Ryan Christopher Burtis

Ryan Christopher was born via cesarean section at 1:23 p.m., Friday, September 3, 2010, to Chere and Michael Burtis in Everett, Washington.  He weighs 7 pounds 10 ounces and is 20 inches long.  I got to spend the evening at the hospital with Chere and Ryan and other family members.  I’m so excited to be an auntie and can’t wait to see this little guy grow up.

Girl's Night Out

Whenever I come to Seattle, it’s inevitable that I end up with good friends eating food somewhere. Cindy put together an impromptu Girl’s Night so that I could see some of the people around town that I would have missed this trip otherwise. It’s always nice to have good food and a lot of laughing with great company.

Riley Bear and the Spider

I feel like I’m writing children’s books with the way I want to title this post. The dog likes to mug the camera and the spider was just hanging out on the porch. The two never met. Although the spider did meet Mr. Bugspray and his demise was soon to follow my portrait of him. The good news, the dog’s still here jumping around like an idiot.

Riley really likes to mug the camera.  She finds them interesting.  

This is the spider that was living on Chere's porch.  It met its doom via bug spray shortly after I took his picture.