Exciting NEWS!! Emily and Russel are engaged! He popped the question on June 28th at Snoqualmie Falls. They will be getting married on August 21st at Fair Harbon Marina in Grapefiew Washington, near the small town of Allen. It is a beautiful setting on the Sound. We are all very excited about them getting married, as Russell has been part of the family since the day we met him. It is fun to watch them together, they are so kind and respectful to each other all the time and you can just see how much they love and care about each other.

They are planning on a fairly small wedding, just family and a few close friends. They decided they would like to have an engagement party so they could announce their engagement to co-workers and other friends. Their friend owns Maxwells, a restaurant in Tacoma so they held the party there. It was fun because they were able to use the outdoor courtyard. We all helped decorate so it looked great with little white on all the trees and candles and fresh flowers on the tables. It was a great turnout and they both looked so happy.

Russell, Emily's fiance has season tickets for he and Emily. And he is such a GREAT future son-in-law that he gave me his ticket to one of the games so Emily and I could go together and enjoy the fun! It was a super game, in spite of the Seahawk's loss. I had never been to a game at Quest Field before so it was pretty exciting. I love ALL the noise the fans make - in fact Seahawks hold the record for the most false starts by the opposing team because we make so much noise they "jump the gun". It was funny that the Wenatchee Mariachi dancers and singers were performing that day too so I got some pictures of some of my former middle school students who are now performers with the group.

Well it looks like I started this blog over a year ago and haven't done much with it. I will add a few pictures and comments on the things that have happened over the past year and then try to keep it updated a little more often.