survey says...

so i found a website today that generates surveys (yeah, i'm a geek). please take this survey if you've seen "pirates of the caribbean-at world's end". i will post the results in a later blog.

http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB226JFQ3WPNS

take me out to the ball game

we went to see the mariners play this weekend. marcus happily made it through through the whole game, probably because auntie deanna and kara were there! he ate most of deanna's edamame and was after her coffee too. marcus stayed awake for most of the game, taking the occasional catnap to restore some energy since the game was during nap time. he's still a bit confused by the cheering and booing. however, he did manage to clap along a couple times. we didn't get up on the big screen. i'm thinking that's a good thing since they started adding captions...one man and his daughter were on the screen a bit too long and the caption "bad dancer and offspring" showed up under their image...

patti and craig jacobson (aunt patti/grandma patti and uncle craig/grandpa craig to marcus...i don't think they've figured out what they want to be called yet!) stopped by for a brief visit yesterday on their way home from their niece's wedding in vancouver, b.c. marcus fell asleep on patti's lap and she looked like she was in heaven! unfortunately i didn't think about taking a picture until after they left.

kevin's project in the basement is starting to come to an end, though there's still a ways to go. this weekend he finished up the drywall. now comes the "fun" with mud and tape, even craig admitted that this was nothing to look forward to. someday soon though we'll have a little family room down there where marcus can run around on carpet and fall without hitting the hardwood. we're very excited about this!

that's about it for our latest excitements. we're planning to go camping this weekend with the nakashima clan so keep your eyes open for some more photos and at least one story about the boys (meaning kevin, brian, craig, and christopher) causing trouble.

also, i added a new link to the right...amanda forwarded it to me and i thought it was very interesting.

click here to see more photos and videos of the little man

sing us a song...

marcus is quite the pianist! he "played" for about 30 minutes the other day...sometimes gently, sometimes not so gently.

click here to listen to his music

confessions of a blaker girl

for all you who love blake lewis but are ashamed to admit it (who doesn't love someone who can beatbox to bon jovi and sound good?!?), here are some photos i took today from work.

he performed at the park across the street from westlake center for the american idol "hometown show". being part of the management department, i was able to get on our balcony and take photos.

unfortunately he was facing the other direction most of the time, but at least i didn't have to get in with the rest of the crowd!

sir mix-a-lot and pat monahan from train were also there. apparently they did "baby got back" after i left (i had to be responsible and meet kevin and marcus at the doctor's office for marcus' check up...), though it was probably a good thing i left before i had a chance to embarrass myself in public with my dance moves...

my boss braved the crowd and took this photo-that's me in the background on the balcony. (admit it lauren, you think i'm cool!)

pirate party

the dread pirate logan is 6 years old!
we went to liberty lake this past weekend to celebrate at his pirate party.
marcus' favorite part was the balloons.

landon and marcus spent most of the weekend competing for grandma's attention.

we also got to see logan in action at his soccer game. he scored one goal, and made an assist (though we won't mention which team the assist was for).

logan warming up

logan in action

coach brian

marcus and aunt jenna

photos from april

at the ballard locks

amanda and steve

belated birthday party

after the cupcake

easter egg hunt

after an egg cracked...

no autographs please

a bit of a daredevil

all work and no play at grandma's house!

going for a ride with grandma (thanks for the shades uncle aaron!)

blogging attempt

we're going to attempt to become cool kids and keep a blog! hopefully this will be an easy way to keep our family and friends up to date on the big happenings in the life of marcus. i can't make any promises as to the frequency of posts, but i'll at least give it a shot!

at the side of the page is a section where i'll put links to other websites and blogs...if you have a blog and would like to be added, just let me know. right now, the only link i have is for the interrobang-amanda introduced me to it and now i'm a bit obsessed.

(a special thanks to stef and gene for inspiring me to give blogging a chance...i'm always anxious to read a new posting from amsterdam!)