Sunny Seattle :)

Contrary to popular belief...Seattle is SUNNY! The past few days have been clear and absolutely gorgeous. When it is sunny and clear there is nothing more beautiful than this city. I went out and took pictures from our rooftop and spent as much time as i could outside. 

The beautiful mountain tops...

South Lake Union...
The city...and me!
Space Needle...

On Sunday while the Dietzen's were here visiting the boys were watching the Patriots game and fell asleep. I thought it was so cute....a little father/son nap time! haha! But shortly after the Packer game started and let's just say if they were sleeping they would have been woken up by my intensity for the game. It was a close one....but unfortunately Green Bay left me devastated...and slightly sick because I was so nervous the whole game! haha

Card Making!

So since I am still job searching I have had a lot of extra time during the day. So i got motivated to use my creative skills and do something with my time. I decided I was going to make cards to send to my wonderful friends who i love and miss oh so much! It was so much fun and I had a blast doing it. So be expecting some cards in the mail because i plan on continuing my card creating :)

A few of the cards I made...

A little bit oh my mess!

Dietzen Casa

Well we finally have our apartment put together and spent this past weekend hanging things on the wall. It feels good to have a place to live and have it be finished. I have a new love for decorating and wish I could do so much more with the apartment. It is so much fun when it all comes together. Nick was a good sport with hanging things on the wall and making sure everything was level and even. It is a lot more complicated than you think ;)

This past weekend was also fun because we watched the Green Bay Packer vs. Seattle Seahawks game. I have to admit that I was a little nervous in the first quarter when Green Bay had 2 turnovers within a matter of minutes which led to 14 points for Seattle. However, Brett Favre led the packers to a huge victory over Seattle and they are going on to play in Lambeau again next week. I love Green Bay football and its a lot of fun to see them be so successful this season. Go Pack Go!

The Dietzen clan is coming over from Moses Lake this weekend and I am really looking forward to having some company. Job searching has been a little discouraging and the day's are long while I'm not working so it will be so nice to have some people around. I can't wait to show of the new apartment :)

Our bedroom...

The bathroom...
Kitchen...
Family room...
Seattle skyline...

It's small and quaint but we love it and are loving life in the city and the location of the apartment :)

Mo Town to Sea Town

I cannot believe that the holiday's have already come and gone and it is already 2008! Where did all the time go?! Because my family is from California we spent Christmas with the Dietzen's in Moses Lake. It was a lot of fun to be around family and friends and have a full house. We got there early Sunday morning just in time to see Hannah in her performance at church and spend the next few days relaxing, playing games, eating and watching sports :) We had a wonderful Christmas Eve and a WHITE CHRISTMAS!!! 

We were supposed to go home on Christmas night but there was a big winter storm and as we got close to the Snoqualmie pass it started to snow pretty hard. It wasn't til we spun out to the ditch on the side of the road and the roads kept getting worse that we decided to turn around and go back to Moses Lake and see if the weather cleared up. Because we had to come back on Friday anyways for our second wedding reception in Moses Lake, we just decided to stay instead of trying to fight the weather. We had so much fun while we stayed and even got to have a snowball fight with everyone :)

Our reception in Moses Lake was wonderful and it was a lot of fun to meet tons of new people. Although I was fighting a cold and had kind of lost my voice, i still enjoyed the fellowship with everyone. It was also a lot of fun because my parents were able to come up and spend 4 days with us and see what life in Moses Lake is like. We played games, spend time out in the snow, and just being around them. I miss seeing them everyday!

Now we are back to life in Seattle and jumping right back into the swing of things. We are still getting settled into our place and bought some pictures, shelves and picture frames to put on the wall. It was quite the sight to see us walking through the city with these huge frames and shelves...i guess thats what happens when you shop downtown. We spent the weekend running errands, buying pots and pans, and we went to Macy's for their one day only sale and Nick hit the jackpot with work clothes. Haha as you can probably tell Nick was thrilled to spend the day shopping!

But we did make it home for the Seahawk vs. Redskins game.  The Seahawks beat the Redskins this weekend which means they are playing the Packers at Lambeau field next weekend. For those of you that don't know...i live and breath Green Bay Football and Nick is a pretty big Seattle Seahawk fan so this weekend is going to be fun at our apartment. Let the trash talking begin...Go Pack Go! (hehe can you tell who is writing the blog?!)

Nick is busy at work this week and i am still in the process of looking for a job but i have a couple options so hopefully they will materialize. My dad is coming into town for work on Tuesday so it will be nice to have some family in town. Can't wait to see him! 

Nick and I at Pike's Place Market

One of our first dinners at the apartment

  The city lights from our apartment at night :) 

                                         

Mr. & Mrs. Nick Dietzen

We decided to make a blog so we could keep our friends and family across the country updated on our lives. We got married on 12.01.07 at Catta Verdera Country Club in Lincoln, CA. It was the most wonderful day and everything was more than we ever could have imagined. We went to an all inclusive resort called Aventura Spa Palace for our honeymoon, which is located about an hour and a half south of Cancun, Mexico. It was a week of relaxing, golfing, snorkeling, swimming, and just having fun. It was an absolute blast! 

Hannah (sister-in-law) and I...

The Ceremony...

The Reception...

Nick had fun smearing cake all over my face!!!
Dinner on the honeymoon...
My hot husband

It was surreal!

On the golf course...Nick had fun golfing...

At dinner one night!

Our last night out at dinner...

For more pictures from the wedding check out my amazing photographers slideshow she made for us! If you need a wedding photographer she does an amazing job!!!

http://sarahmarenphotography.com/slideshows/anna+nick/

 

After the honeymoon we came back to Seattle where we are currently living and got busy unpacking the apartment. It has been a lot of unpacking and organizing but the apartment is starting to look put together and you just can't beat the view of the Seattle skyline that we get to enjoy every night :) 

Nick is working as an audit associate at Grant Thornton in downtown Seattle. So he takes the bus to work and gets to enjoy the true city life of living and working downtown. I am job searching right now looking for something in either event planning or marketing and hoping to get started as soon as possible.