Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Our Weekend with the Waldhers

Our ride to Pomeroy


Liz strategizing

Post-game drinks!

Liz and Joe were fabulous hosts to Blinn, Gus and I this weekend. We took our first trip down to Pomeroy to watch Coach Waldher and the Pomeroy girls softball team take on Dayton; and of course to hang out with Liz, Joe, and Odie. The Pirates had NO bench (some girls were sick, some were rodeo-ing, and some were shopping for prom dresses), and unfortunately (okay, maybe fortunately)the first game was called in the 3rd inning 34-2. The second game wasn't much better, but Liz provided the comic relief! Two Elizabeth funnies I need to share: 1. Yelling at her pitcher to "try it overhand next time" after the girl had walked about, oh let's say 10+ batters; and 2. "Hey Brenna, where's your cup?"- that was directed at Liz's FEMALE catcher who got hit with a pitch- I'll let you figure out where.

After that blow out, the 3 of us went over to Waitsburg to have some beers at their brewery. Bubby definitely deserved it! Our Saturday ended with Blinn and Joe golfing while Liz got dinner ready. We had a delicious breakfast the next morning, rounding out a wonderful weekend with our sissy and bro.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Kickin it with the Carolinians

Bladdie & Jakelet (?)
Hermanos a Del Red
Gus's new haircut!
Post title courtesy of Blinn himself.

Jake and Scarlet arrived back in the Evergreen State last Saturday. We met up with them and the extended Carstensen/Engelhardt family in Soap Lake for dinner and karaoke. Fortunately, the barmaid at the Del Red did not remember Blinn. ; ) Both dinner and the post-party were a ton of fun, and after a busy week of seeing many friends, and family, Jake and Scarlet made their way up to our house in Spokane on Saturday. We met up with Justin and Theresa for lunch at Red Robin (Scarlet and I refused to let Jake choose Applebee's for our dining experience), and then went to the Season Ticket to watch basketball for a bit. It was SO nice to spend time with them, and we're looking forward for our visit back east later this year!
This post is a bit picture heavy. There have been many requests for pictures of our Gus Bear! How can we deny his fans?! Gus visited the groomers on Friday afternoon and got his first "real" haircut. As I'm writing this, I realize that I've become one of "those people" that talk about their dog as if it were a child. For the record, I don't care. :) Anyways, he looks dapper and charmed even the harshest critic...Jake.

Next weekend we're heading down to Pomeroy to visit Joe and Elizabeth! Bubby is the high school girls softball coach! Maybe Joe will have some more jerky for us...hint hint. This will be our first visit down there, and we're really excited! Go Pirates!

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

We're (okay Addie is) Bloggers!


I've been debating about doing this for a while now, and I finally decided to join the cool kids and enter the world of blogging! Yey! I hope that this will be a fun way for people to see what Blinn and I (and of course Gus) are up to. Not gonna lie, we're not all that exciting, but it seems like a good way to keep in touch.

As I'm sure most of you already know, we live and work in Spokane (the 'Kan) and have been married for 2 1/2 years. It's been a ton of fun and I know there's lots more good times on the way for our family. Blinn works at Northwest Farm Credit Services as a loan officer in their Capital Markets division. I'm just wrapping up a stint in Commercial Appraisal and heading back to Sterling as a Construction Special Project Specialist on April 14. YEY! We love banker's hours!!!!

Let's see, what's new? We just had a great weekend with friends and family...Addie turned 26 and Ter became another year closer to joining the AARP, so we jointly celebrated our birthdays on Sunday with brunch. Mom and Dad Lust and Mom and Dad Carstensen along with Justin, Em, Ryan, Liz (Joe was winning 2nd place in a golf tourney!), and Grammie and Papa all made the trip up to Spokane. It was super fun and a great way to spend a Sunday morning. Now we're looking forward to another fun weekend and a visit from our East Coast siblings...Jake and Scarlet!!!! They're flying in from North Carolina on Saturday and we're SOOOOO excited for that reunion!

So that's what's up with Bladdie as of late!