has a buddy to take along to the park :)

Samson is always happiest trotting along behind Todd in the woods :)

After our round, everybody went home happy to fire up the grill to make burgers for dinner.

Ginny's Newborn Pictures by Catchlight Photography

Josh & Kelli Mintling, the folk who took our wedding pictures, came over when Ginny was two weeks old to take her newborn pictures. We love, love, love them and wanted to share a few more that we couldn't fit on the baby announcement.