ahhhhhhh.....

After owning this beautiful hammock a long time (it was a gift at our wedding! and handmade in Brazil!), we finally got around to hanging her up. To be honest, our yard hasn't been worthy of a nice hammock until recently. But after all the hard work we have done (here, here, here and here), I think it's time she finds a home in our yard. I'm pretty excited to have all major yard projects done. Other than still needing to plant a few flowers, I plan to spend the rest of my summer riiiiiight here. 

(although who ordered the rain the day after we hung it up? I tried to get Anders to lay in it for a picture and it was drenched! Fail.)

(oh, we also added marbles to our fence for quick and easy garden art. Such a cool idea. Unfortunately, my pictures didn't come out)

bainbridge island

Anders had a rare Saturday off, so we went on a bike adventure to Bainbridge Island. It took us most of the day, and the ride was long and tough, but we got a lot of great views of the city and stopped for fun drinks and food along the way. We definitely earned it! We had so much fun. Here are a few pictures!

(important ferry snacks)

Happy Mother's Day!

(picture of us and Eleonora from our 2009 wedding)

Happy Mother's Day weekend to everyone! My Mom and Anders' Mom are two of the most important people in my life. They are all sorts of awesome, and I feel so fortunate to have them both. Unfortunately, I'm 2,000 miles away from my Mom, so I can't celebrate with her this year, but I'm definitely thinking of her and sending her a "thank you for being amazing" from here. 

Last year, I talked about how great my Mom is (yeah, she's still awesome), but this year I have to talk about how great Anders' Mom is. She's the nicest lady around town, and just so happens to be our neighbor. We love living next door to her! She helps us out with our pup (Maggie even has her own bed over at her house) and surprises us with delicious homemade food (like this one eggplant bruschetta thing that is so amazing...wait, are eggplants in season? I'm waiting!!). She gives us advice, helps us garden and listens to us when we need to complain. She's funny and kind and all kinds of wonderful. So, happy Mother's Day to you, Eleonora! We love you a lot!

westlake center flash mob

I was walking through Westlake Center yesterday when I stumbled upon a flash mob. Okay, well, this was more of an organized dance in the park than an actual flash mob, but it was still cool none-the-less. I feel that flash mobs are very important to society at large as they contribute a great deal to the overall wellbeing of the city in the form of entertainment and expression while creating an internal peace of those involved, which then manifests itself into other forms of positive energy and output, so I stayed and filmed it. Also, I didn't want to go back to work. Enjoy!

 

 

yay!

Bike and iced coffee season is here in Seattle!!!!

skillz

I found myself with a few extra hours with Anders on Saturday when he surprised me by coming home from work early. Since the sun was shining and it was warm we decided to use our extra time shooting hoops...naturally. I missed every shot I tried to make (except one three pointer! WOO! Redeemed!), so I just took pictures instead.

Oh and Maggie and I were there too via instagram...

goat love

To Whom it may concern:

I would reeeeeeeally like a pet goat.

Love, Sarah