Time for Catch Up

Oh how I've neglected you, my little blog.  I'll do a quick montage to get you up to speed and then hopefully will post more often in the upcoming months.

1. Traveled for work (3 weeks)
2. Had friends over for dinner
3. Went to dinner with friends
4. Junior League
5. Junior League
6. Junior League
7. Watched beautiful things bloom in the yard
8. Enjoyed fabulous weather in Seattle
9. Rock climbed
10. Rode my bike
11. Cooked & baked

Ha! That's pretty much what my life has consisted of over the past month.

Run to Kerry Park and the beautiful view.

Bike ride to Discovery Park Lighthouse

Mt Rainier view from Discovery Park 

Cinco de Mayo dinner at our house.

San Francisco trip for work -- got to see my friend
from Alabama, Kerry Robinson Fellows.

Spring on Queen Anne Ave

Homemade cupcakes and homemade buttercream espresso icing

Haute Route...Verbier, Arolla, and Beyond.

We skied.  And skied...and skied.  Into and out of white outs. Up and down mountains, and fueled by lots and lots of cheese and egg rosti (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B6sti).

Quite honestly, I do not have the energy or desire to post the day by details of our trip.  So, for now I'm going to give you the shortcut by posting a few photos for you and then will also share the link to our guide, Nick Pope's photos.  Plug for Nick --- fabulous IFMGA certified guide located in the PNW.  I highly recommend hiring him for any type of climbing you want to pursue.

http://nickpope.zenfolio.com/p69243833

White Water Kayking

Over the past two weeks Will and I have been testing the waters, so to speak.  We took a white water kayaking class with NWOC http://www.nwoc.com/.  The class consisted of two days practicing paddling strokes on South Lake Union, two days at a pool learning how to 'roll' a kayak, and then two days on the river putting all our skills to use!

We had a lot of fun and made it down the river safely and with panache ;)

Will learning to roll.

Me putting on a dry suit.

Me, finally dressed and ready to get in my boat.
The biggest test of kayaking is getting all your
equipment on and getting in the water!

Not part of kayaking, but wanted to share a pretty photo
from a walk we took last weekend.  View is from Kerry Park.

Climbing...'Like a Boss'

Over the pass to Vantage we go.  Once again we headed out east to climb --- to dry ground and warm sun :)  Will tackled some routes this time 'like a boss' and I lead climbed a 5.9 'like a boss.'  Well, actually it wasn't super graceful I'll admit, but I did lead climb it.  Getting closer and closer to leading a 5.10 which is on my list of goals for the year.  

Saturday was super, super windy but still sunny.  We climbed at the Feathers and then headed out towards Sunshine Wall and the backside to hit a few routes.  We also ran into one of our guides from Mt. Rainier climbing this weekend.  After a nice, full day of climbing we cooked a classy dinner of grilled shrimp, asparagus and red quinoa before tucking in.  The next morning we woke up to a beautiful day -- sunshine, perfect temperatures and no wind. I made blueberry pancakes and we enjoyed a leisurely day before heading back to Seattle.

PS - The reference for 'like a boss' is from the Lonely Island videos.  Basically, it just means you rocked it.

Me making pancakes 'like a boss.'

 

Will drinking coffee 'like a boss.'