Palmer Family Reunion

This weekend we drove down to the Tri-Cities for my aunt missy's pinning ceremony/graduation celebration. My cousin Seth graduated from college as well. The theme of the party was Mardi Gras. We had a catered dinner of New Orleans cuisine and even had a live jazz band playing. My entire family was there down to cousins I haven't seen for years. The weather was great and everyone had a great time. The first picture is a reenactment of my aunts picture that showed up on the front page of the Tri-City Herald the day after graduation.











The entire Palmer clan
My aunt Missy & I


All the boy cousins

Spring Wedding & more yard work

In May Greg & I ventured over to the other side of the state for a wedding. My good friend Toni from nursing school was the lucky bride. The day was very long as we left at around 9 in the morning & didn't get home until 1am the next morning. The wedding was very small and beautiful. It overlooked the ocean. The reception was at salty's restaurant & the food was excellent. The entire wedding was beach themed down to the cake with white chocolate seashells on it.

A couple of weekends ago Greg planted four maple trees in the front yard. His parents were also there to help out. He removed the two dead trees not surviving the winter & added two more. It looks so nice. He also installed path lights leading up to the house running all the wire under the dirt & replaced the old ugly porch lights with new ones. The good thing for me was that it was my weekend to work so I slept all day while he was working outside. The temp was also in the 90s. I think he did an excellent job. The next weekend when I was off I worked in the backyard planted some flowers & started our first vegetable garden. Come August we will be dining on cucumbers, green beans, corn, carrots, & cantaloupe. I also planted sunflowers & pumpkins for fall. We are very excited to see how it turns out.

Back Yard BBQ & yard work

Last Sunday, after working all night, I came home, headed right back downtown for Bloomsday & then came home & planned a BBQ for Greg's Birthday. We couldn't have asked for better weather & we were all able to hang out in the backyard & even played some badmitton. Here are some pictures from the party. We also spent a couple of days this week working out in the back yard. We removed all the old bark, added edging and planted grass seed to give us more grass & less area to weed. Take a look at the before & after pictures.


Greg's golfing birthday cake

Greg enjoying the sun

A friendly game of badmitton
Before the yard work

After the yard work

Award & Seattle

A few weeks ago my mom was awarded with the Horace Mann award for teaching exellence. She was one of only 50 people in the country to get this award. She gets to go to Illinois this summer to study Abraham Lincoln. We were all present when she was presented with the award. Congratulations Mom!


Over the weekend I headed to Seattle to visit my good friend Toni & her fiance. It was a nice relaxing weekend spent shopping ( I was a good girl) sightseeing, & eating good food. I even helped her make her wedding invitations. On Sunday we went to our first Mariners game of the year. The weather was good this weekend & the rain even held off until the 5th inning of the game (thank goodness for the retractable roof)! I get to head back to Seattle in 2 weeks to watch Toni get married. We are so happy for both of them! We love you guys!

Birthdays!!

Within 4 days time, both our nephew Elijah & I had birthdays. Elijah turned 1, I turned 29!! I'm starting to feel so old. For my birthday, Greg & I went to Players & Spectators did some bowling. I'm not very good but it's still fun. For dinner we went to Outback Steakhose with my family. The food was yummy. Then we all came back here to our house for cake, an ice cream one (my favorite). It took Greg awhile to light all those candles on the cake (ignore the logo on his shirt). From my parents I got a cool gardening book & some some roses for my garden. From my grandparents I got money (always a good gift). Greg got me the car seat covers for my car that I had been wanting which unfortunately didn't fit so have to go back. All in all, it was a good relaxing day.

Southern California

Last week I went to Southern California with my parents & our good friends the Moates. Their son Aaron flew down from St. Louis to meet us. We also met up with my 4 year old nephew Joey. We stayed in an amazing hotel right on the beach in Carlsbad, CA. We spent time walking up & down the beach, swimming in the pool, and eating at wonderful restaurants. We also went to Sea World & Disneyland. We all had a blast & didn't want to leave. We have even planned on going back there next spring break.

First Day of Spring?

Today is supposed to be the first day of spring. Instead of waking up to flowers and birds chirping, we wake up to the ground covered in SNOW!! I guess you can never plan on any kind of weather in the NW. On another note, Greg injured his shoulder playing basketball. Had an MRI yesterday & sees an orthopaedic surgeon tomorrow to get the results. We'll keep you updated.