Fourth of July Weekend!

We had a great long weekend and beautiful weather! It didn't start out so well as I came home from a 1/2 day at work to a crisis. Mike had let the cat out in the backyard and she jumped over the fence and had been gone for 2 hours. As we were walking around the neighborhood yelling her name, the neighbors found her and chased her in the garage while they called us to come home! That could have ruined the weekend, but it all worked out. Well... except for Mia, who was grounded for the rest of the night :)

Friday, Mike and I went to the Tall Ships Festival in Tacoma and then came home to make dinner and watch fireworks from our backyard. Looking out our window, over Tacoma and the surrounding area, we could see hundreds and hundreds of fireworks across the horizon. Most were from individuals and some were probably other cities. It was unlike anything we had ever seen before. At the last minute, I was afraid that the Tacoma fireworks would not appear close enough, so we jumped in the car and went down to the Browns Point Lighthouse. We got there just in time to have an awesome view of the fireworks from across the bay.

Saturday, we headed out to register at Babies-R-Us. Fortunately, cousin Laura had given us great advice on many things and showed us her friend's registry so we had some idea of what we wanted. But we were still completely overwhelmed by all of the choices and the huge variances in the price range of products. 5 hours later (and a quick break at Starbucks) we at least had a good start! Here's our list, we'll take any suggestions.

Sunday, Erica came over with 2 of her friends, Emily and Adam for brunch. Mike made his famous poached eggs, English muffins, and turkey bacon. (This is our traditional Sunday breakfast). We spent the day sitting in the backyard with Mike doing homework and me working on a class I have to teach on Tuesday. Then we took a break and went for a little kayak on the sound before dinner!

Here's a link to more firework pictures!