so much to say...

well, first, last saturday (meaning about 10 days ago), we had a load of dirt delivered. brian shoveled and shoveled until he filled up the vegetable bed he had made.








here it is empty. it took him lots of trips in the rain and it smelled like manure. he was very cold and wet.










here it is all full of dirt.













then my parents came to visit. they had just gotten off a cruise in vancouver. we drove to pick them up.










and then we at at a place called cafe barney. it was really good, but a bit spicy at times.









back at home we had a great visit with my parents and brian's parents. brian couldn't keep out of the yard though.












here is more of his handiwork.












we did get out some.


















we visited cafe verite and had some of our wedding cake cupcakes.












so many delicious flavors, including "mo fro" which is new. it's chocolate and espresso.
















they were good and reminded us of the wedding.











we also went to the ballard locks where we discovered we had accidentally broken in.

















they did have pretty flowers.












and a guy with a parrot.













we went to see boats too.
















it was a great time. it was good to have such a nice visit. wow, it jut took me 2 hours to set this all up. i wish i had timem to write more!