Angie's Birthday Party

Today is Angie's 30th Birthday so Ryan and I threw her a birthday party. We told her to have her house clean on Friday night and not to plan anything for her birthday. And fittingly, 30 people attended.

On the invitation we asked guests to bring Angie 30 of something for her present or something associated with the number. She received 30 recipes, 30 items from Trader Joe's, 30 socks, 30 pink balloons, 30 granola bars, 30 pieces of chocolate, 30 notes on the ukulele, and a tank top with the Roman numerals for 30.


After the BBQ, we loaded into vehicles and went to Whatcom Falls Park to play croquet and bocce ball. It was dark by then so we set up 24 candles and two tiki torches.

Workin' Around the House

Ryan and I are enjoying Saturdays in the yard. There is something about working with your hands in the dirt when you know that it's your dirt.



We are discovering that we need things that we never thought we'd need; we have borrowed our friends' trucks the last few weekends to pick up dirt/gravel and haul away old insulation from our crawl space. Speaking of crawl space, here's a picture of Ryan returning down under after a short breather (it's rather dank and smelly down there).

Our New House

For those of you who live far away and haven't had the chance to visit and won't have the chance for a while, here are some pictures of our new house. It is a 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom rambler north of Lake Whatcom in Bellingham. We look forward to having you in our home, but until then these pictures will have to suffice.


To the left is a picture of our dining room and kitchen. One thing that we really like about this house is the open living area. The picture is being taken from the entry way/living room. We hope to enjoy warm meals, grueling games of Settlers, and much laughter in this space.



To the right, you can see the jungle that is our back yard. The house was built in 1985, but no ever bothered to put in any landscaping. So as you can imagine, blackberries (see the picture below as well) have claimed the territory. We WILL subdue them, however. The deck that the picture is taken from doesn't even have steps that lead down to the "yard." We hope to replace the deck after we cut down some trees and tame the land a bit. You can look forward to some before and after photos in the future


These pictures were all taken at the beginning of April before we had bought the house. We made an offer shortly after, it was accepted, and we moved in 3 weeks later (yes, it was quick).

We hope that you have enjoyed your first visit to our new home.