Sleepless in Seattle!

This was my view from 36,000 feet

I am not sure.. but it might be Mt. Ranier...

whatever it was... it was beautiful!

Pook and I found each other at the airport and it was so fun spending the day catching up!

we hit the market and knew this would be a big spot for the weekend!

then the rest of the Ya Ya's arrived!!

first there were wine tastings....

drinks and some silliness in the bathrooom

we walked....

believe it or not I found some animals to love on...



and walked...

and ate (not the gum wall though... that was nasty!!)

and took more silly pics

and laughed our butts off

 (cut us some slack, it was the BUMP KITCHEN)

then... our last full day together we took the ferry over to Bainbridge Island.


Oh man, Holt would have LOVED it here. I sure did.

and we ate SO MUCH FOOD here...

 and captured my favorite picture of the weekend

then a bird dive bombed Lisa....

and Jenny was holding the Space Needle ;)

and Lisa being simply beautiful!

Lis, Trev and me... (and my new sassy jacket that I love)

Pook even got a little lucky while we were there!!  Good find Deb!!

and you won't believe this... but we played silly kid games

a little peek-a-boo anyone??

I was hiding... I don't think they saw me!

it was (obviously) the Perfect Climate For WINE!!

and on the way back we met the singer Pitbull.  I had no clue who he was...

(ok, ok, it wasn't him but I'm told it looks just like him!!)

Javier was a really nice guy... that sells Avon. Strange job for such a cool dude but he's great at it!!


After the ferry... we headed back from some shopping

and found THIS!

and while this makes no sense to "you" it makes all the sense in the world to the Ya Ya's and Debbie's AFLAC presentations!!

we made a final run to the Original Starbucks

and about 50 other Starbucks stores.  It was INSANE!!

Seattle is a beatiful city and we loved seeing it for the first time...together.

and I can honestly say, they fill something in my soul... they are "home".

and I love them each dearly for a thousand different reasons....

and these moments

 are

PRICELESS!

We will miss you Seattle!!

I blog so my memories can last a lifetime and be your memories too Tristan!

LOVE YOU GIRLS... and you my little man.  This is the "other" side of my life...

when I'm just "Jules" with the people that have loved me my whole life and believe it or not... I was once young, and silly and goofy...

and more than "just your mom"

(my favorite job on the planet!)

Here's to 2013... who knows where we will head next July!!

July Service Project

our July service project was...

our mailman!

As you know... it's HOT here...

so no better gift than a cooling neck wrap!!

then... we realized this is a NEW mailman... we just moved here.

If we make him cookies, they will probably end up in the trash.

So, I save gift cards that I won't use for stuff just like this.

LUNCH on us!!!

then, finally.. one last gift

I made a sign...

we all signed our name

and taped...and glued..

and cut it a little

(had to get it JUST right)!

and VOILA~

we brought it outside

and hung it up

and we just hope he likes his new water bottle...

and thinks of us and how much we appreciate him

Heck... I think he "gets" it!

Such fun stuff!!

Lake house with the Life Group

Sweet baby Abby Hawk

and the Comeauxs... well, minus one.... (Torin was off playing)

Jimmy and Seren - her first time on the boat!

The two T's

The two T's with Jimmy

Jaydon loving on his sister

Baby Seren again

Aslan begging to come in...

Hi Seren

Melissa, Matt and Abby Hawk!  Sooooooo love that little girl!  Ok, love them too ... but seriously, do you see those cheeks?

T wants to riiiiiiiiiide

and ride he did!!

Simmy - sweatin'

and Michelle getting some one-on-one dock time with Seren

Simba loves Jimmy (I just wonder if he wanted some beer)

Beckett ready to swim!

Jes and Tate.... another new little one in our crew (and please note: Jes DOES have a Yankees hat on - YEAH baby!!)

Saturday evening a storm rolled in and we took advantage of the rain

Beckett was first in...

and some watched....

but then all played and we got soaked!

Beckett and Daddy having a blast

The Hawk's played in safe and stayed in side and finished up dinner

Two buddies - Beckett and T

Then, after dinner... Daddy took T down to the dock and taught him to fish

Jimmy was already there with the boys - they didn't catch anything  but it was fun

can you tell?

Daddy made sure the flag was ok

and this chair... it tends to be a great friend when I'm down there

and Jaydon took this sign pretty seriously and asked if he had to pay!

Loved the clouds...

the sky was crazy and I may just have to frame this shot - I LOVE IT

and this one rocks too - Daddy and the fur-kids.  The sky is a combo of As and Simmy

This is Jaydon, Michelle and Seren - first time on a boat!!

and it's tiny but this is Michelle and the boys first time on a tube!!

and here I snuck in and caught Josh napping with his new little guy Tate.

The funniest moment I would say is when Matt came out while I was enjoying morning coffee and asked me where to toss the sheets!

Other than a HUGE sliver in Michelle's foot (and I mean huge) and few in each of the kids... and a missing part of our group that was sick (we missed you Hendricks) - it was an AWESOME weekend!!!

Can't wait to do it again!