thatcher's birthday, school carnival, father's day

the june craziness continues...! on monday our friends vanessa, matt, and ewan moved into their new house in magnolia (across the bridge from us), so the kids and i went to go see it. it's beautiful and we are so happy for them - and glad they aren't too far away. we hung out and ended up staying for pizza for dinner.

wednesday was thatcher's 37th birthday! he took the day off to go hiking up near bellingham. he didn't leave until the late morning, so he got to come along to school drop off for the kids and ashford was very excited about it :) 

here he is on his hike. i'm happy he could spend the day doing something he enjoys! it was a hot and humid day on wednesday (around 90 degrees), which is not the norm for seattle - especially in june!

 after he got back in the evening, we all went to "uneeda burger" in fremont for dinner. they had the garage doors up and between the heat from outside and the heat coming from the kitchen, it was a very sweaty (but delicious!) dinner. we did cake and presents when we got home and it was a late to bed night for the kids. 

on thursday i got my hair cut. it doesn't look like it in this picture, but i took about 3 inches off.

friday evening was azalea's school carnival! the kids always have a blast there. it's crazy to think next year it will be ashford's school too. 

azalea was on a mission to win the cake walk. she says she played it 19 times to win these two cupcakes :) (it's free to play). she was thrilled when they finally called her number! 

i worked at the incoming kindergarten booth from 6-7:30. it was fun to meet lots of new families, especially ones who don't have kids at the school yet. 

saturday i had a social lunch for the staff/board of the inc. coworking. it was at a restaurant called "agrodolce" in the fremont neighborhood. i had passed it many times before, but it was my first time eating there and it was so amazing! every thing we ordered was bursting with flavor. i had a handmade pasta dish for my entree. there were 12 of us there and while it was hard to talk to every one at a long table, it was nice to catch up and meet a couple of the new staff.

in the afternoon, thatcher and azalea ran some errands and ashford and i hung out at home. it was a beautiful day! in the evening, i started to feel a bit under the weather (light-headed and my stomach was hurting). i ended up falling asleep on the couch and slept through dinner. we got the kids to bed and i went to bed soon after. 

i hoped that i would feel better on sunday morning (father's day!), but i woke up and still had a head ache and a stomach ache. we planned to go to mount rainier for the day, but thatcher insisted that he would still take the kids and i should stay home and rest. i felt a little guilty, but i knew that was for the best. they ended up being gone for 9 hours! i spent that time reading my book, watching 4 episodes of "call the midwife" and relaxing. pretty sure that was supposed to be thatcher's job - oops! they had a great time at mount rainier. 

they also finally visited ashford, washington which has been on our list for a long time. 

when they got home, we made pizza for dinner and hung out. i was feeling much better, thankfully. 

this is ashford's last week of preschool (graduation is on thursday). eeek!