52 week project - Week 29

Things have been crazy hectic for us the last couple of weeks, so I missed week 29 of Tony and Vinny.

 but here is one of Tony and me....

A new bike.

Vinny got a bike from my dad for his 3rd birthday. He rode it a few times, but really wasn't that interested. We would take it out every month or so, and he would say he didn't like to ride and that would be the end of it. Well, since Tony and I have been walking, we decided it was time for him to try again. We hadn't taken it out this summer yet. When we got to the trail, we realized that he was way too big for his little 12 inch bike.

So off to Toys R Us we went. He picked out a bright one! He was able to ride it so much better, and he really enjoyed it!

We are looking forward to more walks now, so he is more willing to go with us!

52 week project - Week 28

Birch Bay Waterslides.

Last week I had a day off work, so I decided to take Vinny to Birch Bay to go to the waterslide park. We had so much fun! Vinny went on all the slides that he was able too. He wasn't a big fan of the tube ride, because his face got splashed, but he was a trooper and went twice with his mom. ;)

 The four big slides in the background of this picture where our favorites. My guess is that we went down them 25 times or more. I was exhausted!!!

4th

We usually do something big for the 4th, which I really thought I would miss... but this year we stayed at home, and it was great! We had debated on going to the big fireworks show in Everett, but Vinny didn't seem very interested, so we decided against it. We took a trip to Boom City to see my friends Mike & Cy, and they hooked us up with a ton of small, backyard friendly, fireworks that we knew Vinny would enjoy. We BBQ'd salmon and corn for dinner and just hung out.

Vinny with his popper gun.

 Smoke bombs.

 Safety First!!!

 Once the sun went down, we were shocked at the awesome show that we had from our own backyard! Both on the side of us, and behind us had great fireworks!

 Playing with sparklers

 

 More sparklers...

The Grande Finale! 

What a great day!

52 week project - week 27

Playing video games.

 Taking a snack break between fireworks.

 Happy 4th!

What a week!

Well, for me anyway...
For the last year and a half, I have worked as an assistant branch manager at Cascade Bank. A lot changed this week. First of all we merged with another bank, and now we are OpusBank. This is super exciting. It will be a great change for the employees, and a great change for our customers and our community. With all the negatives that have happened lately with banks, especially community banks, I am proud to be a part of a bank that is actually changing for the positive! I am excited to see what is to come!
Not only did our name change, but my job changed too. I was promoted this week to the Branch Manager of my branch. My new title is Retail Banking Manager. I have been working towards this goal since I started at Cascade. I have to admit, I am very proud of myself, and I am looking forward to doing more training, and keeping my branch running strong!
I want to thank everyone for all the support that you have given me to help me get here! I have the best support from my husband, my family, my friends, and the wonderful people I work with!

52 week project - Week 26

52 week project - Week 25

Oops, not doing so well at getting a pic with each of us... I need to get back on this...