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The Concert Evening

Thursday, June 29th, 2017

After our fun time last summer going to a concert at Woodland Park Zoo (come back again, Weird Al!), we were hoping there would be another concert that would appeal to us on the list this year.  The zoo released the concert dates slowly, and FINALLY, we saw the concert that Thumper had always dreamed […]



Baseball On A School Night

Wednesday, June 21st, 2017

Shhhh.  We only have a few days of school left, but they are still important.  We took the kids to Monday night’s Mariners game anyway. We got there so early that the comfy seats by the fire down in the ‘Pen (where lots of great food places reside) were open for the kids.



Flashback Friday

Friday, June 2nd, 2017

Facebook saw fit to remind me that Thumper spent his very first Memorial Day at a baseball game. And it was his very first game, too! He even got to go on the field!  Sort of. The things you can get away with when your aunt is the ballgirl… Now we need to pick a […]



Memorial Day 2017

Tuesday, May 30th, 2017

I finally got to do something that I’ve been wanting to do for the last couple of years, but have been getting sidetracked by baseball games.  And by side trips to Utah. Ane and I attended the Memorial Day service at Evergreen Washelli Veterans Memorial Cemetery.  My grandfather, great-uncle, and great-grandmother are all interred at […]