4th of July = CARNAGE!

As is becoming our tradition, we went to the Evergeen Speedway for the 4th of July. They always have great number of events for the 4th and this year was no exception. Figure 8 Races, School bus Figure 8, Boat races, rollovers and an awesome Jet Car!

Plus, Charlotte and I got to ride in a real, live Monster truck. It was entirely awesome and totally worth my $7.

In line, barely containing our excitement!

Actually on the truck, I was surprised just how tall they really are. This truly is the Monster Truck in it's natural habitat. It allowed us aboard and did donuts. So awesome!

During the School bus races, one of them actually tipped over. The crowd went crazy!

Oops!

The best event of the night; the Jet Car MELTED a Honda Civic. Melted it! Sparks everywhere, super loud engines. My little white trash heart melted too!

Emerald City Con

James and his brother went to check out the Emerald City Comic-Con. There were many folks in costume with James' favorite being a little kid dressed as zombie Captain America.

I think James may have stumbled upon a real-life elf or something. She's shorter than me!

Keep out of direct sunlight...

Also in May an effort was made to provide some fun for those of who don't worship the sun. Wedgwood held an Indoor Party with board games, Rock Band and a variety of kid activities.Greg getting his butt kicked by a bunch of girls! True, it's Monopoly, but still.

James trying his hand at Rock Band. He rocked.

This little imp is Natasha, our god daughter. Isn't she cute?

Revisiting old favs...

In May, We headed up to Snoqualmie Falls, where they filmed Twin Peaks, one of our favorite shows. It's become kind of an annual trek. We head up to see the falls, eat cherry pie at the 'T-Mar' and hang out. My very own Agent Cooper.

Getting Older

In May, James and Jessica both got older. We treated them to alcohol so they could forget their decrepitness. I kid, I kid. But they did get alcohol.

The kids all loved Edgar. He's such an awesome, mellow cat that he took it.

Hallelujah! I got a new oven!

Our house has a few quirks; one of which was a rather small oven. This oven couldn't fit a large pizza and once made me return a lovely cookie sheet I got for Christmas cause the cookie sheet was too big!

Thanks to Uncle Sam and a loving husband I got a shiny, new, DOUBLE oven!! See the transformation below.

Remove the offending appliance!Remove the offending cabinet!

Enjoy shiny new oven!

Godkids Galore!

After I got back from my trip to DC, we had some of godkids over for the day. We spent a lot of time putting on jewelry and being girly (well, the gentlemen didn't join us in that part) then it started to snow! In April!

So we suited everyone up as best we could and headed out.

After getting pretty darn cold, we headed in for the obligatory clothing change and hot chocolate!