Sorry it has taken so long to post pictures of Seattle. We are finally settling into our new home. I have posted a couple of pictures from our house, the lake a block from our house, a couple of pictures from the 4th of July and our latest hike. Hopefully this post makes up for the last couple of weeks I haven't posted.
Our home
(our neighbors are growing your Christmas presents)
4th of July
4th of July consisted of jumping off a bridge, making a rope swing, running from semi's (no, this was just a mural we came across in town and it looked cool) we watched fireworks but didn't take any photos from the evening.
Getting Outdoors
We went on a short hike in Granite Falls only about 30 min. outside of town. The hike went through an old mining camp. The picture of Johnny is of him walking along run down railroad tracks. There were also a couple of tunnels which were kind of neat.
We had a long weekend away at Galiano Island with some friends. We were able to relax, explore the island, kayak, walk on the beach, and share some great laughs with friends. Here are some photos from our trip.
I just posted our Montana trip as well as our vist with the Bomford-Moore's. Sorry it's taken us so long to post! It seems like I'm doing nothing now that I'm not working but for some reason the days get filled quickly. I have applied to several nursing jobs in the Seattle area and had a phone interview last Friday with the Polyclinic for a float nurse position. I have an in-person interview down in Seattle on Wednesday at 9am so prayers for that would be wonderful! The Polyclinic is a large conglomerate of specialty clinics. They have 9 different locations just in the Seattle area. If I were to work for them I would have the potential to work in all locations and all specialties. It feels like a perfect opportunity for me because it would allow me to get my feet wet in specialties ranging from pediatrics to endocrinology to cardiology to gastroenertology to dermatology....pretty much any specialty. I have no idea what kind of nursing I want to do, so being in a position where I get to taste it all sounds pretty wonderful! I am hoping to know by the end of the week if I get the position or not. Johnny will find out by the end of the week wether or not he gets accepted into the University of Washington's GIS certificate program. He is finishing up his micro-certificate with SVCC this week. Everything is starting to wind down from the spring and summer is beginning. We both are anticipating the change that this week has the potential to bring. We went down to Seattle yesterday to look at a couple of living situations and weren't happy with what we saw and both felt exhausted from the city life. Prayers for our transition and feeling peace with our decision would be wonderful right now. In all, we are doing well and enjoying the fabulous warm weather Bellingham has been getting over the last couple of weeks. We have plans to go camping on Galiano Island off of Vancouver with friends this weekend. We come back for a day and turn around and go camping with other friends on the Olympic Penninsula. Should be a terrific week! I'll keep you all posted on the job/UW schooling situation.
We had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend in Bozeman visiting Peter, Naomi, Kale, and John. They are all doing well. Peter is busy with work, Naomi is busy learning various construction devises for when Kale asks "what's that" on every walk/car drive. Her little baby is growing every day...it is so fun to see her pregnant! John Roth is doing well also. He just moved into a house with a couple of roommates after living in the dorms all year. We got a chance to visit his house and take a tour of the art department at MSU. We thuroughly enjoyed the vacation, sunny weather and visiting with family. Bellow is a ton of pictures from our trip! We thought based off of the bugs displayed on our car there would be great fly fishing in Bozeman...unfortunately the rivers were blown out so we didn't get to test our theory.
If you hide under the table no one can see you do your "business"
We had a little fun watching Kale while mom and dad were out one evening :)
Kale loves to be read to and ask "what's that?" as he points to pictures on the page.
We got him a dump truck with large Legos...he loved it!
The helmet and bike carrier was a new experience for Kale...he loved it though!
Johnny and I took Kale to the park one evening...it only lasted about 5 minutes because it started to get blustery.
Uncle John's walking
Kale does as we began to call it his "Tyrannosaurus rex" pose while he walks
Mike, Kiersten, Liam and Elena came to visit us in Bellingham during their vacation to Canada. It was wonderful getting to catch up and see Elena for the first time. Elena was full of smiles and Liam was full of knowledge, repetitive "why" questions and tons of joy :) It was a terrific weekend visit!
the girls
Elena stretching
Liam loves to help!
Elena's many smiles
Liam's first salt water taffy...kinda chewy
There happened to be a kids parade down our street for the annual ski to sea. While Mike and Johnny made dinner, Kiersten, Liam and I watched the parade.
It was a perfect mother's day surprise! I had my last day of work at the hospital on Saturday and bought a millage ticket to surprise my mom for mother's day on Sunday. She had no idea (even though just about everyone else knew!) Dad Roth picked me up from the airport at 9:30am and when I got home mom was sipping tea in bed, when I walked through her door she sat straight up and kept saying "No, no, no, are you serious!" It was a terrific surprise. I was able to be there for about four day and we filled it with lots of walks and hikes and good laughter. The weather could not have been better. It was about 59 and clear skies everyday. I had a wonderful trip! Here are some photos from our time together.
Call us rebellious, divas, or even the words from my dad...aboriginal...call us whatever you want but we braved it and we got mother/daughter nose piercings! Just a little stud, nothing fancy. Anyhow, that was our adventure!
We had a warm sunny day today and decided to go down to Whidbey Island to hang out by the water. We came across a company doing boat tours so we decided to try it out.
Deception Pass Bridge
On this cliff is a bat cave that used to be an old mining camp prison.
We had a wonderful time in Arizona visiting Jeff, Noelle and Addysen, as well as our friends Adam and Erica. It worked out really well flying right out of Bellingham and straight into Mesa which is only about five-ten minutes from both Jeff and Noelle and Adam and Erica. It was fun to introduce our friends to Jeff and Noelle because they live so close and actually go to the same church, but had never met. Here are some pics from our much needed vacation!
Johnny, Jeff, and our friend Andrew (who traveled with us) all enjoyed a day golfing
Putting around before they tee'd off
I drove the golf cart for about a half hour while I waited for Noelle to pick me up
Addysen sure enjoyed her uncle Johnny
It is so fun to play with Addysen now, as she is very active end enjoys interacting with her toys...or just putting them in her mouth :)
bath time!
We got to see a pre-season Mariners vs. Rockies game (Johnny and I's rivalry teams)
6$ seats on the grass!
We rented a boat on Saturday with Adam, Erica, Andrew, and Erica's friend Jaime...it was a blast and the scenery was amazing! We went in and around the canyon and explored.
Johnny found a rope swing on the bank so we anchored and he and andrew swam to shore and tested it out
Jaime and I were the brave ones to try the tube out first
here we go
A snap shot of Johnny riding the tube, I decided to leave the thrashing through the waves and getting thrown off the tube part out, out of respect for our parents :)
driving the boat
not a way you want to end the day...getting towed back to shore by strangers because our rental boat decided to stop working. We weren't sure if it was the battery or if the starter got too hot... but after flagging this boat down they were kind enough to bring us back to the docks.
Thankfully this burrito stand was closed on Sunday, because the boys were on a mission to find an authentic taco stand.
An evening walk with Addy
It was so fun to spend time with friends and family!
Monday was my pinning ceremony for LPN school. It is hard to believe that this chapter in my life is finished.
Fellow classmates
I felt like I should have my dad's on either side - the only other time I've walked down a center aisle dressed in white
Getting the pin of nursing over my heart
It was wonderful having my mom come for the celebration! Aunt Sally, Uncle Dale and one of my cousins, Tim came as well. For not having family in town, it was really special that they all came from afar to celebrate!
