A Few of My Favorite Things..

Thanksgiving on Whidbey; Becca and Alex plus the Crossen clan and Alex's parents met out on Whidbey Island to cook and eat a wonderful and festive dinner. It was a great time to lay back and relax, plus it was Tater's first ferry ride, so that's always cool! Kelly and I were so thankful to make it to dinner on time and we didn't have to do any cooking!! It was a combined three Thanksgivings for us this year, wow :)!

Thanksgiving 2011; Kelly's family (Terry, Tracy, Candace and Cory) all came up to Tacoma for probably one of the best holiday dinners I have ever had! We cooked, went out to dinner in Proctor, played nerts which was epic because Candace and Cory are unstoppable, visited Lauralee, and watched some Lady Gaga Thanksgiving special. 

Terry made me a beautiful multi-color scarf (she already knows that I love cozy and colorful things!) that Tater is cuddling. 

Cory's 30th birthday in CA. 

Beautiful trip; lucky, lucky us to be able to see a gorgeous part of our west coast with some great tour guides (Cory and Candace)!!

Progress!

Kelly and I booked our photographer and I bought my dress! 

Larry Stanley is going to be our photographer for the day of our wedding and the day before. We are so incredibly excited--- once Kelly and I saw his work we knew immediately that his work was one of a kind and absolutely beautiful. 

Saturday before Becca's birthday party we went and checked out a couple beautiful dresses by Vera Wang at a dress shop downtown Seattle. I found the perfect dress; very classy yet playful and unique details, or as Liz said "fancy arts and crafts" (maintaining my elementary teacher-position even into the realm of fancy couture dresses) and it was obviously very, very much on sale. 

Becca Boo's birthday in Woodinville was great. Her fiance Alex planned everything and it worked out seamlessly, plus Elaina came up from San Francisco which was an excellent surprise for everyone! Wine, Big Daddy's bus service, red velvet cake & Stumptown Coffee + ending the night with some NCAA BBall--- it was awesome. 

This week is going to be great and super busy at work, Christmas baking and shopping and hopefully seeing some of our buddies!!