Happy Autumn!

Well it seems that Fall has officially arrived in Seattle. I hope you all had a wonderful summer and are easing back into the school year. Once again I have fallen WAY behind on our Rossi blog. Dan and I are leaving for Ohio tomorrow for his brothers wedding. I had hoped to post pics of our recent Europe trip before leaving, but will instead let you catch up on the rest of our spring/summer and will goal myself to post pics of Europe/the Ohio wedding after we get back next week. Hope you are all doing well!!

Mandy and Dan

Anniversary #7

On August 17th Dan and I celebrated our 7th Anniversary. We had a wonderful evening that began with flowers and a cute card from Dan. No itch here :)

Visit with my Che-town Girls!!

On August 10th I met up with my high school girlfriends at Carrie's house in Mill Creek. We try and see each other every summer if possible and had the best time catching up. I feel so blessed to have such wonderful friendships that go WAY back!!

Kara, Carrie, Becky, Aryn, and Me

A cake for the summer birthdays

Chehalis BBQ Competition

On August 8th and 9th Dan and Dad competed in their annual Chehalis BBQ competition. They placed 4th with their chicken this year. Dad also won a trophy in the car show portion of the event for his 55 Chevy.

Sounders vs Barcelona

On August 5th we attended the Sounders vs Barcelona game. Dan was thrilled as he was able to see Lionel Messi play. Messi is Argentine and one of the best players in the world. He scored two goals on the Sounders in the first half -- eek!

Messi

Messi was named Man of the Match

Neighborhood Block Party

On Tuesday August 4th our neighborhood had our annual block party to go along with the National Neighborhood Night Out. As always it was a great showing with good food and friends.

Our neighbor Kylee

Record Breaking Heat in Seattle

On July 29th Seattle hit a record breaking heat wave of 103 degrees. Since none of our homes have air conditioning most of Seattle was congregating at the Lake to cool off. This is a picture of Greenlake at 10pm. There were at least 200 people on different sections of the lake cooling off.

White Salmon with the Millers

On August 1st through the 3rd we joined our neighbors, Dustin, Dania, and their dog Lilly on a trip to Dustin's home town of White Salmon, Washington. We had a wonderful weekend touring the local wineries, swimming with the dogs, and checking out White Salmon and Hood River. The area was just beautiful!

We made a stop at Multnomah Falls before reaching White Salmon and we all hiked to the top of the falls

Upon arriving at Dustins parents home Rufus found an apple to play fetch with. Look at how happy he is

The view of the Gorge from Dustins parents home

Maryhill Winery

Rufus and Lilly

view of Mt. Hood from Dustin's parents home

Swimming with the dogs in the river. Rufus was in heaven again!

Sunset while eating dinner on Dustin's parents deck

Sounders vs Chelsea

July 25th

Mandy's #32

Happy 32nd Birthday to me! The night before the big day we celebrated at Marie Callendars with family and pie. On my official birthday Dan took me to Rialto for my favorite pasta and then to see the movie The Proposal (very cute!).

Coldplay at the Gorge

On July 11th Dan and I made the drive to the Gorge to see Coldplay in concert. The concert was AMAZING and you can't beat the gorgeous setting of the Gorge!! Dan and I have all of their CD's and we listened to them the entire drive over...we picked all of our favorites that we hoped they would play and were thrilled when we heard almost all of them. A great mix of all of their music!

Rossis Visit Seattle

From June 26th through July 5th the Rossi's were in Seattle for their annual visit from Columbus. As always we had the best time and tried to throw in a few new sights.

Sounders Game

Museum of Glass

High Tea at the Queen Mary (We had a girls day while the boys went to Mt. Rainier)

After tea we rode the Duck

Tapas at Tango!

Happy 4th of July

At Gas Works Park for Fireworks with MBA teammates, neighbors, and Mom and Dad Rossi

Sisters in Lake Chelan

Amy and I decided to take a mini vacation to Lake Chelan June 3rd through the 8th. Chelan has always been near and dear to our hearts as we used to camp in Chelan every summer growing up. The last time we had been there was in high school, so we had a fun time reminiscing. The weather was fabulous in the 90's. We had a massage, laid by the pool, played tennis, saw a movie, visited several wineries, and enjoyed the local food.