A random picture. When I taught middle school Language Arts and had a "free write" I would often give the students a piece of art, a writing prompt, or picture to help them get started. This is me inside a rock. The hole was actually made from a trapped gas bubble "Miiiillllliiiiooonnnnsss of yeeeeeaaaaarrrrrrs agooooo!" (read in a deep baritone voice that kind of does an echo-y thing in your head) when Ranier was active. Todd and I decided that we would do "all things Seattle" for our second anniversary and visiting Paradise National Park by Ranier turned out to be one of those things... I was about three months pregnant and feeling pretty well so we set out to go to Pike Place, the Space Needle, go to a Mariner's game, stay downtown, have coffee (decaf at the time), and well, hike! So now we've celebrated our anniversaries at:

Cannon Beach - 1st Anniversary

Seattle / Mt. Ranier - 2nd Anniversary

at home with Sarah - 3rd Anniversary

Climbing Mt. Pilchuck - 4th Anniversary

(there was fog at the top - not much to show in a summit picture...)

Next we're planning a hot air balloon ride for our 5th - complete with a yummy champagne brunch afterward... Hope my prone-to-motion-sick-head/stomach can handle a balloon ride! Sure, it's still 10 months away until August 2008, but I'm so EXCITED...I just love being married to Todd...