Pajama Bingo Night with the Bothell Bingo Babes!!

Our November Bingo was "Jammie Night.
Our hostess, Carmel, here with me, Mary, and Janet

The girls enjoy lots of great food and drink before we play.

Me & Karrie and Claudia & Mary strike a pose.

The bingo prize table - lots of great stuff here.

Time to get ready to play BINGO!!

A good time was had by all. Check out my haul!!


See all the fun in our November photo album:
http://picasaweb.google.com/JulzNW/November2008#

Mango's Muscle Spasm

The cat doesn't fall too far from the tree!! My cat had a major twitch for about 5 minutes straight. It was so funny I had to capture it.

A visit with the Longfellow & Goodwin clan at CC's cafe

I joined the Longfellow and Goodwin clan at CC's Cafe
(co-owned by my cousin, Cari).
Our hostess Cari at the head of the table sitting
with me, Aunt Sally, Uncle Dick, Kathy, Kenny
and Uncle Jim.

Aunt Sally appears in the reflection of the mirror that she donated from her collection to CC's Cafe. Uncle Jim reads from his most interesting book.

We get a behind the scenes look at the cafe here.

Aunt Sally, Uncle Jim, Kenny, and Uncle Dick.


See all the fun in our November photo album:
http://picasaweb.google.com/JulzNW/November2008#

How I celebrated my birthday in 2008!!

I had many fun-filled birthday festivities this year. I feel so blessed to have shared my special day with family and friends.
First stop was breakfast at CC's Cafe. I'm posing below with my cousin Cari, who is
one of the co-owners. My brother Lance made the signs for CC's cafe.

Carol (the other "C" in CC's Cafe) made me this wonderful and yummy cake, which I enjoyed with Austin, Amanda, and Bob when we got home.


Later that evening, I joined my BFF Daisy to celebrate our birthdays together... her birthday is November 2...
she's my soul twin!!

We choose to celebrate in our home town of Edmonds. As you can see, we are still a couple of goofballs.

We managed to find a grocery store that was opened late and we grabbed a cake.

At Midnight, we sang "Happy Birthday" to ourselves on the bluff at Sunset Avenue (where we spent many a summer day back in high school). We made our birthday wishes and dabbed each
other with cake frosting to seal the deal. Daisy and I know how to have our cake and eat it too. Yummo!!!


The next day I celebrated with the whole family.



Diane baked me my favorite... Pumpkin Pie.

Amanda loves Pumpkin Pie too and thought she'd
eat it all... but I quickly showed her who's boss!

After we enjoyed some lunch and pie, it was present time.

I was thoroughly spoiled!!!



See all the fun in our November photo album:
http://picasaweb.google.com/JulzNW/November2008#

Rice Family Halloween Fun House

Come on in for a trick and a treat. Take a tour of our haunted house and see the kids' costumes.

This is what I woke up to on Halloween morning!

The pumpkin doesn't roll too far from the patch with this gag.
My prankster son put one of my old (and very haggered) dolls in the microwave. Imagine my surprise when I went to heat up my morning coffee!! That woke me up for sure. I wonder where he gets this stuff? LOL

Austin's & Amanda's Excellent Pumpkin Carving Adventure!

Watch the fun as we carve our 2008 pumpkins. Happy Halloween!

Happy Birthday, Sis!!

Cheers to You, Alyson!
Happy Birthday to my wonderful sister. You are an amazing lady and all of us are so lucky to have you in our lives. Enjoy this tribute to all you are and what you do!!

Edmonds Excursions - Episode 1

Now that Amanda is back dancing at Barclays…. I get to enjoy beautiful Edmonds three times a week... the town where I grew up. There is definitely something magic about that place. I feel so at peace when I’m there. It’s nice to think of my Dad too… I know he’s there, his spirit is sailing there forever!!! Austin and I have been capturing some photos and videos of our adventures. Here is our first episode of our Edmonds Adventures!!


Click the play button to watch.

Observing October

October came in with the first wind storm of the season. Bob had to go out and cut a big dangling branch off of a tree in our backyard. He rescued my bench too, which later was moved to our back porch for safe keeping.		We had a belated birthday celebration for Jesse. He was gone most of the summer feeding the fire fighters in Oregon and California... so we were not able to celebrate his birthday in August.
Amanda made it onto the Dance Theatrics Junior Company at Barclay Shelton Dance Centre in Edmonds. When she is at rehearsal... Austin and I go for walks in Edmonds.		Bob, Austin, and I went to the pumpkin patch in Snohomish.
Then, we had some pumpkin carving fun with Amanda and Austin.		Halloween was fun at the Rice house. I decorated our front walk and doorstep for the trick-or-treaters. check out the kids costumes. We had some fun visitors too.