sunny saturday

Jeff and I had a lovely day today! It was sunny and warm all day, and we spent most of it outside. We visited the cats, they were pretty happy to get to run around outside. We had some lunch, fed the fish, and sat out in the yard. We wandered around, came up with some landscaping ideas for the side of the house. We think Mom and Dad should have a tree cutting party to take down the tree that's leaning against the neighbors fence, and clean up the garden on that side of the house. It would be pretty cool.



A funny moment- we were in the backyard and saw Gary by the woodpile on the side of the house. He ran off, and next thing we knew, he was inside the family room, looking at us through the sliding glass door! Tricky little cat.

Sebby got lots of petting, he was shedding like crazy. He also defended the house! Apparently, for about an hour, there was another cat in the trees near the neighbors fence. Annie wandered by (right behind my lawnchair) and got scared! Sebby came running and hissed and meowed at the other cat until it slowly backed down, and jumped up and back over the fence. Sebastian was very proud.

We were there for about two hours, and the cats were actually ready to go back in when we left! We had to hunt for Gary, but he came back in through the family room once Jeff found him in the backyard.
After that, we meandered down Mukilteo Boulevard. We drove around in the View Ridge neighborhood area and stumbled upon lower Howarth Park.
We walked around a bit, and then continued on- to Lowell Riverfront Park. It was even warmer outside now. We went on a little walk, watched a little four year old pedaling as fast as he could to keep up with his dad on another bike.

We made our way into downtown Snohomish and walked and shopped up and down First Street. Jeff and I had fun browsing through some antique shops. I love the old desks, Jeff liked looking at old Coca Cola stuff, old advertising, and more. I think the place we were in was staying afloat through ebay sales.
We were very jealous of Snohomish, for Mukilteo. It would be lovely to have a four block area with four or five bars and restaurants. Can't even imagine how nice that would be.

We drove back along Riverside drive, on the other side of the Snohomish River, and finally found an onramp to the trestle. We grocery shopped at Fred Meyers (man, much cheaper than QFC!!), and came home for cheeseburgers, macaroni salad and baked beans! We used the camping grill we borrowed for Cama Beach. We're excited to cook on it all week-- got some hot dogs (and extra buns for $0.39, crazy!!), burgers and are ready to have dinner all week.

Now, it's time for an evening nap before we go out. Arizona sounds fun, where Anne, Alex, Mom and Dad are, but we made a pretty good day out of our Saturday!