Beignet Day

As I mentioned before, one of the pieces of Dad's Father's Day gift this year was the New Orleans trip memory - beignet mix and chicory coffee. MMMMM

Sprinkling powdered sugar all over the hot beignets

I started with light sprinkling, but was told to go heavy instead. This is the result. hehe

Enjoying the tasty treat

We had our breakfast outside on the patio to reenact the New Orleans atmosphere...as close as you can get in Seattle anyways.

This one makes me giggle. We are all in the exact position, down to the head tilt. Not planned. Can you tell we are family?

Father's Day 2009

Now for Father's Day....

This year, the three of us girls decided to collectively create a gift basket th at would be a "walk down memory lane". We got special food items from many of the places we've lived/traveled together and also put pictures from most of those places as triggers. It was so much fun!

The Before

The Unveiling New Orleans - chicory coffee and beignet mix (you'll be seeing more from this adventure) New Mexico - pistachios Paris - Buche de Chevre (gourmet French cheese) San Angelo - pork rub Italy - blood orange soda (we couldn't find the specific peach tea we were after, but this was a GOOD substitute) Alabama - Krispy Kreme gift card Japan - Lychee drink (you'll be seeing more from this adventure too)England (at 10 Downing Street - house of the Prime Minister) - shortbread cookies

The After
Happy Father's Day, Dad! Thanks for all the fun memories!

I'm a slacker, yes I am

So, I was uploading pictures from Father's Day tonight (which, in and of itself, makes me a slacker considering Father's Day was just over a month ago!) and I came across the Mother's Day pictures from this year.....which I STILL haven't posted. Yep. Shoot me now.

Sorry Mom! Here are a few photos from Deception Pass.
View from the drive upI just liked this one
We were trying to get a fun pic of all three of us, and we were having issues with wind, sun...all the elements. I really enjoy this one because of the mid-laugh of both my parents. :)And the good one... Happy Mommy's Day, Mom. I ♥ YOU!

Phoenix - Desert Botanical Garden

After the zoo, we decided to head over the to Desert Botanical Garden. Dale Chihuly, a native Washingtonian and a master glass artist, had created unique glass sculptures that artistically resemble the flora of the Arizonian desert. They were temporarily on display at the garden, and we definitely wanted to go see. And it was well worth it.

The only bad part was that we chose to do this AFTER going to the zoo, on a freakishly hot day, with two boys on the verge of needing a nap. Needless to say, they quickly melted down and we had to leave well before seeing the whole display. *sigh*

But what we did see was GORGEOUS!

THANK YOU MARY, ROB, MARC-ANDRE, & LUC for letting me come visit and for showing me such a great time. I LOVE YOU!!!!!
PS- come visit me soon :)

Phoenix - Zoo

I love Marc-Andre's facial expression in this one. MA wanted to hear all about the zebras

The cool zebraWith my sister and bro-in-lawThese stinkThis little guy was SO cute. I was surprised by how much blue accents he had in his colouring.

Luc was captivated by the elephant

Phoenix - Starbucks

Starbucks is a MUST when hanging out with my sister. Even Marc-Andre knows that. Drive by a Starbucks and Marc-Andre points to it saying "Mommy, let's go get your latte!" It's quite impressive, really.

And may I just mention: I LOVE BEING AN AUNT!

Phoenix - Schnepf Farm : train rides

After peaches, we promised the boys a train ride. When we got over there, the train was closed for another hour! Not . a . good . thing. So in the meantime, we explored and played and took pictures and anything that would keep their minds off of the delay. :) Which, in actuality, turned into a pretty fun time!

Phoenix - Schnepf Farm : peaches

I had the awesome opportunity to spend Memorial Day weekend in Phoenix with my sister, Mary, and her family. It had been FAR TOO LONG!

On the first day, we went to Schnepf Farm - a peach farm with a little amusement park (aka "train rides") for the kids. We started by picking peaches. Peaches are one of my favourite fruit, so I was very excited they were in season!

I wanted to pick as many as possible for peach crisp, peach ice cream, plain peaches...YUM!

Marc-Andre really just wanted me to take his picture. "Aunt Sarah! CHEESE". That's my cue. :)

Luc, at first, enjoyed trying to pick the lower ones and then quit to squish the old fallen peaches through his toes.

We love peaches!

Send me to Catholic school

I feel like I'm in need of a smack on the back of the hands with a yard stick from a disapproving nun. I realize I've been MIA for a LOOOOOONG time lately, but I have an excuse. :) I've been stinkin' busy (trip to Phoenix, moving into a new apartment, Father's Day, saying goodbye to a great friend and coworker - she didn't die, folks. she's just getting married and moving to CA -, the biggest event of the year for my work, etc. yep, it's been crazy!)...which, when you think about it, is the time I should be blogging the most because I actually have things to blog about. But alas, that's not quite how things worked out.

So, sit back, grab a cup of coffee, put on some soothing music and get ready because there are some fun blogs on the horizon, complete with entirely too many photos.