Winter is here

     Well winter officially came the week of Thanksgiving when we received snow and single digit tempatures.  I worked the Monday it started coming down and I take the bus into work so like any other work day I planned to take the bus.  I dressed really warm and brought my work clothes to change into.  All was well going into work, got there safely, worked a full day... then I tried to make it home... 7+ hours later with the snow going sideways I finally made it home.  But not before Cameron had to come to my rescue.  I couldn't make it all the way to my car so Cameron had to walk to the park and ride where my car was then he had to navigate the snowy roads to come and get me.  By the time Cameron and I walked in the door is was almost 3am.  Cameron was such a sport and couldn't have made it home without him.  Needless to say there are a lot of people out there that don't know how to drive in the snow.  Here are some pictures we took when it snowed.  Cameron and his dad Bill made the snow man.

Pumpkin Patch

     A couple weeks ago Cameron and I went to our first pumpkin patch together.  We picked one of the patches in Snohomish to go to.  It was pretty packed, but there still was a good selection of pumpkins to choose from.  We got lucky and had good weather to take a bunch of photos.  Enjoy!

                                     

                               

            

                                                                                

Shani and the girls

     Shani and her girls came over to visit last week.  It is always fun to spend time with the girls especially now that there is two!  Here are some snap shots we took while they were over.

Vegas!

     Here are a few highlights from Vegas.  We went at the end of September this year for Kevan and Krista's wedding.  For those of you who don't know Kevan or Krista then have dated for 10 1/2 years so needless to say the wedding was a very happy occasion. Cameron and I met Kevan at work over 8 years ago and have been friends ever since.  The weather while we were there was 100 degrees and caused us to stay indoors to stay cool.  It was a very interesting city with lots of things to go.  Vegas never really ever closes or sleeps.  We would probably go back, but when it was cooler which would make it easier to do more of the tourist stuff.  The last picture is all the Ritz Camera people that attended the wedding spanning from Washington, Oregon and Chicago.

Our 1 year anniversary

A few pictures of us on our 1 year anniversary (August 22nd).  We went to downtown Seattle before we had dinner at Barking Frog.  Saw the gum wall by the market for the first time and we went to Game Works.  It was a nice relaxing day enjoying each others company.

It has been awhile

     Man was it really back in April that I made the last post?  Well the summer came and went with plenty of activities to keep both Cameron and I busy.  Lets see if I can get everyone up to speed and share some pictures a long the way.

     Here are some highlights of our 2010 summer.  The first picture is of all of us at Katie's boyfriend baseball game for Katie's 25th birthday.  I went to my first book reading all by myself.  Got my book signed by one of my favorite authors.  Cameron and I went on our first camping trip at Manchester State Park and it rained the whole time we were there, but we still a lot of fun with the whole Tondre/Smith clan.  Our friends Missy and Troy took us to an M's game and even though they lost it was a blast with those two.  We had game nights with Shani and Jeff when they lived down the street from us over the summer.  They just recently had their second daughter on September 24th and bought a house in Arlington.  We will greatly miss having them so close.  The picture of my family is at my moms birthday dinner in August.  We also shot Brian and Shannon's wedding this summer.  So happy for them both!  Cameron and I went to the Evergreen fair with his parents, sister Shalisa and her husband Ryan and their two girls.  We went down to Shelton where Ryan and Shalisa live and spent the night.  We learned quite a few new board games, played with the girls and went out on their boat.  Always a good time!

     All in all I would say we had a great summer!  Now comes Christmas...

 

    

Tulip Fields

     Cameron and I went to the Tulip Fields a couple weeks back.  We got lucky with clear skies that day.  Some good pictures came out of it, but definatly wouldn't go during the weekend again.  There was a lot of tourist so it made it hard to get the photos we wanted to.  But with my honey and camera in hand we still had a great day date!

Cameron's 30th Birthday

     We are a little behind on posting on here but keep checking back this week and we will get you caught up in our adventures.

     On March 11th Cameron had his 30th birthday.  I planned a day in Seattle for us and Cameron didn't know what was in store for him.  I planned for us to do the Seattle Underground Tour and little did he know his friends Alex and Barry were meeting us there.  When we finished the tour Cameron, Barry, Alex, my mom and myself all walked around Pikes Place Market.  I was keeping Cameron busy while Alex and Barry got a table at the Hard Rock Cafe.  Troy, Shani and her daughter met up with us to have dinner.  Great food with great friends... what could be better way to celibrate a birthday?  After our tummies were full Cameron, Barry, Alex, my mom and I went to Gameworks.  We ended the night playing video games like kids.  It was great!!!