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Thursday, March 25, 2010

Spring is definitely here!

Yesterday was a gorgeous sunny day in Seattle. One of those days that affirms why we endure the crappy rainy days throughout the year. As the kids were playing in the backyard, Ragen came running to the house screaming. I went outside not sure what I was going to find. I heard him saying something about bunnies. I thought "Oh great, we've got dead bunnies in our yard and I'm going to have to explain this to the kids." Every spring, we've got a bunny that hangs out in our yard every day. He/she sits in the exact same spot year after year eating our grass and looking into our sliding glass door.

I followed Ragen to our sandbox which is actually filled with pea gravel and not sand only to find 2 teeny tiny baby bunnies sitting in there not moving a muscle. Probably scared to death by the little blond toddler squealing in delight about how cute and cuddly they are! Imagine her excitement when the bunny let her pet him. Ummm, Maggie - go wash your hands :) Besides these 2 bunnies, there were at least 3 or 4 more that were piled on top of each other buried under something resembling a homemade nest. Who knows how many are actually under there.

Now comes the hard part of trying to get the kids to leave them alone to let their mommy do what she needs to do. They want to go check on the bunnies every 5 minutes. They really are darn cute! This was a real confirmation that it is definitely springtime in Seattle!

She's here!

While I was in Palm Desert, we celebrated the arrival of the newest Kiefer to the family. Jeremy's sister Gretchen and our brother-in-law Skip welcomed Ava Mireille Peri on March 16th. She is absolutely precious! She was 2 weeks early after some low fluid issues and was born via c-section due to being breached. I swear c-section babies are so much prettier :) My kids could not be more excited about having a new baby cousin. They have loved having Tiana & Elijah in their lives but they've been asking for years when they'd get a baby cousin. We look forward to watching her grow up! Congratulations Auntie Gretchen & Uncle Skip!


Ava in the hospital


Visiting her at home


Nana with all 3 grandchildren

Sweet baby girl!

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

This one time...at tennis camp

For Christmas, Jeremy got together with my friend Liz's husband and they gave us a trip to Palm Desert for a tennis camp being run by the Bellevue Club. It was such a fun 6 days away and while I missed the kiddos alot, I was definitely in need of some girl time. The camp was being hosted by both the Bellevue Club and the Seattle Tennis Club which gave me a chance to spend time with a pro from the STC and meet some people I can play with over there. It was held at Palm Valley which just happens to be where my in-laws place is. Liz and I arrived 2 days before the camp started and soaked up as much sun as we could and did some shopping. It was a good chance to get acclimated to the heat so that when camp started, we could handle the long hours in the blazing sun. Speaking of sun, we had the most amazing weather during our entire stay! I feel so fortunate to have gotten to spend so much time doing something I love doing and enjoying the sunshine at the same time. Jeremy managed the kids fabulously although I think his stress level was off the charts given the fact that he didn't fit in as much work time as expected. I can't wait to go back next year :)




Our luxury suite at the BNP Paribas Open. Federer's match ran late so we got to see most of it - such a treat. That's him in red behind us. I think he's winking at me :)



Andy Roddick's match was up next in the suite. Doesn't get much better!
We went back for another day at the tournament (with general admission tickets - not nearly as fab!). We saw some more greats and managed to soak up alot of sun. These yummy frozen margarita slushies were going down like water :)

Nadal taking the court for his match
Watching another match before we figured out that if we went to the other side, we'd be shaded.

During camp, we had the opportunity to go to PGA West and play on the grass and clay courts. A very fun experience!