Entries Tagged as 'joanne'

Kelly’s Baby Shower

November 9th, 2005 · 1 Comment


Misty & Kelly


Bailey in the backyard


Dad, Jeff, Richard – Guys were banished outside


Skyonna & Stephanie


Sisters – Sue, Wanda, Alice, Connie, Mary


Misty, Kelly, Jeff – Looking at photos from their summer vacation.


Misty, Kelly, Jeff – Looking at photos from their summer vacation.


Dominic – The only boy.. he won a shower gift!


Kelly, Mya, Ella – Stephanie made this necklace for Kelly.


Kelly & Mya


Kelly & Jeff – Stephanie made this necklace for Kelly


Mya, Stephanie, Kelly, Jeff – Can you fit another person on that chair?


Mya, Stephanie, Kelly, Jeff


Mya demonstrating how the baby hat works


Kelly with the blanket that Jeff’s sister, Joanne, made


Kelly with the blanket Joanne made


Joanne Made This Blanket


Kelly & Jeff


Ella


Kelly & Stephanie Hugging


Kelly & her Grandma


Mya & Stephanie


Mya & Stephanie


Kelly & Rachelle


Jeff’s Mom, Kelly, Kelly’s Mom


Jessica sleeping after a long day.

Besides going to Wisconsin this weekend for my mom’s birthday, I went up because my cousin Kelly and her husband Jeff were in town from Virginia for a party in their honor. Their first baby, a daughter, is due to make an appearance in early February and we’re all so excited!

Here is a movie clip I edited together of some of the youngest cousins singing some unidentifiable song (.mov, 1m9s, 1.4mb).

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Last Day in WA

August 19th, 2003 · 5 Comments


Mukilteo Lighthouse, Mukilteo, WA


Tiles on the floor of the Mukilteo Lighthouse


Stairs in the lighthouse


Jessica, Joanne, Jeff, Kelly at Mukilteo lighthouse


Snoqualamie Falls


The lookout at Snoqualamie Falls


Snoqualamie Falls


Seattle waterfront


Troll in Fremont


Troll in Fremont


Gas Works Park



City view from Gas Works Park

















Sunset at Gas Works Park


Compline ceremony at St. Marks Episcopal Cathedral

On our last day in Washington Joanne took us to the Mukilteo Lighthouse and then to Snoqualamie Falls, a water fall that is 100 feet taller than Niagra Falls. We then tried to take the Underground Tour in Pioneer Square, but it was sold out so we went and got dinner at Tawan Thai in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle. Fremont is where all the Seattle hipsters are. Also there is the world-famous troll, who we stopped to say hello to. The next stop was Gas Works Park at sunset and then we joined Marc for the compline ceremony at St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral.

That’s it. The next morning we left early (but not too early, thanks to Marc) for the airport. The trip left me exhausted but it was totally worth it. Great experience. I saw and did many things that I’d never done before. I thank Jeff & Kelly for inviting me to go with them and for putting up with my occasional tired/hungry crabbiness. Also thanks to Joanne and Marc and Larry who all helped to make our vacation both cost efficient and memorable. Thanks!

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Dinner, Drinks & a Bonfire

August 18th, 2003 · 3 Comments


Jeff & Joanne at Ray’s Boathouse


Kelly, Jeff & Joanne outside Ray’s Boathouse


Kelly, Jeff & Joanne outside Ray’s Boathouse


Ray’s Boathouse


Outside Ray’s Boathouse


Outside Ray’s Boathouse


Marc cutting the pie at Joanne’s


Someone having a Christmas tree burning ritual at Golden Gardens Park


Someone having a Christmas tree burning ritual at Golden Gardens Park


Someone having a Christmas tree burning ritual at Golden Gardens Park


Someone having a Christmas tree burning ritual at Golden Gardens Park


Joanne & Kelly


Jeff & Rachelle


Rachelle & Marc, Marc totally bogarting the only wine glass


Larry, Joanne & Buckey


Buckey & Rachelle


Kelly & Jeff


Our bonfire


A fire twirler







Buckey & Marc are all tired out

After getting back to Seattle from Orcas Island, Joanne took us to Ray’s Boathouse for dinner. The seafood was excellent and so was the view. Then we met up with Marc, Larry, and Buckey at Joanne’s to have a little housewarming party. Joanne just moved into her studio in the Queene Anne neighborhood of Seattle a few weeks ago. Marc & Larry are Joanne’s friends and Buckey is their 14-year-old Golden Retriever. Buckey is bilingual. He also goes by the name of Tito. He grew up on a sugarcane farm in Puerto Rico and mostly only obeys commands in Spanish. “Tito, aqui”, for “Buckey, here!” Later on we went to Golden Gardens Park where we drank a bit more wine and sat around a bon fire on the beach.

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The Knopps’ House

August 13th, 2003 · 2 Comments


The Knopps’ House. 3 bedrooms, 4 baths, dual showerheads in the master bathroom. Very nice.


Rosie.. wakes me up in the middle of the night.


Rosie


Greta


Greta


Greta out on the porch.


Greta trying to kick me off the couch.


Greta


Rosie in the front window.


Bedtime for Greta & Rosie.


Greta & Rosie


Oscar, Joanne’s cat, stayed with Greta and Rosie. He and Rosie quickly bonded.

While we were visiting Seattle, Joanne was housesitting for a family she used to live with, the Knopps. The Knopps have a beautiful and very friendly Weimaraner named Greta and a cute but annoying kitten named Rosie.

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Snow Lake, Snoqualamie National Forest, WA

August 12th, 2003 · 4 Comments


View from the bottom of the hike up the mountain to Snow Lake.


Kelly & Jeff


Kelly & Jeff


Wildflowers by the restroom


A lodge you can stay overnight in.


The beginning of the trail.


Marc filling out the form before going on the trail.


Joanne hiking up the trail.



Some sort of berry was growing along the path.



Wildflowers


Wildflowers


Kelly on the path up the mountain


Joanne, Jeff, Kelly, Rachelle






Lichen on a rock




Jeff still on the way up


The top of the mountain


Looking down we have to climb down a bit to the lake


Rachelle near the top of the mountain overlooking Snow Lake, Alpine Lake Wilderness, Snoqualamie National Forest, WA


Marc


Joanne and Marc climbing down to the lake


Snow Lake


Snow Lake


Some sort of ruins



Hellebore plants


Kelly & Jeff


People lounging at Snow Lake


Eating dinner


Jeff


On the way back up

Snow Lake is a secluded lake in the Alpine Lake Wilderness in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualamie National Forest in Washington State. The lake is fed from melted snow on the surrounding mountains. Joanne, Jeff’s sister, took Jeff, Kelly and I to Snow Lake along with her friend Marc. To get to the lake you must drive about an hour outside of Seattle and then hike up a mountain, about 3 miles and then hike down about another half mile (7 mile hike, roundtrip). Once at the lake, we ate a picnic dinner that Joanne had prepared for us. It was just enough energy to get us back 3 1/2 miles over the mountain to the car. Kelly and Jeff and I were glad that this was our first hike of the trip because it made every hike after it seem easy. Working so hard to get to the lake just made it that much more beautiful, though.

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