Thursday, April 22, 2010
Happy Birthday Dan!
Today is Dan's 32nd birthday! Unfortunately he had to work today, but thankfully his colleagues spoiled him with a lunch at Delfino's and Ice Cream Drumsticks for dessert. Tonight we had a fun celebration at the Melting Pot with a four course fondue extravaganza! It was soooo tasty!! After dinner we headed back to our casa and Dan opened his gifts which included a coupon for a new pair of shoes of his choice, a movie, book, and the entire West Wing Series. He was a happy camper!
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Pikes Place BBQ Competition 4/17-4/18
Dan and Dad were back at it again this year competing at the Pikes Place BBQ competition. They setup Saturday night and fired up the BBQ around 11pm to prepare for their first turn in on Sunday at 11am. They competed in chicken, pulled pork, ribs, and brisket. This year they placed 4th in ribs and 6th in chicken out of 32 teams. Way to go guys!! It was a fun day at the market!
Amy and Rufus helping with setup night
Leave it to Dan to be making business deals during the competition. While the rules say you cannot feed the public (only your friends/family) it didn't say anything about bartering. Dan scored big time by agreeing to supply Piroshky Piroshky with a full plate of BBQ and in return they supplied us with a full box of Piroshky's. Delicious!! We loved watching the line out the door at Piroshkys all day across from our tent while we had a box to ourselves.
All lined up waiting for the results
Sounders vs Kansas City Wizards
Last Saturday (4/17) we were back on the soccer field watching the Sounders defeat the Kansas City Wizards. The match was a bit painful with no score until the 90th minute when a Sounders rookie who had entered the match late scored. The crowd went wild. What an ending!!
Sia at the Showbox
On April 12th we hopped back on the concert bandwagon and saw Sia at the Showbox near the Pikes Place Market. Sia is from Australia and if you don't know her you should check her out on You Tube...you will likely recognize some of her songs (Breathe Me and Day Too Soon are two of my favorites). She is quite talented and has a cute quirky personality. Dan bought me the tickets for Valentine's Day and I enjoyed his gift tremendously. Thanks Dan!!
We grabbed a bite of dinner at Steelhead Diner before the show with Dustin and Dania
Unfortunately they banned my new camera from entering the show :( Dan took this pic with his I Phone and it is a bit fuzzy
Amy's Trapeze Recital
Some people invite you to their piano recital, or perhaps they play the french horn and ask you to come watch them in the orchestra. Not my sister. She invited me to a different kind of recital...that's right, a trapeze recital. Absent from the proceedings were the bearded woman and Dan, but my mom and I went and enjoyed watching Amy fly through the air with the greatest of ease.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Happy Easter
Hello Everyone! I hope you all had a great Easter. I am happy to report that I have finally caught up on my blog. For as much time as I spent catching up, I am now motivated to keep up with my blog again. Having a new camera is helping too :) Thank you for taking the time to scroll through my long list of new updates...I think there are about 40 new updates total--eek--so if you feel compelled to read them all you will need to keep hitting "older posts" at the bottom of each page to keep scrolling through. I hope you are all doing well!! - Mandy
Rufus enjoying his new "blankey" and squirrel for Easter (he loves his blankeys)!
Michael Buble @ Key Arena 4/3/10
What a week...John Mayer on Wednesday and Michael Buble on Saturday--Awesome! One of my New Year's resolutions this year was to see more concerts and so far I'm off to a great start. Amy is in love with Michael Buble, so for Christmas I bought floor seats for the two of us. The concert was soooo good!! As Michael grew up in Vancouver BC and his family still lives there, his entire family was in the audience and they were sitting just a few rows ahead of us. This was one of the best concerts I have ever seen...Micheal Buble is an amazing entertainer!! Amy and I finished the night with a little dessert fondue at the melting pot
Michael Jackson inspiration
A cute video of Michael bringing his darling nephew up on stage. Unfortunately my camera didn't pick up the acoustics of the music videos I took so have to post one of him talking. Forgive my video skills...just getting used to my new camera.
Friday, April 2, 2010
John Mayer @ Key Arena 3/31/10
As some of you may know I am a HUGE fan of John Mayer's music. I have all of his albums and am continually amazed at how talented of a guitar player he is. I was able to see him at the Gorge last time he was in town and jumped again at good seats at the Key. He did not disappoint. I tried to take several videos with my new camera, but the acoustics just didn't turn out well on the video. Probably a good thing as the videos may have made you sick...Dan had to take the camera away and take over as he said I was having too much fun when he looked over at me and I was singing, dancing, and trying to video. 
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
New Camera = More Blog Updates
Happy Early Birthday to Me!! Even though my birthday is not until July, Dan gave me an early gift by picking out this new nikon SLR camera for me! I am soooo excited to learn more about photography and hoping it will keep me inspired to keep this blog up to date!!
We have also finally joined the flat screen world
1st Sounders Game of the 2010 Season
On March 25th Dan and I attended the first Sounders game of the 2010 Season. We signed up for season tickets again this year and are so excited the season has finally kicked off. Unfortunately it rained most of the game...at least we won the game 2-0 against the new expansion team - Philadelphia Union.
Legally Blonde
On March 9th Amy, Mom, and I had a fun evening watching Legally Blonde The Musical at the 5th Ave. Theater. She show was so cute and very girly...a perfect girls night out on the town!!
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