Another Trip to Snowflake Lane

Friday night I rushed home after work, walked and fed the dogs, and then rushed back out to downtown Bellevue. Joe and I were planning to meet a work friend of mine, Stacy, and her boyfriend, Jon, to watch Snowflake Lane. I was driving there and Joe was taking the bus from Renton. Well, it didn't work out quite like we hoped.

Traffic of course was crazy and I barely got parked and made it up to the street before the show started. There are thousands of people who come out for the show and I weaved my way through the crowds in search of my friend but never found her. And Joe was stuck on a bus in traffic and missed the whole thing. So, I watched the show by myself, but it was still amazing. :)

When the show ended, we all met up at the bar in Red Robin. Stacy, Jon and I had drinks and waited for Joe, who was stuck on the bus for an hour. Once he got there, we ordered some appetizers (happy hour started as soon as he arrived, so it was actually good timing), and we had a good time.

But seriously, Snowflake Lane this year has been hard to see! First, Joe had to miss out because he had to wait for a table at ZTejas while my mom and dad and I enjoyed the show. Then, we tried to go with friends but it was pouring down rain. Then we tried to go with other friends and never found each other. Crazy!

We're going to have to plan better next year.

Checking Things Off the List

Since we finally secured our rental in Bellevue, we were able to start making solid moving plans. (Nothing like the last minute, huh?) Joe interviewed a bunch of moving companies and picked the one he felt most comfortable with. They are picking up our stuff on the 9th, and dropping it off at our new place on the 19th. We have spent the whole weekend packing up our place - it looks so bare now and the dogs are totally freaking out. You know, you would think they would finally understand that when we pack like this, they ARE coming with us! Silly puppies.

Our plan at this point is to get everything packed into the moving truck on the 9th, clean our little hearts out the night of the 9th and the morning of the 10th, pick up my wedding dress the afternoon of the 10th, drive to D.C. the night of the 10th, spend the nights of the 10th, 11th, and 12th in D.C., and head cross-country on the 13th. Hopefully it will work out like we hope, but who knows!

Just wanted to give everyone an update. Hope you all are having a fun 4th of July!

Our New Rental!

We secured our condo today - sent the lease and deposit to the real estate agent just a few minutes ago! Did you all hear the big sigh of relief? We are very happy to have this place, and super thankful to our friend Wendy who found it for us. This is a pretty long video, but take a look at our new condo!!