March 2010 Update
We started the month of March off with Scott still in Ethiopia and my parents coming to Seattle for a quick visit. It was great seeing them and the kids and I stayed at their hotel - The Residence Inn - and took advantage of the pool and other amenities.
Scott was happy to be home from Ethiopia and we were so happy to have him back. Unfortunately he jumped right back into his schedule with Horizon and headed out to do some flying. We celebrated Zak's 9th birthday (can he really be nine) by letting him invite some friends over for a sleep-over. Ellie and I went to the High School play "The Secret Garden", which was absolutely fabulous. One of the leads babysits Zak & Ellie, so it was great seeing her on stage.
During one of Scott's weekends away, I went out with some friends for an Aquavit tasting. Aquavit is a Scandinavian liquor/drink. There were many different types we tried. All very interesting. I didn't like it much, but had a great evening. We ended the evening by going dress shopping for our School auction the following weekend. We stumbled upon (O.K, one of the guys knew about it) a benefit dress sale for new or slightly used cocktail, prom, and formal dresses. All for $10/pc. We had a blast trying on the dresses and all picked one for the auction.
Last year the school's auction was one of the highlights of our year. We met and got to know a group of wonderful people who have become quite good friends. Unfortunately we had a terrible time trying to find a sitter and at the last minute decided to send the kids to Boise to see Grandma & Grandpa. It was the first time they had flown on their own and I think we were all a little nervous. No need to be, though. They did great! Scott and I got ready for the big night and everyone was outside when we emerged from the boat. They got some great pictures for us, too:
We met our friends at the Matador before the auction to get some really good margaritas. Kind of dangerous! But oh, so yummy!
It was a great event and we all did our share to help the school out! We are all already looking forward to next year's auction:
The next Saturday was another beautiful day in the marina. We were all hanging out outside when Ellie shouted "There's a whale!". Of course, none of us believed her until we saw it surface again a couple minutes later. It was absolutely amazing. A 30'-40' gray whale was swimming around between our boats in the marina. We tried to get a little video.
The last couple of days we took the boat to Blake Island, but I will do that in a new post.
