Thanksgiving 2015

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year, spent with my side of the family on Whidbey Island. Here are a few photo highlights.

Fourth of July in Tricities 2014

This year, we were back in the Tri-Cities for the Fourth of July. The long weekend was made up of the usual festivities -- hours upon hours of swimming in the pool, visiting Grandma's quilt store, lighting fireworks, helping Grandpa build stuff in the shop, visiting with family, watching a lot of soccer, and eating lots of great meals.

Happy Birthday, 'Merica!

Montana Trip

We recently traveled to the Northwest Montana for Eric's cousin's wedding. I had never been to Montana before, and it is gorgeous! Here are a few highlights of our trip to Bigfork / Whitefish / Kalispell / Flathead Lake.

Great times with the Grandma M and the Merhar Clan

Fun with Uncle Jeff!

A beautiful outdoor wedding

Dinner and s'mores with Eric's aunts and uncles

Dancing!

Family time

And of course... hours spent in the hotel pool!

Summer Vacation with Grandma & Grandpa

Our little guy is back from his awesome vacation with Grandma & Grandpa in Washington. We missed him like crazy, and it was so good to see him today (yes, I cried). But, he had such a great trip with G&G. Here's a few photos from Grandpa's camera. I look forward to hearing all of Isaac's stories over the next few weeks!

Independence Day 2013 - Park City

This year we broke our four-year tradition of celebrating the Fourth of July in the Tri-Cities, and instead stayed in Park City. But, the Tri-Cities came to us! Eric's parents Debi & Don (G&G M) flew in from eastern Washington for a 4-day visit.

Park City has a notorious Fourth of July celebration, including a 70-float parade, huge city park party, fireworks, and kids activities galore-- all within walking distance from our house! We were excited to check it out, and had a wonderful visit with Debi & Don.

The highlights:

Fourth of July Fun!

Dinner at Nick's Greek

Silver Star Cafe

Grandpa Don & Isaac on the piano

Flash! He's worn this a good 4 days in a row

see? not exaggerating...

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Hope everyone had a fun and safe Independence Day!

Seattle Trip :: March 2013

What an awesome Seattle trip!  It felt so good to see everyone, be in Seattle, get needed work done on the house, and have a little vacation.  Here are some highlights:

Easy Travel

Isaac was a travel super-star.  The quick flight, his own seat, and iPad helped.  Smiles all around!

House Repairs

Eric, his Dad Don, and friend Tony get all the credit here.  While Isaac and I were having fun around town, these guys did all of this in 4.5 days:

• Tore out rotting tiles, walls and studs in the bathroom (including the insulation damaged by the water)
• Removed the glass tiles and boarded up the slat-style window (causing the dampness and rot)
• Re-framed the wall, added insulation and concrete board, and re-tiled
• Installed a fan
• Patched the exterior siding like a pro

Family

It felt SO good to see so much family while we were in Seattle.  Isaac is one loved little guy:

Top to bottom, left to right:  Isaac with Grandma Debi & Mary, Isaac with Dad at Pike Place, the Jabbusch Crew at Barking Dog, Isaac and Grandma making cupcakes, the extended Jabbusch crew celebrating Oma's 90th birthday, and Isaac and "nanny Mary"

Friends & Fun

Time for friends too?  You betcha!  Eric and I slipped away to a Sounders match, friends Tony & Amanda hosted a St. Patty's dinner party for us, and Isaac had tons of fun playing at the park and at my parent's house (cars! trains!).

Tired Yet?

We had a little down-time too.  We even caught Isaac (aka Mr. No-napper) taking a few mid-day snoozers.

Thanks to all our Seattle family and friends for such a great visit!  See you next time!

Grandma M & OG Visit Park City!

We had a great visit with Debi (Eric's Mom aka Grandma M) and Mary (aka Other Grandma or OG).  I didn't get a lot of photos from the visit, but here is a cute one from dinner out at Silver Restaurant on Main Street.  Cheers!

Strawberry Reservoir with Grandma & Grandpa J

Last weekend we went camping with Grandma & Grandpa J at Strawberry Reservoir (about 1.5 hours from Park City).  A few photos of our adventure:

Nothin' much better than a hot breakfast cooked on a warm fire, on a cool morning.

Happy Campers

(Literally) hours and miles of bike riding around the campsite, in search of the "bus stop"

We rented a pontoon boat.  Captain I.O. 

A family portrait... of sorts

Camping in Sage Brush.  An early morning moon.

The View of Strawberry Lake from the campsite

Aspen Grove Marina.

A cool dip in the lake

Fun at our neighborhood park before saying goodbye.

Christmas Came a Little Early

Christmas came a little early, with Grandma & Grandpa's visit last week.

We decorated our tree:

Isaac got to unwrap a few gifts from Grandma & Grandpa:

He was very careful about unwrapping the paper...

Trying out his new gifts:  

Trampoline!

Skis!

well... "training skis"

Easel!

We enjoyed many good meals at home, and out in Park City... Including an extravagant Sunday brunch at the Stein Erikson Lodge in Deer Valley (a mountain resort area just a few minutes from Park City).

Enjoying the snowy views at brunch

Enjoying the Holiday Decor at the Lodge

Isaac with his Grandparents

"Hold on Grandpa, I just need to check facebook real quick"