Every week we discover something fun, something beautiful that makes us love Seattle so much. This week's discovery includes a 28.5 acres park in Redmond with beautiful sceneries and playground that the kids had a great time at and Newcastle golf course which is the most beautiful place I have ever seen. Mama's hands held their annual dinner and live auction to raise funds for the shelter. Tickets were $125 each and we got free tickets for volunteering. Unfortunately Dan's ticket came late and we weren't able to get a baby sitter so I just went and did some photography for them. They raised over $200,000 so lots of rich people showed up to hand out their $$. Thanks to good people and their kind hearts, the women and children at the House of Hope get another chance to better their lives. The auction was so much fun but the food and scenery of the place is really breath taking. I really felt on top of the world. It is definitely our new favorite place to show people.

NEWCASTLE. The name says it all.




Lots of things happen this week. I was super busy and my super husband had to put the kids down most nights. Thanks sweetheart.
Monday I woke up early and did a wedding photography then took Reena to dance class. Wednesday Dan worked from home so Reena and I could be an audience for King5's New Day Northwest show. Mama's hands was featured as well as David Lawrence clothing designer David Balcolm whom I knew from the Seattle ward. It was a lot of fun and we got the third row so we got great exposures. You can see us under New Day Northwest on King5's website.
Me and New Day NW's host, Margaret Larson.


Spring started in February this year. The white magnolias which were green all year round bloomed from about March and some are still coming in. They come in a variety of colors. I have seen red, white, purple, peach, cream, and pink. We have white and red and they're all around our house. I told Dan to not buy flowers for me but rather just clip a couple of branches and bring them inside for Mother's day. These also grow in the wild so we see them on the roads, too. Beautiful!

Besides those things I just mentioned, we also did a lot of outdoor things. We put in more vegetable plants in our garden. The kids love watering the plants. No, even though weather.com says it's going to rain, it's spring and we gets some spinkles for about 5 minutes and then it's sunny so we still need to water. We went to Golden Garden beach together as a family and then met up with Dave and Kim after for ice cream. We told them about 2 beaches Alki and Golden Garden and miscommunicated our plans so they went to Alki while we went to Golden Garden. Well the summer is quickly approaching and we'll go again probably every weekend.









What makes Seattle unique is their focus on preserving nature. Their goal is to not turn Seattle into New York, Chicago, or Philly. So all around us are trails, parks, beach parks, and natural wild flowers, trees and shrubs that stay green all year round. Have I expressed enough yet how much we LOVE this place? It is the prettiest place any of us have ever seen or lived in. Everyday we wake up and asked "Is this true? Do we really live here or are we just visiting?