A wonderful weekend

First off: Wow. That was a horrible game for the Sounders, losing to the L.A.Galaxy 0-4. I think I have seen some youth teams organize the field better than what the Sounders did on Saturday. In a bright spot for me, Landon scored one goal and had three assists. Not too shabby!

I’m not going to talk anymore about the game because it really was dismal. The rest of Saturday really was fantastic though, it was nice to spend a full day with Justin, just the two of us. That hasn’t happened for over a year. My parents took Donovan for the day and Justin and I were free as birds to roam as we pleased. We ran to Southcenter mall and picked up a Sounders FC jersey for Justin, went to the game, bought a new WII game (Mario Bros) got some Ban minh, and then worked in the yard a little bit. The weather was fantastic and we even got a bit of color from being outside!

As great as the day was, spending it with Justin, I missed Donovan from the minute we dropped him off. One kind of gets attached to the little guy, I mean he’s so cute and cuddly and likes to make you smile.

Mother’s Day was very laid back. Justin was amazing and let me sleep in a little and then made me “Eggy in a basket”. For those of you who don’t know, it’s a piece of seasoned grilled French bread with an egg cooked into the a hole in the middle. Its delicious stuff! Then Donovan and I headed off to my parents where we ate some delicious food courtesy of my brother. He made handmade ricotta ravioli with English green peas, pancetta, morel mushrooms and sage browned butter. A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.

After lunch, Donovan got to play with Maya and Kona, surprisingly doing very well! Usually he is afraid of those big, black, slobbery beasts, but yesterday he was laughing at their antics and didn’t mind one bit if he got sprayed by a swinging wet tail, or kissed by a slobbery tongue. It was cute, I should have brought the Nikon but obviously wasn’t thinking. He also had a lovely time walking (ok tripping) up and down the deck stairs. A very Happy happy boy!

After a lovely dinner with my family of Provincial Leg of lamb, roasted potatoes with garlic and mustard and sautéed Brussels sprouts, Justin and I took a very exhausted little man home for bed.

26 years

So I will officially be in my late twenties come Wednesday. I know everyone says that 26 is still mid-twenties, but I beg to differ. To celebrate my late twenties, here are a list of things that I am proud of over my past 26 years.

*Played way too many sports; included in this list: Soccer (duh), horses (Duh), gymnastics, water polo, basketball, softball, volleyball, and ice skating. Unfortunately, I was not very good at any one sport.

*Got to meet and hang out with some cool people; Landon Donovan, Mia Hamm, Julie Foudy, Brandi Chastain, and Kristine Lilly are just a few of them.

*Traveled. I’ve been to Canada, Belgium, Denmark, and France. I hope to add to this list in the future.
Future Travel List: Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, England, Scotland, Italy, Portugal, Greece, China and Japan.

Within the United States, I have been to: WA, OR, ID, CA, NV, AZ, MT, WO, WY, CO, TX, IL , WV, NC, FL, MD, DL, DE, MA, AK, and HI. That’s a lot of states.

*I have a Associates degree from Highline, and a Bachelor’s degree from Central Washington University

At the top of all the things I am proud of, I am most proud that I am married to a wonderful man, have a beautiful, healthy, son, and live in our own home which we unfortunately have to pay the mortgage on.

All in all, I believe that I have lived well my past 26 years. I hope to continue this trend, Life isn’t even half over yet..

Goodbye for now,
Stacy