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Seattle mom of twin boys always on the go. Check out our blog for our adventures in the #pnw and beyond. šø #shotoniphone
A few last photos from May and Iām not sure Iām ready for this next month. Maybe thatās one reason weāve just been on the go since January this year. Itās the guysā final bit of school at their K-8 and itās starting to really hit us all. This is also likely the last time they go to school together and theyāve been such a pair their whole lives. I know itās good for them, and for me too, but it doesnāt make it feel any easier. Usually this time of year Iām so done with making lunches and driving to all the things but this year itās feeling just all that more sentimental. Itās hard to believe that time passes so quickly but it really does. Are you on summer holidays already or do you still have a bit to go too?
Weāre heading out on another adventure soon so Iāve been frantically deleting photos off my phone to make room so here are a few Arizona photos I donāt want to forget. And to explain the falcon picture: we were coming out of our hotel room on the way to coffee and were unexpectedly greeted by this beautiful bird. How many times has that ever happened? And the fry bread place is one weāve stopped at every time weāre in the area since the kids were small- itās absolutely delicious.
Letting out a bit of sad this morning because it fits today and itās been percolating for a little while now. Iām reading a book by Jodi Picoult and Iām only about a chapter in but it starts with a quote āLife can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwardsā (SĆøren Kierkegaard) and I canāt get this quote out of my head. It reminds me of when I visited my jichan at the beginning of last year when he was still living in his house on his own and it didnāt feel like there was a hint or whisper that his health would drastically fail a few weeks later. My husband and I were having tea with him at his kitchen table and then he disappeared around the corner for long enough that I went to check on him. I found him fiddling with a frame from his wall that was full of old pictures from my childhood -a frame that had been on his wall as long as I can remember. My husband offered to help him put it back up. But my jichan gave it to me. Why are you giving me this? And he wouldnāt put it back on his wall. Why are you giving me this? And I cried all the way home. Now the frame is on my wall and there will be no more new photos or memories and tomorrow it will be a year since my jichan left this earth. And I can feel the giant hole in my heart that I try my best to ignore most days. I donāt know if it will ever go away. I worry sometimes that over the years it will be more like a black hole in the universe that will eventually swallow up everything in its path. But Iām hoping it becomes more like that pottery art where you fill broken ceramics with gold to make them more resilient and imperfectly beautiful. It gives me a little peace to see the happy faces in the photographs. surrounding me as a little kid. And I still feel like that little kid on so many days. Maybe even in his 90s my jichan did too. I donāt know if we ever feel old enough, ready enough, wise enough⦠But maybe somehow he knew Iād need these memories more than anything. Maybe we do figure things out a bit more as we age. I hope so. I miss you jichan. ā¤ļø I still canāt believe youāre gone.
**GIVEAWAY closed congrats @mollywanderstheworld ** Does your neighborhood store have Bingo?! I am partnering with @pccmarkets this year to share happenings at the Ballard store near where I live. I recently popped in to pick up a few plants to spruce up my garden as well as get some local snacks to share with a friend when I noticed a sign that says there is Bingo here every first Thursday of the month from 4-6pm in the Cove area where my guys and I had the most delicious chowder a few weeks ago. Any guesses where Iāll be on one of these upcoming Thursdays soon? Do you love Bingo? Or even just shopping for plants too? I also have a $50 gift card to giveaway to one of you! To enter: šmake sure you are following @helloterumi and @pccmarkets šlike and save this post šcomment below about the last time you played Bingoš or if you know what kind of plant Iām holding in the cover picture. štag a friend for a bonus entry This giveaway closes 5/24/2023 at 11:59 pm PT and the winner will be chosen randomly and contacted through Instagram DM. Do not share personal details with other accounts. This giveaway is not affiliated with Instagram. Good luck!āØāØāØ
Feels like we got a bonus summer night or maybe a preview, the kind of lazy evening with pretty light and pizza outside and no fixed plans where we all feel like weāre almost 12 againāØāØāØ (and then we watched Ted Lasso and that show is simply perfect too. Are you watching it too?) happy weekend ā¤ļø
I headed to @traveltacoma today to hang out with @msrachelteodoro and check out the new @utopian.garden exhibit put on by @tacomaartslive āØāØāØ and hereās a little peek. Also make sure to stop in @luv.a.latte.espresso if youāre in the area. Itās such a cute coffee shop and I tried a pink drink there (itās in my stories) made with white coffee (I had never heard of this type of coffee before but it has to do with how the beans are roasted) and it was delicious. I wish I had time to stop at the @museumofglass today as well but I was in a bit of a rush to get home so Iāll have to come back again soon. (I think it might even be reciprocal and free with some levels of the @mohaiseattle membership Iāll have to check)As I drove back to Seattle after the exhibit I was reminded how art inspires our minds in ways we donāt always realize, especially when weāre invited to immerse ourselves in it and play and take our time with it and I donāt think we always value experiences like this enough. And donāt you feel a bit more creative after seeing a bit of art too? #tacoma #utopiangarden #tacomaart #tacomaartist #immersiveart
Sometimes even just a short walk changes the day āØwhen Scout strikes a pose in an attempt for treats and makes us laugh āØand we see that the lupines are almost blooming āØwe notice the sky feels too much like fire season tonight. Is it just me or did you smell smoke too? āØand I never noticed that buttercups arenāt all the same or maybe these are a different type of flower? āØAnd where did this boat come from and where will it go? How many hundreds of journeys and stories does it have? We pass so many things in our day without really noticing. And suddenly itās not just a regular evening, but one we might remember for a little while longer. š
**all free coffee drinks have been claimed. Thank you for stopping by one of my favorite Seattle coffee shops** This week Iām visiting some local coffee shops for Small Business Month with #toyota and the new #bZ4X battery electric vehicle (itās a fun ride but I do have to give this one back) and tomorrow if youāre in Seattle I might have a coffee for you too. Iāve partnered with @toyotausa to support one of my favorite local shops @theflorabakehouse (if youāve been following for a bit you may have heard me talk about them before). The energy and positivity this place puts into our Seattle community is admirable-I have seen them give back so much to local schools, I love following along with their instagram feed and their rose cardamom latte is pretty delicious too-so today (May 16) Iāve left a gift card there for a free coffee drink on me (and Toyota) until it runs out (maybe the first 50ish customers or so after @theflorabakehouse opens at 7am) Have you been to this local āļøshop before and did you know Toyota has a battery electric SUV? #sponsored (PS Iām also really proud that I figured out how to connect my phone to the car to setup my maps and listening books all on my own and how cool is it that cars can do this? The first car I ever drove had cassette tapes-weāve come a long way! And donāt get me started on how incredible it is that this vehicle gets its energy from a plugā¦)
Happy Friday!! Did this one come way too quickly for you too? Apparently itās supposed to get Arizona hot in Seattle this weekend and I have no idea what to think about that-Iām still unpacking from a few days away in actual Arizona so maybe we brought the weather home in our suitcases? Iām really thankful my husband helped me do this conference safely and less lonely (my immune system is still wiped out from my infusion treatments so I have to be so careful even not to get a cold) and convinced me I could even do a little bit of the Camelback mountain hike so we could catch some views. I also really appreciated him waking me up for 5:30 am swims-Iām really not a morning person but havenāt swam in way too long. At 5:30am the pool was empty. And it felt glorious. (Morning people really have it good.) Happy weekend!! (ps. If you have fun plans let me know šIād love to follow along. š)
#ad My guys humored me the other night @thelandinginrenton with a picture Iām going to frame for my own Motherās Day gift and isnāt it sometimes the simplest things that become the most precious?? Also if youāre local @thelandinginrenton is having a fun giveaway where you get a chance to tell why your mom is special to you ( Iāve posted the link )šand I think this would make the sweetest gift too. We went for dinner and it was tough to choose between places like @doughzoneusa @papayavietnamese @therockwoodfiredpizza and @bigchickenshaq but the guys decided we havenāt had @redrobinburgers in way too long and they were craving the mud pie. Iām always amazed how they can make a giant dessert like that disappear in seconds. And it was just a really nice evening hanging out together- I love how spontaneous nights like this, especially on golden weather days, become unexpected memories. (Like does Motherās Day need to be celebrated on the exact day or can we have it on another day or even stretch it out over a few days to make it more of a celebration month too?)
I used to be so scared of flying. Iām not sure if it was being so high up in the air or claustrophobia or a combination of both. But after not being able to fly at all in 2020, Iāve noticed that all Iāve felt when I look out the window in an airplane lately is just awe. It is pretty incredible that we can buy a ticket, settle ourselves in a chair in this bird-like vehicle and suddenly weāre in the air, so far above our everyday life. How much more magical could anything be? Maybe not being able to travel at all has now become the scarier thing than the fears I used to have. And maybe sometimes this is what it takes to appreciate something weāve taken for granted. Iām so thankful we can fly again. (Also do you prefer the window or the aisle seat? )
When you meet some of your nephewās heroes. āØāØāØ Thank you so much @blippi and @theofficialmeekah this was the sweetest! @alizinna wish you guys were here IRL for this. š #mom2summit #blippi #meeka #auntieteethatsme
So naturally itās a place weāve been thinking about visiting recently too because itās very close to Seattle but still feels like it could be worlds away. Now that we have a pup it is harder to find a spot because Scout can only stay in the dog friendly cabins they have or in a few other room types Iāve been frantically checking to see when any of the dog friendly cabins were available on days we could visit and we were so lucky when everything lined up for a quick last minute trip. And like Disneyland since Costco has a membership/entry fee that can be enforced if people refuse to follow the rules, I feel like itās one place where people are compliant