So Mommy's first true Mother's Day was spent on a beautiful Seattle spring day afternoon at the Zoo. We were definitely not the only ones with the same idea so it was pretty crowded. But we had fun nonetheless and got see some cute animals before calling… more »

Alicia and Keith came to visit us this weekend from So. Cal. The weather cooperated on Saurday for our quick tour of Seattle and for the Seattle Sounders game they came to see that evening. Unfortunately, Saturday was the only day without rain! Sunday an… more »

So I picked up a new hobby last year. Mommy thought it would be something cute like badminton, golf, mountain biking, competitive chess, or stamp collecting - no no, it had to be drag racing. Well not exactly like professional drag racing, just taking th… more »

Took our Valentines Day date to head over to the Seattle Aquarium in downtown. We thought we'd escape the crowds but I guess we weren't only the ones with the idea for a low-cost cheap date :). The Aquarium isn't very big at all unfortunately, I think we… more »

Our first Christmas as an extended family - so we were home, snowed-in and celebrating the good fortune we've received this year and hoping next year brings us just as much joy. Mateo opened all his gifts that came from Santa, Family and Friends (thank y… more »

Well 2 years ago during the last winter wind storm - we got lucky and only lost power for a day and a half while some of our next door neighbors were out for a week at least. So it looks like that tomorrow will not only be worse than the 2006 storm, it's… more »

Needless to say - this picture should describe the extent of the snow-ice mix we've been getting for the last week. I'm just glad I got the tirechains on early enough to not freeze putting them on when snow was falling heavy.  We both stayed home from wo… more »

Well it looks like we got our first snowfall of the year and man it's cold! It was 24 degrees this morning and the wind is blowing 20-30miles an hour so the wind chill is in the low teens, single digits. We hardly ever get any signficant amount of snow h… more »

My brother Rene and his wife Rose came over from NY and spent a week with us vacationing in Sea-Town.  It was a great time and we were throwing down some serious Dominican food with the industrial-size luggage of Salchichon, Platanos, Yuca, Batata, Sofr… more »

Ever since moving up here, I've wanted to go to the Museum of Flight. Since Boeing's headquarters used to be in Seattle and all of their major factories are still here, the museum essentially is a who's who of U.S. aircraft history.They had an awesome WW… more »