.go mariners!.

Melissa and Ryan gave Dad Mariner’s tickets for his birthday! It had been a few years since I’d been to Safeco Field, so it was fun to see a game. Baseball isn’t my most favorite thing, but I’m a fan of people watching, so…

I ended up standing up at the top of our section and taking a lot of pictures…and people watched. :)

Melissa and I were soooo excited for Shishkaberries!

 

I loved getting to play with my camera and lens…I don’t get many opportunities to play!

        

King Felix’s section (the pitcher)

      

Ichiro!

     

They got great seats! We went with Ryan’s parents, Michelle & Steve.

 

Shishkaberries!

more Ichiro…it ended up being one of his last games as a Mariner!

 

      

They won! It was by a lot –- but I don’t remember the score! Obviously I was too busy people watching!

The Mariner Moose!

 

      

   

Fun evening and a fun way to celebrate Dad’s birthday!

.happy 70th birthday Dad!.

My Dad turned 70 yesterday! It seems impossible!
We went to Tacoma to spend the weekend with Melissa & Ryan. We surprised Dad by going to a favorite restaurant on the Tacoma waterfront: Harbor Lights.

    

I was excited to go to Harbor Lights too, since I’d never been, but had heard my parents talk about it for my whole life! About 15+ years ago, my Mom, Dad, Grandma, & I were going to Tacoma for something and had reservations at Harbor Lights. Melissa had stayed home to go to a birthday party and stay with friends. When we were between Othello & Royal, we got a call that Melissa broke her collarbone while playing softball at the birthday party. We had to turn around and never made it to Harbor Lights.

We met Melissa and Ryan there and had a great seafood dinner!

The Tacoma waterfront was so pretty (who would’ve ever thought I’d say Tacoma was pretty??!), so we tried to take some pictures.

        

Happy Birthday Dad – 70 looks pretty good on you!

.july.

Well, Mom & I have been at Priest Lake for about three weeks now, on and off. We’re home for a few days and then back again next week for the last three weeks of my vacation (tear!). We’ve enjoyed visits from friends and family over the past few weeks and look forward to even more in the coming weeks. (How many times can I say “week” in one blog post?!)

I’ll have a great big update for you soon – quilts too!

.4th of July.

During the week of 4th of July, Grandma, Dad, Karlye, & Amber came to spend the week at the Lake. We did a lot of sitting on the deck and playing cards and reading magazines. :) The water was too cold to play in, but the sun was warm.

We went to Cavanaugh one night for dinner. I never get tired of this view.

 

  

 

A little 4th of July photo shoot…

 

The sunset one morning….so beautiful!

  

We went to Strohmaier’s one evening for dinner along with some other friends from Outlet. Shane smoked brisket on the smoker he made. It was delicious! Fun to spend time at the Lake with him and Kellie too!

This is trouble: Kent & Dad!

 

Kamryn’s Grandma Karen had this picture on her Facebook – she is TOO cute to resist!

.the reins.

It’s so fun getting see pictures of Frances and Louise on Facebook and Instagram…they’re growing up so much!

.los angeles or bust.

My cousin Craig has accepted a new job…which is located in Marina del Ray! So – he’s off to Los Angeles tomorrow!

His Mom hosted a Going Away Party, so we went and represented the Heider fam!

We had a Heider cousin picture on the hearth just like old times. We are missing Lisa and Melissa.

 

Grandma and Craig

 

We had to take some self-portraits, of course!

 

“DON’T touch me!” She likes to stick her finger right up next to me and say, “I’m not touching you! I’m not touching you!”

 

Marcia and Carla:

Karlye started calling me Marcia a few weeks ago, which I don’t love, but it’s not really worth the fight to get her to stop. Today I decided I needed to come up with something equally as dreadful to call her. So, Carla it is. She was offended and said Carla reminded her of this awful lady that my Mom had to work with in the CHS library yeas ago, “but it’s ok because her name was with a ‘C’ and mine is with a ‘K’.” Nope, no it’s not! Carla with a C!

  

Good luck on your new adventure Craig! I know you’ll feel right at home in no time! Maybe we should plan a cousin trip to LA?! How fun would that be!?

.ross and katie.

We got to attend the wedding of the year last night – the wedding of Katie Pierson and Ross Hill! They got married at Connell UMC…it’s been a while since we had a wedding there, so it was nice! The reception was at the Pierson farm. It was the perfect mix of country and chic!

We had a great time celebrating…on the dance floor in usual Heider style!

Thankfully Karlye took her camera and lots of pictures that she shared with me!

  

The neighbors:
Cullen, Rachel, Karlye, Katie, Derek, Amber, & Elaine

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Gettin’ a little crazy!!

Rachel & Karlye

 

Amber & Elaine

 

Amber & Derek – with his usual .very serious. face!

 

Amber and Rachel – BFFs! They probably have a BILLION pictures like this!

  

Karlye & Katie, the lovely bride!

  

     

We got Grandma on the dance floor and couldn’t get her off! She even “moonwalked,” in her own way!
This is Shane Strohmaier, the grandson of Grandma’s BFF – he wanted to get a picture with Grandma to show his Grandma!

 

“I throw my hands up in the air sometimes, singing way-oh, baby, let’s go!”

 

   

Kellie & Shane!

 

Congratulations Mr. & Mrs. Hill!

It was such a fun reception – fun to celebrate with great church friends!

.FIRE!.

Yesterday, Mom & I were on our way home from Priest Lake when Dad called and said there was a fire across the road from our house! 

 

It burned a good section of the land between our road and the highway – just weeds, but got too close for comfort to our home!

 

Pretty crazy! Thankful for the awesome firefighters that help take care of us!

.an update from the craft room.

I haven’t spent too much time in the craft room lately – lots going on at work and outside of work. It’s finally summer now and I can’t wait to get a bunch of projects done!

I finished this table runner a few weeks ago and delivered it last night to Sarah McGary & Dexter Allred’s wedding reception. Their reception was supposed to be outside at Sarah’s parent’s home, but due to rain (and lots of it!), the reception had to be moved inside. It was just as wonderful inside as it would’ve been outside. Sarah was a beautiful bride, of course! Best of luck to them as they begin their journey as husband and wife!

I love this pattern – and the free motion quilting I get to do on it!

 

Fabric: Hello Luscious! by Urban Chiks

I whipped this quilt block out this morning…a few months ago, I signed up for Fat Quarter Shop’s Mystery Block of the Month club. When I saw it was using Bonnie & Camille’s Vintage Modern fabric, I was in! I received the first block last week and got to finally sew it together today! If the rest of the blocks are this cute, I’ll be anxiously anticipating their arrival each month!