Dinner at the Georgian

Joe and I had the opportunity to get dressed up last night and have dinner at the Georgian at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel, as guests of Joe's Boss and his wife. I was feeling a bit "High-Society" and if you know me, you know I am far from High-Society. It was fun though, and the food was AMAZING!! I had the salmon, but the highlight was the Dungeness Crab Bisque, served over these cute little crab cakes in the bottom of the elegant bowl. Desert was chocolate souffle. YUM!

One of the coolest things about the evening was that when we got there, we realized while waiting in the lobby, that we were surrounded by really large men that made Joe look small. We (Joe) soon figured out that they were the Washington Redskins, in town to beat on the Seahawks today. After dinner, we were checking out the elegant hotel and got told by security that we couldn't check out the ballroom, which we could see was full of football players. We didn't see Shawn Alexander, but we did see Jason Taylor when he walked out. I wished I'd asked him for a dance, but I was still practicing my High-Society.

Viva Las Vegas!!

Joe and I are off to Vegas for Thanksgiving - Jeremy will be archery hunting with my brother. I've never been to Vegas, and am looking forward to it!! So, here's what I need you to do, click on "comments" below (you don't need to sign in anymore - just go anonymous and sign your name so I know who you are!) and give me your Vegas recommendations!! Shows, Buffets, Bars - whataya recommend?

This is too funny.

Veterans Day

Yesterday the Scouts had the honor of being part of the Auburn Veterans Day parade. We got lucky and the weather held up; it was even sunny as we walked the parade route. I have to say it was an amazing experience for all of us. Truly awe inspiring to see all of these heroes in one place. And to see all of the citizens coming together to clap and cheer for them was wonderful. The scouts arms were tired at the end of the day from all their saluting, both Veterans and Flags. I'm grateful that Jeremy and I got to be part of this.

Happy Halloween

Yeah, I know I'm late, so you'll just have to get over that. The wireless on my laptop broke, so it's off at HP getting fixed so it's back to the desktop for me. (Remember those days?)
Here's some shots to sum up our Halloween adventures this year.
So, Thursday night (10/30) rolls around and Jeremy asks, "are we going to carve pumpkins?" One quick call to Joe and the man brought us home pumpkins for carving. Since Martha stole our clipboard idea, I stole her pumpkin idea from my friend MaryBeth, who stole if from Martha. Fairs fair, right? Anyways, MB's was super cute with rats hanging in and out of it, but since it was the night before Halloween, I had to settle for what I could find at Wal-Mart. Spiders and snakes and lizards are just as cute, right? And Jeremy, whoa Momma, he went for the super advanced carving template this year and it turned out AMAZING!! Me? I just got Joe to drill me a bunch of holes, because let's face it ladies, most men will never turn down a chance to bust out their power tools and impress their wife, right? So, I give you our pumpkins of 2008. For Jeremy first Halloween costume of the day, he insisted on dressing up as Adam, his favorite Physical Therapist who stretches Jeremy 3X a week, after we saw the bald cap at the store. Adam was dressed as Mr. Clean. So, here you go folks, Mini Adam stretching Mr. Clean... BTW, Adam is single ladies, so if you want to date him, drop me a line. (He's really nice and great with 10-year olds) And then it was time to Trick-or-Treat, because I don't know about you, but we are all about free candy. So off the boy's went to scare up some of that. Jeremy was an Army Guy, and Joe was his standard, "Watch me scare the dogs for the entire month of October Guy"

Me? I stayed home and handed out candy which is very exhausting work.

The End.