Lately

Did you start to worry we were dead? Fear not, just staying closer to home.

 Matt won tickets to a NW Symphony show that was a partnership with a Cuban symphony. It was billed as the first time Cubans and Americans had performed together in the states since the revolution. Either way, it was a neat show, with some sweet salsa dancing after. Thanks to Russell, we got to sit in the Founders Box with th Cultural Minister of Cuba.

Matt got in the NW Runner magazine for his sweet performance in the Skagit Valley Half


We went to the Zoo with Andy and nephew Ben - so fun!

Free Hey Marseilles concert downtown - awesome

 Pumkin Carving - also neat

A work trip to Dallas - bleh

amazing cooking class at Diane's Market Kitchen - highly recommend 

West Seattle Farmers Market foray 

hang in there...it's going to be a less-than-thrilling next few months as we continue to dig into school.

Napa, CA 2012

 We were originally supposed to have a direct flight home from Hawaii, but Alaska cancelled that flight and sent us home through Oakland. I wasn't too happy about this turn of events, but noted that Oakland was only a short drive from Napa so negotiated a 24 hour layover with them in return since we had the time.

We had lovely weather, stopped by two new wineries (V.Sattui and Saint Supery), returned to a favorite from last year (Alpha and Omega, still favorite), and had a great lunch at Cindy's Backstreet Kitchen. At one of the wineries they were crushing grapes that day, which was neat. We almost missed our flight home due to traffic, left the wine we had purchased in our rental car in our rush (were able to rescue it), and made it home just in time to meet up with our friends for Jarrett's birthday party. Hooray.

Scuba Diving Hawaii - the professional photos

I detailed our Scuba diving adventures in this post earlier in the week, and now for the fun stuff. You suffered through my attempts at underwater photography, and now you get to see the professional stuff - all by Victoria at Extended Horizons. Enjoy.