Though it feels like a mini-lifetime ago, this Labor Day weekend was a phenomenal 3 day extravaganza of friends and fun experiences. Every girl should be so lucky to have such a good friend as Ms. Breakfast Cookie herself, Erin Baker. Her sweet hubby had a birthday and they brought the birthday party to them, chartering a large 47 foot boat to share Bryan’s magical day.
It was the last great weekend of Washington before Fall truly comes down upon us (which means rain, rain and more rain!). Here’s a photo of Erin and one of the boating friends overlooking beautiful Friday Harbor.
We walked around two different  boating harbors and birthday boy got in a little nap while we went in search of food (ice cream!) and sealife.
Though we did not see any Killer Whales (we dilly-dallied a bit too long on the shore in the cool harbors to make it out into the open waters far, far away to see the whales), we make friends with this adorable Harbor Seal. How cute is he?!
After the amazing, perfect, wonderful, awesome day on the boat with friends, we had an entire weekend with even more friends but this time, friends from high school! We’re all married now so we all had our spouses with us for a weekend of massive eating (we ate sooooo much, including crepes at this awesome local hot spot,
Magdalenas) and epic game playing (
Settlers of Catan and
Apples to Apples). And to top off a perfectly perfect weekend, my parents were in town (ironically to go whale watching with my husband’s parents!) and they stopped in for dinner and conversation. It was a truly blessed weekend with so much laughter, joy and love. I hope you had an equally charmed long weekend.
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We did. We did. Love your phrase. I need to use the word ‘brilliant’ more like that! =)
They were beautiful – and a perfect place to visit with friends.
It was a perfect day for boating. I’ve never been on the gulf coast before for anything longer than a quick fly-in trip and then out again. I bet the dolphin experience was amazing.
Nothing new to report – mostly because Congress has been out of the picture since they’re on break. But The Soap Guild has hired their lobbyist and the lobbyist is on contract right now so they’re also keeping a good eye on it for us. =)
I’m the luckiest gal in the world – I swear! =)
Anne-Marie, I’ve always enjoyed your products, your interesting articles and the sharing of your life. I thank you for making me aware of the proposed legislation concerning product labeling. I did write to my representive about this. Is there anything new in this area? Keep up the very good word. Dede Storer
Jealous of your uber fantastic weekend! So glad you had such a wonderful time with friends and family!!
Wow, what a gorgeous day at the harbor! And the seal is super-cute! It’s so cool he came up so close to the boat and posed for pictures. I live on Florida’s Gulf coast and we did a lot of sailboating while I was growing up. I remember how excited we’d all get when the dolphins would come near the boat! Sounds like you had a great weekend 🙂
Sounds like a perfect weekend! Good for you Ann-Marie. I have great memories of visiting those islands many years ago with good friends.
Looks like you had a brilliant time!
Love the pictures! and the cute seal. Sounds like it was a wonderful weekend. Would have loved a game of Settlers. It’s one of my favorite games.
I spent the weekend in Tahoe camping with friends. It really did feel like more time went by enjoying the fun times.
It sounds wonderful, glad to hear you had a great time. Is that seal winking or am I just imagining it?