Father's Day

While we haven't downloaded pictures yet from the weekend, we did have a great one. Strawberry picking on Saturday took us out to the country in Monroe, and along the beautiful Snohomish River. After picking (too much for my back, I'm afraid), we went to a little farmer's market where the kids could ride ponies.

Sunday, Lucy jumped out of bed to hug Rob and say happy father's day of her own volition. He was thrilled. He made strawberry pie from our friend Ali - YUM! and I made this smoked salmon quiche, but I substituted sauteed asparagus for the artichoke hearts and green onions for the dill (since that is what we had available). The elder Browns joined us for brunch.

A beautiful bonus at the end of the day is that we ran into friends and neighbors Richard and Arlene and a Chilean family staying with them. The Chilean family has been traveling around the U.S. for five months with their three kids. After hanging out at the park in the afternoon, we joined them for a BBQ at Arlene and Richard's in the evening. It was a super-fun surprise ending to the weekend. And a perfect end to Rob's big day: delicious food with good friends and foreign travellers in the middle of a long journey, plus a backyard fire, wine and beautiful children running around? Heaven...