the quilt

My sister, Kristine made a quilt for me for Christmas! She is super talented. I love her attention to quality and detail. She hand stitched the entire border!! Now it's laying on my bed and I get excited each time I see it. Although I wish she was just standing there posing with it every time I walked in my room... having it my bed is second best. Thanks Teen!

Husky Volleyball - Seattle

One can never have too much fun at a Husky Volleyball game. 

Purple fo Life!

Halloween

Keeping with the 'hooded-animal' theme of mine I decided to be a skunk this year... i made it in about 20 minutes and it was pretty lame. 

Mags and Jane kill the dance floor and the laughs.

Skunks dont have reflector legs but I thought I should add that detail when I heard about this story. 

We had a team costume at work. We entered 'Best Group' costume and lost. 80's Roller Skater/roller derby team?? It was fun. We had a real roller derby contest in each department to show off and it was intense!! Full body contact! I am surprised non of us had sprained ankles. 

Learning about Dale

Jen, Jane and I went to the Dale Chihuly museum while we were in Seattle. It was a good time. I have always admired his work and the museum itself it really well done. Plus we were lucky enough to have our own tour guide who works with Dale personally. 

seattle sunday stroll

Sister trust circle. 

Documenting people I ride in cars with might actually be interesting someday.

During my lovely conversation with Richie to the airport we had a lovely sky to look at.

31 is fun

31st Birthday

Porters/Mom/Jane/Grandma provided a lovely birthday meal and showered me with love.

I love kids on birthdays. They are so excited for you.

Wishing for world dominance.

Flowers from Mom/Dad

Cool present and wrapping from Jane

Thanks Family

MFR 2012 Picture Day

We went with the Baseball T-shirt for the family reunion in July this year. 

The theme: Fortune Favors the Brave.

Hopefully I will get the full family shot from DB and post it. 

These guys look good in their Baseball Tees.

Making a triangle with our hands. Get it?  

Deer watching everyday. Kenyon wins for best animal spotting. (moose, deer, giraffes)

Milan 12

In April I went to Milan, Italy for the Salone De Mobile show. Going to Europe is always awesome and it's pretty cool to 'get out of the office' this way. We always come back with loads of ideas even if the show isn't top-notch impressive. 

Yeah... this sign wasn't snobby at alllllll....

BEST DAY OF MY LIFE! Literally ran into my BFF teammate, Libba! We didn't even know we were both in italy let alone at the same trade show on the same floor! What are the odds! We jumped into each-others arms and screamed it was so funny. (Her hub is an architect so that is how they ended up attending the show.)

 This is one of my favorite locations at the show every year. It's an incredible setting and the blue painted metal is so pretty with the overcast skies in Milan. Plus the people watching here is unreal.