gardens and golf...

the past week we have had very cold and rainy weather with thunder storms at night. it has finally warmed up a little more these past two days so i was able to get outside to take some good pictures of my veggie garden and the exterior of our house.



we want to purchase a little table and chairs for under the awning, but for now, our little card table and camping chairs will do :) a big thank you to carol for the hanging flower baskets...they add a lot of color.

my veggie garden...i have tomatoes, basil, cilantro, cucumbers, peppers, and squash planted.

this picture was taken when they were first planted. they have grown a ton and are now starting to blossom...i'm hoping to be able to eat some tomatoes from my garden really soon!

aaron and i finally had a day off together yesterday. i had worked a 6 day stretch, so i was ready to have the day off! aaron had planned a date night which consisted of mini golf at a little family fun center in spokane. then dinner at our new Red Lobster, and a movie. the winner of mini golf got to pick the movie. i really wanted to see the new movie "The Proposal," and aaron's pick was "Star Trek." aaron apparently was a "trekky" when he was younger. i on the the other hand have never seen an episode of "Star Trek", so i was not too excited about that. well...aaron pulled out the victory in mini golf (i was leading the entire game, but got behind when aaron had a hole-in-one, and it took me 5 strokes!)

so i reluctantly went to "Star Trek." i have to say, it wasn't that bad, but i would have much rather seen a romantic comedy :)

catching up...

wow...we have not blogged in a while! sorry to all of our loyal blog-followers...we will try to be more on top of it!

so i thought i should post some pictures of the house...as promised :)

the house was built in 1946


signing...signing...signing...

the living room


to the left of the picture where the archway is is our front door and entry. we love the arches in the house that give it so much character.

the hallway...leads to our bedroom, office, bathroom and kitchen. sorry no pictures of our room, office, or bathroom.


our retro kitchen

the hutch was built with the house. we also got a new dining room table which, i am proud to say, we eat at (sometimes) :)



family room in the downstairs finished basement. we have been enjoying our new 7 foot couch...aaron loves that he can lay out on it without his feet hanging off!

guest room...so come visit! we also have one more small room in the basement that will serve as my office/craft/yoga room. i'm still working on unpacking it though :) also not pictured downstairs is a bathroom, huge laundry room, and many closets for storage.

aaron has been diligently working in the yard and garden (with my help), so we will post more pictures of the yard soon. i (megan) planted a small veggie garden in the back, with cucumbers, peppers, butternut squash, basil, tomatoes, and cilantro. i discovered there are chives that the previous owners had already planted so we will enjoy those as well. so far the garden has not produced anything, but i'm being patient and hoping and praying that some veggies pop up soon!

aaron interviewed a couple of weeks ago for a "team captain" leadership position at work...and got the job! he has more responsibilities, is the "go-to" person if a problem comes up, etc. as for me, i have been staying very busy at work with a lot of open positions and shifts to be filled...thanks to many my fellow co-workers who are on maternity leave!
one of my good friend's at work was blessed with her 5th child!

date night :)

beautiful spokane river...with downtown spokane in the background

amongst the craziness of being a homeowner, work, and life in general...aaron and i are planning a 2 week trip to zambia in july. we will be visiting our good friends, the allen's, who have been there for almost two years now. we are so excited! we will try to post some pictures of the yard and garden next week :)

on the move

megan and i got the keys to our house last friday as planned. we have our lease through the end of the month so we are going to move in slowly as we get the house primed for all of our stuff. we look forward to making this new house our home...

mood explanation

Last week Megan and I cleared our calendar to take a trip to the east coast with our friends Nick and Hannah. Hannah is an awesomely talented fashion designer from a small town in New Zealand. The recent photo of her was taken at Mood Fabrics, NYC. Apparently it is well known shop where a lot of folks go to get their stuff to make cool clothes :]

We took a little detour to Boston on our way to NYC. Check out the Dan and Jenny's blog.

mood

hannah is just a little bit excited...

spring training '09

last weekend we headed down to peoria, az for some sunshine and mariners baseball. megan's cousin lives minutes away from the stadium. awesome.

the m's won both games that we saw, hitting the ball good. the first game against the giants. we paid six bucks and got outfield lawn seats. jd and i brought our gloves and played some catch before the game... megan asked us, "what is so fun about throwing a ball back and forth?" jd and i looked at each other, shrugged, and kept on throwing :) it was pretty chill sitting in the grass watching the game, but it was hot (89 degrees) and we got burned. so the next day we ponied up and got stadium seats in the shade on the first base side. it was a fun, low-key weekend. thanks jd and alaina for hookin us up.

new house

we heard that it was time to buy, so we did... well, almost. we put in an offer yesterday, today they countered and we accepted. if all goes well with inspection etc. we will get our keys on april 10th... Good Friday.

free give away

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random update

here is an update for the sake of updating... :) nothing much to report on. 2009 so far has not brought the snow like we had at the end of last year. when it started on december 17, we got 17 inches in 24 hours. wow.

im still throwing bags with horizon air and i started up classes again last week at moody. megan is still a shining star in the er at providence holy family hospital.

we traveled back to seattle several weekends in december and january for different birthdays, weddings, and parties. here are a few photos from then.

saying farewell to the allen's before they headed back to zambia.

megan and paige at christmas.

doellefeld christmas

good times in spokane.

new years eve, downtown spokane.

cbc youth pastors at their best... COL

snowflake lane, downtown bellevue.

kauai

despite the hurricane and flash flood warnings, we had a great relaxing time on kauai...

megan and i ventured to hawaii after my mom gave us a time share for an anniversary present. we left december 9th (two days after my birthday one day after my last final) and got home december 18th, just in time for the big snow! we beat the winter rush and were able to fly stand-bye on alaska. we had a whole row to ourselves there and back on the 6 hour flight. 

we spent a week at the westin princeville resort. it was definitely the sweetest hotel we have ever stayed at.

this was the view from our studio

sunset at the resort

hiking trail by ke'e beach



kilauea lighthouse

whale watching spot at the lighthouse



church in hanalei

we checked out a lot of beches for next time we go back...

kapaa beach

bubba's burgers are awesome

waioli beach

wailua falls

the only access to the napali coast is by boat, we hooked up with captain andy's boat tour and his 40 foot catamaran. it was sweet. on the boat we spotted turtles, spinner dolphins, bottle nose dophins, mantaray, humpback whales and crazy flying fish... it was awesome, the one thing we missed out on was snorkling because of all the run-off.





driftwood beach

the whole island was very chill. we look forward to going back some time soon to grab a burger at bubbas and do some snorkeling.