Thursday, September 25, 2008

The Pacific Northwest part 1

We went on vacation last week. My first trip to the west coast! We started in Seattle - home of indie rock heroes Death Cab For Cutie, TV's Frasier Crane & that weird space needle thing. I heard it rains all the time there, but we had nothing but sunny days. Here we are at the beach...
We visited the world famous Pike's market. Mom and I got to pick out some beautiful flowers. We also bought lots of fresh produce for a dinner party we had at Aunt Pam's later that night.
Dad and I watched the famous fish mongers throw fish around. Here's Dad pretending to throw ME onto the ice! He's always making jokes.

We spent an afternoon at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. It was really nice. Here's Dad and I checking out the elephants...
I also had my first carousel ride at the zoo. Not scary at all!
We visited with lots of people while we were there. My Pep happened to be in town for business and he came to that dinner party. So did my dad's high school friend Doug, who I had never met. Coincidentally, Aunt Barbara and Uncle John happened to be in town, too. They were visiting John's daughters, who live in Seattle, so we got to spend some time with them.It wasn't all running around though. Here I am just relaxing...
From Seattle, we headed to Walla Walla, Washington. Stay tuned for the Pacific Northwest part 2 - which will include photos of me stomping grapes at a winery!

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Wake Up The Echoes!

My first football season is upon us. I've been hearing about this Notre Dame my entire life and I'm starting to see what all the fuss is about. Tradition, honor, yelling at the television...Here's the whole family ready for week 1 in their Fighting Irish gear - my outfit even has leprechaun booties!
"We only watch one team in this house. Isn't that right, Eleanor?" (that's a line from the movie Rudy that Dad likes to recite on game day - of course, replacing my name with Rudy's) Here we are taking in a tense moment for the Irish. They went on to a decisive 21-13 victory over "powerhouse" San Diego State University.
I turned 7 months old this week. I think I'm going to start eating these signs...