Darin and Erin's visit!

Our good friends,Darin and Erin, came to visit us and we spent Easter weekend showing them around Seattle. Thought it would be nice to show them UW's cherry blossoms.

Then we went to the Pacific Science Center and had fun being a kid!
Finally, had a great dinner at the Crab Pot on the Seattle waterfront. Darin, Erin, and I shared that large pile of seafood you see in the middle of the table. However, it was too much for the girls and Darin was the big eater of the night!
Thank you for such a great weekend! Erin fell in love with Sporty and we had to check her bags before she left to make sure she didn't sneak him in!

Quick trip home for Marina and Chester's wedding

Geez, time is really flying by! I told myself I was going to try to update this blog weekly. Not happening. We were fortunate to be able to go home for Marina and Chester's wedding in the middle of the month. Flew standby to Oahu in first class! It was awesome! Didn't have to wait in line to use the bathroom...which was a great thing since the flight was extra long (6.5 hours because of head winds) and I'm pregnant.

Decorating the reception area on Friday

Decorating the ceremony on Saturday. We spent less than an hour in the sun, but got BURNT! That's how haole we are! AGH. At least we have a little bit of color now.

Chaz boy (Kasey and Mark's baby) is 5 months now and we got to "practice"!

Isn't he cute!

Yamada family picture

Meet the Patocs!

Garrett stayed home a few days more than I did this trip. It's usually the opposite, so I was really jealous and not happy. A weekend trip home is not enough and just a tease. He spent more time with all the cuzins and their babies.

I love this pic! Chaz boy and Callie meeting

.

New Car!

As we plan and prepare for the arrival of baby, we decided it wasn't practical to keep our beloved truck. Garrett was eager a few weeks ago to go look at used Highlanders; I wasn't. But, we ended up trading in the truck and getting a new 2008 Highlander! We love it! We still miss our trucky, but we know we were going to have to get rid of it sooner or later. Garrett just didn't realize it would be so soon!