Work off that Turkey

Yesterday we went for a hike in the Olympic National Forest up to Lena Lake. It was 3 miles into the lake, and then 3 back out. The kids hiked the whole thing (except for about 1/2 a mile where Chris had to carry Braden). They did great! We were in and out in less than 5 hours.

Thanksgiving

Wives and girlfriends of the Orthopedic Doctors at Madigan decided (Yes, yes...after my suggestion) that we do service for those active duty and prior military patients on the various surgical services at Madigan during the holidays. Thanksgiving was our first go at it. I was overwhelmed with baked good and some cash donations for treats, but...it ended up being Chris, the kids and I who spent nearly 2 hours this morning getting the final touches put on everything and delivered throughout the hospital. I have to say that it was one of the best Thanksgivings I've ever had.

Marcia Lynn McClure Party

FYI: Chris is not thrilled with this post. He wasn't too excited about my "kissing book club party" either. But...it was fun!

Okay...thanks once again to my nuerotic cousin Tia...I threw another themed party. For all those lovers of Marica Lynn McClure (Tia, Keeley, Carol, Stephanie & I) here are the picks for our movie casting:

According to Carlie:

According to Keeley:

According to Carol:

It all began with Pumpkin Pie

12 years ago...just 2 months after getting married, I made pumpkin pies with a girl I'd just met in the NAU young married ward in Flagstaff, in her little studio apartment/dorm room. 12 years later, I consider her a better, dearer friend than I did back then. And...as an example of how awesome she is...she flew up here to Seattle last weekend for the most incredible Girls Weekend EVER!! I love you Carol!

P.S. The following pictures are NOT approved by Carol :)

Movie Night 1996

Carol's surprise b-day party: 10 Dec 1997

I stole these Seattle pics from Carol. We WALKED all through downtown Seattle, shopping, going to movies, shopping...

Here are some funky robes from our hotel...

Poor Carol - I was scared to be doing a lot of this without Chris, but we managed to get the car on a ferry across the Sound from Seattle toward the Peninsula then back down around the Sound again toward my house.

We tried SO many time to get a shot of Mt. Rainier before Carol left, and this is the one she got from her plane back to AZ.

Until next year...

Thank You Hydee

Thanks to Hydee for trying to figure out my 'comments' issue. I'll probably just start a new blog in January that will hopefully have everything working. You are all welcome to email me anytime though!

P.S.
I just LOVE Mr. Darcy! Thanks Hydee!!

comments for carlie

Hello, all, this is Hydee, Carlie's friend who is trying to fix her blog's stubborn comment problem. For some reason, the link to her comments refuses to show itself, but if you click on the post time at the end of her post, you can leave her a comment. Now we can all tell her how amazing she is and how cool her kids are! Oh, yeah, and how much we like "Mr. Darcy" just the way he is.

Carlie, feel free to dump this post and put up your own instructions for everyone. =)

I tried!!!

Yes...I am Incredible!

One last Halloween 'Ho rah'. The OITE is over so one of the Ortho guys threw a bash. Thanks to the Hakes, we sported our 3rd costume of the season and went as the Incredibles.

Enough Already! Back Off!

Okay...the title isn't nice, but neither is what I have to say. (Chris isn't going to like this post...but I believe I need to show my muscle once in a while to shake things up). Anyway...two complaints of late about Chris and I'm up in arms. He leaves before 5:00am and gets home on a normal night around 6:00pm. That doesn't include anatomy nights, journal nights, nights on call, etc...he's been studying for the OITE and working with the scouts for his calling. He rarely has two seconds to himself and when he does, I send him off to play soccer where he comes back injured and in a cast. To top that all off, two people had the audacity to criticize his less then hospitable demeanor. He's Mr. Darcy people!! When will you all get that through your heads?? He's where he should be, doing what he should do for those who matter most. What else should we ask for?

Rollar Derby...I mean skating

Our good friends the Warrens, who went to medical school with us and are originally from Lacey, had a b-day party for their kids who share b-days two days apart at a local skating rink. It was SO much fun. I literally can't remember the last time I went skating. The kids loved it, and unfortunately because of Chris's old man injury, he couldn't skate with us.