Summer is finally here!

Due to my school schedule, my summer just started when Summer Quarter ended the 23rd. Phil and I really started making up for it this last weekend.

On Friday we went out for dinner at a Mexican restaurant near Silver Lake, then went to see "The Time Traveler's Wife" (isn't he sweet for taking me to a chick flick!?). Very good, very sad movie. I think Phil actually liked it too, but he might be more open minded about chick flicks than your average Joe ;) Although he hated "Bride Wars". Guess he likes chick dramas but not chick comedies.

On Saturday, we ran some errands and then headed to Bothell for a fun afternoon/evening with Joy and Dan. We walked around the Kirkland waterfront and then had dinner at a yummy Thai restaurant. Then we went back to their place and watched "I Love You Man", which was hilarious!

On Sunday, we woke up fairly early and headed up to the North Cascades for a 11 to 12ish mile hike. We got tons of awesome pictures...too many beautiful ones to choose just a few to post here. So I'm posting just one and here's the link to look at the rest of them if you so choose:

Here we are in front of Doubtful Lake with the many peaks of the Cascades behind us:


Awesome hike, very challenging, and very rewarding. If you ever do it, try July. We went late enough in the summer that most of the wildflowers were gone.

So what's on the agenda for the rest of my summer? Phil's parents are flying in on Thursday for the long weekend. Puyallup fair the weekend after that. Maybe another hike the weekend after that. Then, it's my birthday!