Whitney's thoughts... Random as they may be

So my presents from Melissa have all been given to me. They were all great!!

Megan, Melissa, Lilly and I went to Forks last weekend. We drove over Saturday morning and came back Sunday evening. It was my first time on a ferry in years. I had forgotten how much I love them. The drive to Forks is long, but super pretty. We drove past Port Gamble. I had no idea towns looked like that.

Forks was so cute! Very misty, and green, and wet. I can see why Stephanie Meyer chose it for the books. I was all prepared for cold & rainy weather, but it was sunny all weekend. We saw all the book places in town then drove out to First Beach in La Push. It is one of the most beautiful places I've been too. There was so much drift wood!!! We saw a resort there with cabins on the beach... I know where I'm going to vacation this summer. We also went to a diner that had a Bella Burger. It had pineapple on it... YUMMY!!!! It came with vampire teeth =) Sunday we went to the Quileute Indian Cemetery. It was very interesting. There didn't seem to be any logic to how the graves were placed, and all of them had trinkets on them. After the cemetery we headed home. I had a great time there, and I am glad Melissa took me.

Saturday morning a whole bunch of us went adn saw Twilight. It was a good movie. I still like the book more... But Melissa and I are going to go see it again tomorrow so we will see if I like it any better then.

After the movie I went to Melissa's to watch the Apple Cup with her, her parents, Meg & kids, and Danielle & kids. It was a good game and I am SOOOOOO happy my team won!!!! GO COUGS!!!! Jackson made a bet with Megan that the Cougs would win... So she had to cough up $20 when they won in double OT.

Today I have been working on a reseach paper... I am almost done, I just can't figure out how to end it....

November has always been one of my favorite months for a few reasons.
1. My birthday (yay for presents)
2. Thanksgiving
3. Fall colors
4. The snow dust on the mountains

This November is looking great so far!! I have lots of plans and so much to look forward to. I've also had good things happen.

11/03: Watched TV & ate dinner with Melissa. My Monday ritual that I love so much.
11/04: ELECTION DAY!! I watched the results at Melissa's. I was so happy Obama won. What a great turning point in US history.
11:05: Happy Birthday to me! I got a email from Sean today.. what a great way to start my day. Sean is in Iraq & I worry about him I'm glad he's safe. Went to dinner with my parents, Kelly, my sister & her kids. I got lots of great presents. Seahawk tickets, a new hoodie, gift card to get my nais done, a door mat & a outdoor canopy. I got everything I wanted! After dinner I hung out with Melissa & watched Superbad (it was so funny).
11/06: Went to a casino night at a law firm. I ike playing with fake money.. I don't feel as bad when I lose.
11:07: Babysat Lilly. I took her to a football game my cousin was in. They lost but it was stil fun.
11/08: Tonight is my birthday party... YAY!!

Then there is that one thing that is making my whole November amazing... It all centers around my favorite books. The one's I have read 3 times already & can't wait to read again... The Twilight series. And Megan found Midnight Sun.. & made me love Edward even more. Then there is my present from Melissa; I guess 27 years of friendship allowed her to see exactly what I wanted before I even knew. Here is what she is giving/gave me: Twilight Soundtrack, a ticket to the movie, and a trip to FORKS!! She even reserved the Edward & Bella suite. She is so wonderful! And the best part is.. She is spreading it out over the month so it is like my birthday every weekend =)

I am done being lame and I am finally posting my New York pictures. Sorry it took so long, but being lazy is hard work.



Me and Lady Liberty
Ellis Island
My grandma came thru Ellis Island in 1920
Kelly with a MLB statue for the All Star game
My great grandparent's names on the wall of names at Ellis Island

I went to NYC for a whole week & didn't post a blog once... Lame, I know... But I was sooooo tired! I will attempt to do it this week. I have lots of cool pictures.

Me and Megan

The ladies again

Me and Carsten.. I look so short

Jamie and Carsten

Me and Jamie

**NOTE**
I wanted to do this post separate because Kelly is special and deserves his own post.

On June 4th Kelly turned 40. We celebrated that night with a nice dinner. Kelli & Shane came down from Custer and took us, and Jamie out to dinner at Bucca di Beppo. It was super good. I love Kelli & Shane, but we don't see them much because they live far away. It was nice to be able to spend a few hours with them and relax. It was a really good time filled with good food, good friends and lots of laughter.

Since 40 is a big birthday I wanted to do some thing special. I decided (after months of begging him to let me) to throw Kelly a party. I like to go to parties, and I can plan a fun time (just ask Melissa... Her Bridal Shower rocked), but I decided to enlist some help with this one. Jamie is like Martha Stewart and her parties are always fun, so I asked her to help me. She was more than willing and went above and beyond what she needed to. She made this party awesome.

Anyone who has every been to a party with me (besides the Shower mentioned above) knows they are laid back. Basically we have drinks, finger foods, maybe pizza, and we have a blast. Thanks 100% to Jaime this party was full of GREAT food. Kelly made some BBQ pulled pork, Jamie made Jerk Chicken, potato-corn salad, baked beans, and chocolate covered strawberries. Plus we had 40 huge cupcakes from Costco. Everything was super tasty.

Kelly is a bug fan of Red Hook beer so I got a Pony Keg (60 pints) of ESB. We didn't finish it, but everyone had a lot of beer... Well someone did anyways. Meg and I stuck to Malibu (of course). We had these drink dispensers that look like Humming Bird feeders. They were a great idea.

Since Megan's is across the parking lot, everyone who had kids dropped them off at her house, and Talia babysat. The kids came over a few time but mostly hung out over there. We did have one special appearance from Jackson. He sang Happy Birthday to Kelly and accompanied himself with armpit farts. It was so funny.

The party started at 5pm and the last guest (Megan) left at midnight... Well unless you count Jamie, who left at 8 o'clock this morning. All-in-all it was a great time. It was nice to see everyone over having a good time. I think I am going to have more parties here. I was especially happy that Melissa and Jamie got along so well. They are the 2 ladies I spend the most time with and now I can hang out with them together because they like each other. I think they already have a party idea in mind.. Something about Pimps and Hoes I think. Melissa & I have tons of matching clothes, and Jamie and I have matching shirts and pants... I wonder if the 3 of us will start dressing a like.. hmmm.... I'll let you know.

FYI.. I didn't take too many pictures but I may post them once I feel like uploading them off my camera.

It has been too long since I posted a blog. Sorry. The end of May was SUPER busy for me.

3 really exciting things happened.

First... I adopted a dog!! YAY!! Her name is Madison (Maddy) Skywalker Davis. She is a blue heeler (Australian Cattle dog) with SOOO much energy. I got her from PAWS in Lynnwood, WA. They were so good to work with and I am so happy with my baby girl. Maddy and her energy have been challenging but I am working on her. We plan on enrolling her in obedience school as soon as we can. We got her on 05/20 and took her camping with us to Winthrop over Memorial Day with the family. We all had a good time. She learned her name (always important), and that is where we picked her middle name. It was a toss up between Skywalker and Kain. My nephew, Kain, really wanted her to be named after him, but Kelly vetoed. Maddy LOVES Kain and thinks that she is his lap dog.




Maddy smiling while she relaxes at the campground.
Buster and Maddy on the ride to Winthrop. She has a cone on because she was just spayed.
Kelly insisted we stop at a waterfall so we could take our picture. This is on the side of the road at the top of Washington Pass on HWY-20
Jackson and Mia at Sunridge Mtn in Winthrop.

Second.. Kelly got a new job! YAY!!!!!!!!! I am so happy about that! I liked working with him for the last year, but he hasn't been happy. Insurance is what he loves, so customer service for cell phones wasn't a good fit. I am happy to say that on June 2ND, he started at PEMCO insurance. He is an adjuster there. It was a HUGE raise too (more shopping for me!!). Work has been different without him, but I know he is happy so that is what matters.

Third... Kelly and I moved to Lynnwood. Kelly REALLY loved our place in Seattle, but a 500 sq. ft Studio with 2 people, a dog and a cat is just too crammed. Plus there was a lot of construction, and more coming, so there wasn't a lot of parking. We moved into the same complex as Megan, Tali & Jackson. We really like the 1200 sq. ft. here. Plus we have a fenced in backyard so the dogs have room to play around. My commute to work is a lot longer, but on the plus side... Kelly now works about a mile from our new place. In the fall they will move their office to the office complex behind us. His walk to work should be about 5 minutes. We love living closer to our friends and family. I see Megan & kids almost everyday now which is nice.

I do have to thank my friend Jamie for all of her help with out move. We could not have done it with out her. Kelly & Sal spend one day moving all of the big stuff from the old place and my storage, but all the other stuff needed to be done. Jamie spend a whole day there packing by herself while we were working. Then she came back on our last day and helped pack the rest and cleaned the whole place. She also helped me unpack some in the new place. She is a sweetie and I am so thankful for all of her help.