Our new little Cousin...Anthony Michael

Anthony Michael Neal

Anthony was born on October 15th, weighing 8lbs 8 oz. He is so precious. Meghan and Phillip are very happy and are having a great time with their new little baby. Alexia is also really enjoying her new baby brother. She is being a really big help to Meghan and Phillip.

Crisp October Days

Dodge at 5 Months!

Casey and I wanted some pictures together with Dodge. Ed took us out on a crisp beautiful Sunday morning in October and captured a few pictures of us. He was squirmy the whole time, but we ended up getting some good pictures of the three of us. His puppy face is no longer. :(

Lake Roesiger

Lake Roesiger

Childhood stories and memories are told as Casey takes Dodge and I to one of his favorite places, Lake Roesiger, which is about 20 minutes from our house in Monroe up from highway 2. It was a gorgeous, September, Friday afternoon, some of the trees already changing colors. Dodge was restless from being left at home and was anxiously waiting to get out of the car and run around. He has found a love for chasing a rubber bumper, but oddly enough, won't chase tennis balls. Here are some pictures of our fun afternoon together.

Our Summer Overview

April:

Casey and I bought our first home out in Monroe. We saw the house online and did a drive by one night. We called the listing agent and someone had already made an offer on the house. He said he was sure that it would go through. We decided to start looking around the Monroe area. Three weeks went by and our real estate agent called us with the news that the house that we had fallen in love with was available. The last buyers financing fell through. We went and saw the house that night, made an offer the next day and moved in the end of April.

May:

Casey and I went to Wilmington Delaware to be apart of Dayne and Kelly Mickelson's Wedding. It was a gorgeous, classic wedding. We had a lot of fun hanging out with them after the wedding in Pennselvania before returning back home.

June:

I was in my cousin, Meghan's wedding. It was beautiful outside on a golf course. It was wonderful being apart of her special day.

As many of you know, I have known five people with brain cancer and wanted to do something. I started the first ever Seattle Brain Cancer Walk, which occurred on June 28th. We had about 600 people attend the walk and we raised over $120,000. http://www.braincancerwalk.org/

July:

We added a new member to our family on July 7th, Dodge! We rescued him from the Evergreen Golden Retriever in Bellevue. Someone found his Mom on the side of the road in Port Ludlow giving birth to puppies. She had 9 puppies! We have had so much fun with him.

July was a busy month. We had to trench our yard because of flooding. Every weekday after work and every weekend was spent on our front and back yard. We put the trench in, planted grass and built a fence. It was a ton of work and all of July.

July 26th we took Dodge to the beach in Sequim to see Casey's Grandparents. It was a very fun day. Dodge loved the water and the beach. We wore him out. Ahhh, Casey...such a good daddy ;)

August:

We had a couple of weddings in August. Our good friends Sean and Jaquelyn got married in Bothell. It was beautiful.

August 29th, a trip to Colorado. Our friends James and Erin got married in Windsor, Colorado. Casey and I slept in our rental Prius the first night...that was an adventure. The wedding was also very fun. We had a great time with their families and friends.

September:

We spent the month of September relaxing on most weekends. Spending time with Dodge.

I went to Meghan's Baby shower on the 27th of Setpember. It was great spending time with my family.