Memorial Day Weekend in Dayton

Brett and I went to Dayton for Memorial Day Weekend. And I am not talking about Dayton Ohio. Dayton Washington is located 45 minutes Northeast of Walla Walla, at the foot of the Blue Mountains. Grandma Spoon still lives in Dayton, in the house where her parents lived. Kay spent a majority of her childhood in Dayton as well. Dayton Days is held over Memorial Day weekend every year. Normally there is a parade and rodeo, but due to a Horse virus the horses were in quarantine. So instead of using horses in the parade, many people were on 4 wheelers or in the back of pick-up trucks. They also had to cancel the rodeo. Brett and Kay were my tour guides and showed me all around the town. We went to a goat cheese factory and went mushroom hunting in the Blue Mountains. Here are a few pictures from our trip.

Grandma Spoon's House

The Dayton Days parade

Columbia County Court House

The historical Dayton Depot

Lunch at the Book & Brew

The farm where we went goat cheese tasting

Mushroom hunting in the Blue Mountains.

Happy Easter

We spent our first Easter as a married couple making the most of the holiday. We were able to spend time with both families. Church and Brunch were spend with the Miller-Nelsen crew. Finley and Everleigh were the life of the party with their cute accessories, smiles and laughs. The afternoon was spent at the Ledesma household celebrating Easter and Grandma Helen's birthday. Berkley and Lauren showed off their cute Easter dresses and helped Grandma Helen open her gifts.

Easter wouldn't have been complete without a Bunny Cake.

Grandma had great help opening her gifts.

The whole family at dinner

Finley with some her awesome shades.

Everleigh showing off her cute smile.

Gotta love the bunny ears!

Rod Stewart

It has been a while since I last updated our blog. A lot has happened in the last few months. Summer is finally here, but here are a few posts from this spring starting with the Rod Stewart concert.

Through Brett's work we had tickets to go to see Stevie Nicks and Rod Stewart. Rod Stewart is a fabulous entertainer. He was dancing around stage, kicking balls into the crowd, and getting the crowd involved. It was a great concert.

Tulip Festival

Brett and I decided to head north this weekend for the Tulip Festival in the Skagit Valley. This was my first experience, but Brett used to meet his aunt and uncle at the tulip festival when he was younger. We weren't sure if the weather was going to hold out because it was raining off and on during our drive from Everett to Mt. Vernon. Lucky for us it didn't start raining again until we got in the car and headed home. We stopped at Tulip Town to walk around and take some pictures. Afterwords, we drove around and admired other tulip and daffodil fields in the area. We had a wonderful time. Here are a few pictures we wanted to share with everyone.

We couldn't resist taking pictures next to the tulips with our school colors.

Go Huskies!

Go Cougs!

Honeymoon!

Brett and I decided to go to St. Lucia for our Honeymoon! We had a wonderful time. It was nice to get away from Seattle weather in January. We stayed at the Sandals Regency near the capital city of Castries. There were 7 restaurants and 5 pools with 2 swim up bars. Brett enjoyed the local beer, Piton, which is named after the signature mountains on the island. I pretty much drank any drink with a banana in it. Here are some pictures we wanted to share with everyone.

We ate dinner at the Pavilion the first night.

Here is the room we stayed in. We had our own patio with a beautiful view of the ocean.

There were 2 other Sandals resorts on the island. They were just a bus ride away. We enjoyed dinner at the Sandals Grande Restaurant called "Barefoot by the Sea".

Enjoying some time at the pool.

This was the view from our room.

Can't forget the champagne!

Sandals put on a carnival street fair one night. We enjoyed authentic Caribbean food while watching live entertainment.

Here we are enjoying some water sports.

One of our favorite memories from the trip was the Joe's knows tour. We were able to see the island by boat and traveled up the volcano.

We made a stop in Marigot Bay. Part of Pirates of the Caribbean and Dr. Dolittle were filmed there. We also so vacation homes of several celebrities, including George Forman and Mick Jagger.

We had to take our picture in front of the Pitons before getting off the boat.

Out trip wouldn't have been complete without experiencing the mud and sulfur baths.

There were two restaurants at the resort that required reservations. Here we are enjoying a wonderful dinner at "La Toc".

Sandals also had a Beach Party night with more live entertainment and dinner.

Here we are enjoying our last dinner on the Island. We had a wonderful time, but our trip went by way too fast.