Weekend Fun – Page 6 – The Adventures of a Calamari Queen

Safeco Field

Hi Everyone! This weekend, my husband’s company had their annual Holiday party. This year they held it at Safeco Field (home of the Seattle Mariners). I’ve never been to a Mariners game (it’s always been a bucket list item to do every summer!) or been to Safeco field, so it was exciting for me to get a tour of the whole area! The whole night was fun, so nice to see my husbands co-workers and get to know them a little bit. Their company is really expanding so a lot of new faces (even the hubs is not familiar with all of them) I guess thats a good sign that the company is doing well.

OOTD! (JCrew sweater,Coat and skirt:Forever21,Booties and leggings: Target)

Press room. This is where a foul ball struck and they decided to never repair it.

Media Room!

Holiday dinner:kale salad,mushroom risotto,brussel sprouts,roast (some kind of tender beef that was really good!)

I have no idea where to look whenever we have a couple selfie!LOL

Group tour!

The only Mariner player that I know! HA!

This weekend, we did some Christmas shopping and sent gifts for our family outside of Washington and it was a nightmare at the post office! We treated ourselves after and ate some good tacos from our local taqueria.

4 kinds of tacos!

Carne Asada for me!

weekend cuddles are a must!

Enjoying a Christmas movie while wrapping gifts!

We also tried a new Indian restaurant in our neighborhood! It was good and we will definitely be back! My husband likes Indian food.

Butter Chicken and Naan bread!

And more pictures of our Safeco field tour:

Derick Jetters must have locker, the one to the right of the tv. Everybody knows this is his place whenever he’s playing at Safeco Field!

Christmas season is here!

Hello Everyone! It’s been a while since I posted here. November was hectic for us with our birthdays and hosting Thanksgiving so I decided to slow down a little. Next thing I know December is here! The Christmas season is always busy, so I always try to be intentional with our day to day lives. I try to focus on Him during this season, since Jesus should really be the focus! I try to minimize the chaos that surrounds me this time of year, thus, less social media, activities, and stress. I put up some decorations in our home. The tree is up and the mantle is done. The Hubs wants me to decorate the stairs but I’m not sure if I will do that this year.

I watched the Nutcracker ballet with my In laws last week. It’s one of my favorite holiday traditions with them since moving here from the Philippines. The show didn’t disappoint! So good! If you have the chance to watch it, GO, you will love it!

Nutcracker ballet show with my In laws — Nutcracker ballet with my In laws

Parents In law, we had chinese food after the Ballet — Parent In laws, we had Chinese food after the ballet

Watching the Rockettes show on netflix!

Panera dinner with Hubs!

I've been enjoying coloring books lately! — I’ve been enjoying coloring books lately!

I hope you’re having a good week during this holiday season!

Black Friday Tradition!

Hi friends! How was your Thanksgiving? It’s Black Friday today and we went to Seattle (I’ve mentioned before it’s my In laws tradition) to walk around Seattle, be part of the festivities. We checked out shops, walked around Pike place, got coffee, sandwiches and hombow ( siopao in the Philippines); macaroons at Le Panier is one of my fave things to get this time of year?. My In laws also like to get Cashmere sweaters from Macys ( part of the Black Friday deal). We normally don’t participate in the shopping madness but this is the exception! They love their cashmere? (I didn’t buy this year because to be honest, I’m pretty happy with the amount of cashmere sweaters I have). Anyways, it was a nice sunny day to be out and about, but we were still freezing cold, especially Zach. Winter is just around the corner! Stay warm friends.

Parking lot pictorial with Julia!

Goofy DIL! He’s such a funny guy:)

I wanted to buy this for Riley but Zach was not convinced that this will help (Riley is anxious sometimes)

This rocking chair is ridiculous! $5500 for this (260,000 Philippine peso). What the Heck!

The crazy line at Piroshky…

Getting my siopao (Mee sum pastry)

stolen shot from Hubs! Walking around Pike place and happily eating my hombow (from Mee sum pastry)

With the In laws!

The best macarons in Seattle! Le Panier macarons:)

Happy Birthday to us!

Hello friends! This weekend we had our birthday celebrations with my In laws. My bday was last nov. 16 and the hub’s is this coming nov. 26 (yup, Thanksgiving day). Ever since we got married we always just combined our birthday celebrations. I personally prefer it that way. No fuss and just a simple time with family is all that matters to me:) On my actual bday the hubs and I had a casual dinner at home, we had charcuterie (we got from Delaurentis at Pike Place), steak and green beans with blue cheese (Ree Dreemond/Pioneer womans recipe).

I told my husband not to give me flowers or a card, I prefer food! This is what he gave me when he got home from work! HA! Mcdonalds has the best fries for me.

Charcuterie plate with pate!

This Saturday, my In laws treated us for our bday dinner at Flat Iron Grill (local restaurant in Issaquah). We like this place because the food is good and prices are reasonable. I used my ipad for the pictures so I apologize for the poor quality.

After dinner,we went back to our house to have our bday cake (baked by my MIL, she’s the best) and opened gifts. We are so grateful for what the Lord has done in our lives over the last year. He is so good! The Best is yet to come:)

Having our Bday dance and song! It’s a family tradition:)

Thanks to my MIL for baking molten chocolate cake! She asked me what I wanted and baked me my fave (chocolate cake of course!).

Spoiled Riley licking the ice cream!

I’m so loving what my SIL gifted me!LOL

Gifts from my Hubs! I got some Lenox stuff I’ve been wanting to get this year. Thanks Hubs:)

Pike Place Market (again!)

Hello friends! Sorry I haven’t posted for the last couple of weeks. Life has been a little busy here, but rest assured we’re still having fun and eating yummy food. Last Saturday we went to Pike Place market in Seattle, it was so much fun as usual! We had Piroshky (if you visit the market, this place is a must). Don’t be too intimidated with the long lines because they are pretty quick in taking orders. We had some mini donuts too, it was a food trip basically. The day after Thanksgiving we will be back again in Seattle because it’s been a family tradition and Seattle is such a festive place to be especially as we welcome the Holiday season. Enjoy!

Halloween Weekend!

Hello Friends! Yesterday was Halloween here in the states and this is the first time that we didn’t have that many trick or treaters. The weather was mainly to be blame because it was just so bad. Raining and windy is not an ideal time for cute kids to be out and about ( we had a blackout Saturday morning that lasted 2 hours). Kudos to the brave parents though because they were still out there last night! The Hubs and I don’t really do anything during this time of year. We make sure we have candies though because we live in a neighborhood with lots of kids:) We watched the world series (Go ROYALS!) and NBA games, football (me specially, the hubs is not that into watching sports). Friday evening my In laws had dinner with us because our local seafood market had fresh King crabs legs (FRESH, flown from Alaska Friday morning) so we took the opportunity to have some because it’s very rare to get fresh king crab. It was such a special treat. It was so GOOD! We also had steak to go with it. Have a great week friends!

How cute is my Mom In Law?hehe

Crabby fights!

So GOOD!

Beechers cheese bread!

Thank You Generator for the 2 hours of electricity!

Napping every weekend is his fave!

Weekend Fun!

Hello Friends! How was your weekend? Ours was busy and fun in a good way. The weathers been rainy and windy, so our activities were mostly indoors. Saturday, we watched the movie “Bridges of Spies” starring Tom Hanks and the movie was great. I highly recommend it (I will not be surprised if it will get some Oscars). After the movie we had dinner at the RAM (it’s a sports bar).

Dinner and Movie with my In Laws is always a good time!

Sunday, my In laws gave us tickets to watch a musical show “Snapshots” in our local “broadway” theater. We really enjoyed it and were grateful for the tickets, otherwise we would have missed a great show. We had some Chinese food after the play.

Me and my Hubs dorky hat (while waiting for the play to start)

Of course lots of napping this weekend too!

Have a great rest of your week friends!

Happy Labor Day!

Hello friends! Hope you had a relaxing labor day weekend. Ours was a good one! The hubs and I enjoyed sushi and Korean drama (our latest thing!) friday evening. Take out food and movie/tv show marathon is one of my favorite date nights with hubs. The weather lately is one of the reasons we prefer staying at home. We’ve been having lots of thunderstorms and Riley is always stressed when he hears the thunder. No matter what we do to comfort him, nothing seems to work.

We finished the Korean drama “That Winter, The Wind Blows”. I really like the lead stars, they look so good together but the ending of the show was a little disappointing for us.

Saturday we went to the Evergreen State Fair! Had a blast with my In laws and we ate too much fair food:)

Elephant ear! Too much butter and sugar goodness..

We went to church Sunday morning, did a little grocery shopping after. Enjoyed teriyaki for lunch and a nap and lots of cuddling with Riley. We started another Korean drama show that my friend Faye recommended (Fated to Love) which is on Netflix right now. We finished the 20 episodes in 2 days ( I think we are lightly obsessed with RomCom shows lately).

Today (Monday,Labor Day) I did a lot in the kitchen. I roasted the tomatoes that we got from our garden and prepared Rileys food for 2 weeks. I wish we “trained” Riley how to eat commercial dog food (I’m sure there’s lot of decent dog food we can get him). I’ve been cooking his meal for the last year already ( Our vet gave me some recipes to use). He’s our fur baby so it’s worth it for us to make dog food from scratch,know what’s in his food. Back to the tomatoes, I’m looking forward to using my roasted tomatoes in the coming weeks for soups and pasta dishes.

We had Mexican takeout for our dinner tonight, nachos and beef taquitos are always good! Hubs bought some Krispy Kreme donuts for us because it was a long and tiring day of kitchen work:)

Hope you all have a good rest of the week everyone!

Evergreen State Fair!

Hello friends! Hope you’re all having a good weekend. Today, me and the hubs met up with my In laws at the Evergreen State Fair (45 minutes drive from our place) and had a great time. I really like going to the fair (my personal favorite is the Washington State Fair) because it’s big, there are so many activities, and I love all the crazy things I get to see. The hubs is not so much into it, but he did it for me (according to him). We got lucky that the weather was perfect today, at least while we were there! We initially wanted to go last week, but it was raining hard and had a bad storm. We watched the animals (cows, horses, goats) but we missed the dogs, pigs, and sheep. It was a fun time with my In laws, I think everybody’s favorite about the fair was definitely the food. We totally dig the blooming onion! Till the next fair…

Jeans and light Jacket and comfy shoes #ootd

I’m digging the 1956 calendar

Bulky TV

Blooming Onion

Fresh Lemonade

Busy making honey?

Elephant ear anyone?

Eggplant in a container,so cool!

Seattle Street Food Festival!

Hello friends! This past weekend, the Hubs and I went to the Seattle Street Food Festival (it was our first time) and it was such a fun event! Lots of food trucks and people (I think the sunny, great weather helped too). We ended up eating Pad Thai, Corn on the cob, a Shawarma and shared a Horchata and spiced pineapple. For dessert we had mini donuts! We devoured the maple bacon donuts, sooo good!