Gabby's Recital Dates

Several people have asked about Gabby's recitals. For those of you who may not know Gabby started playing the piano in September of 2006 by August of 2007 she had completed 3 years worth of lesson materials and was half way through her 4th year worth of material. She definitely has a gift and a passion for playing the piano. In an effort to let you all know her schedule I've posted the dates and will leave them here for awhile for everyone to see. If you are in the area you are welcome to attend any or all of them. Please let us know ahead of time if you are coming and we will save a seat for you. The seats do fill up quite fast.

All of her recitals except for the last one in June are held at a retirement community in Edgewood.

Life in the fast lane

Well life is back in the fast lane. We've been busy with school, work and everything else that seems to come up. Gabby spent last weekend with her maternal birth grandma and Scott and I went out on a couple of dates. We went to Grazies, an Italian restaurant, in Factoria after meeting up with Gabby's grandma. Then on Saturday we got pizza and watched the Seahawks game and Sunday we enjoyed brunch at The Cheesecake Factory (thanks to the gift certificates we received for Christmas).

This week has been pretty much routine. Gabby is going to go to her Aunt Bev's tomorrow night and then next weekend is her youth retreat. She is a VERY busy girl. Which is very good.

Fun Weekend!

We have had a fun weekend. On Friday we went over to our friends house for dinner and time to catch up with each other. We watched two videos Thou Shalt Laugh and Thou Shalt Laugh Two.

Then on Saturday we went to Issaquah to Gilman Village to the candy shop Sweet Addition because they have these raspberry heart candies that only come out around Valentines Day. While there I found a book titled Hot Chocolate by Fred Thompson. So I tried one of the recipes in it and OH MY GOODNESS I made a drinking chocolate that was extremely YUMMY tonight.

We also went to friends from church this afternoon the guys and Gabby played with there Wii while I and the wife chatted we had a lot of fun.

Then Gabby went to youth group and Scott and I went to Duke's Chowder House for dinner. We both had their bourbon crab chowder and we shared the Dungenous Crab dip appetizer. They were great!

Well tomorrow is back to our normal routines as Scott will be going back to work and Gabby will be back to doing her school work.

Happy New Year!

Happy 2008! Not a lot going on here. Scott & Gabby attended a family game night at the church on New Years Eve and rang in the New Year there.

Now it's back to work for Teresa at least and Gabby has been working on a couple of things for school. Scott is off until Monday so we are still a bit out of our routine but enjoying our time together.