Tiptoe through the tulips

It's April, which in NW Washington means it's tulip time! Today, Keith and I drove up to Skagit Co. for the annual Tulip Festival. Usually the fields are in full bloom by now, but it's been such a cold spring that most of the tulip varieties hadn't bloomed yet. However, there was still plenty of color to make me happy...that and a bag of kettle korn.

First hike of the season

Here are a few pictures from today's hike to Wallace Falls with Keith. Great hike, good weather, beautiful views! Ahhhhhh, it's finally time to get back out on the trails.

Erin's Wedding Shower

The Cake

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The bride and her parents

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The co-hosts

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The gifts

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The friends

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The food

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Congratulation Erin! We love you!!!

Race Day

Last weekend was the Mercer Island Rotary Half Marathon. Keith participated for the first time and finished in 1 hour, 52 minutes. To me, simply finishing the race is excellent, but as you can see from the photo, Keith had spring in his step throughout. Believe it or not, this picture was taken at mile 13!

Krissy and Margaret went for the more reasonable 5K. Here we are pre-race, hanging out at my house. This was was the kick-off for our own half-marathon training program. We plan to run in the Rock 'n Roll Half Marathon this summer. With our official "chip time" of 29:43, we weren't breaking any records, but we met our under-30-minute goal. Not bad considering we were slowed down by congestion on the course the first mile.

3.1 miles down...many training miles to go.