Happy Birthday to Me! : )

We celebrated my 39th birthday with my best friend in the world, Leslie. Our family was invited over to Mark and Leslie Hughes' house to spend the day. My wonderful husband bought me my very own kayak and I love it so very much!!! Leslie wanted to make me my own special birthday dinner and this is what she sent me a few days before the celebration...

Dear Mrs. Neyman,

Thank you for choosing the Hughes Hillside Bistro for your birthday dinner celebration. We are looking forward to a memorable evening! Please take a moment to review the following menu suggestions. Feel free to combine dishes to create your perfect custom meal and if you have something in mind that you don't see on the menu, just ask. Our Chef is more than happy to accommodate special requests.

All meals are served with fine wines and end with our famous Tres Leches cake.

We can't wait to hear back from you!

In celebration of YOU,

Executive Chef Lester

The Grill

Your choice of steak grilled to perfection then topped with blue cheese & grilled mushrooms

Red garlic mashed potatoes or baked potato

Green Garden Salad

Asparagus

The Nor'Western

Grilled Salmon with Basil butter

Artichokes with dipping sauces

Wild Rice Salad

Garlic Bread

The Crab Feed

Cracked Crab with warm garlic butter

Corn on the Cob

Cole Slaw

Warm Rolls

The Sea O' Plenty

Seafood Fettuccine (prawns, clams & scallops in a garlic alfredo sauce)

Caesar Salad

Garlic Bread

Little Italy

Rustic Sausage & Basil Lasagna

Italian Chop Chop Salad
Minestrone Soup

Garlic Breadsticks

The Asian Grill

Teriyaki Shrimp & Veggie Kabobs

Thai Style noodles

Asian cabbage cole slaw

The All American

Grilled Hamburgers or Chicken Burgers (available with grilled pineapple, mushrooms, blue cheese, avocado, bacon)

Hand cut french fries & home made tartar sauce and fry sauce

Choice of salad

Me and Leslie on our first kayak adventure together! I had to get the lipstick on before I hit the water.

my new kayak that I got from Marty. We all had such a wonderful day together. Love you guys!

Crazy Moms taking 5 squirrels bowling

Leslie and I decided that it would be a good idea to take the kids bowling. The kids had a good time, it was just a little too early in the day for Leslie and I to have a beer to make the experience a little less painful for the mommys! : )

My Momsy took me to Wicked the musical for my birthday! I loved, loved, loved it and can't wait to see it again someday!!! Thank you Momsy, you are the best. I love you.


After seeing Wicked we stopped at the CORNELIUS PASS ROADHOUSE & IMBRIE HALL for a Ruby. The house is a very old farm house which was bought by McMenamins several years ago and converted to a restaurant and pub. The house use to scare me when I was a child, go figure!!!

Lil Cooperstown

We enjoyed a most excellent dinner at the new restaurant that my sister Sandie works at,
Lil Cooperstown. Great food.



Avery enjoying her taco salad.
Paxton had mini burgers and mini hot dogs.

The Doziers + Petrone = Good Times

My friend Sheila is going back to school to get her RN. She finished her first course in Micro~Biology with flying colors. A great feat considering she is working full time and a mother of two boys. We celebrated with a flank steak grilled to perfection thanks to her husband Tommy. We topped this off with shots of Petrone. Good times.

The kids, Thomas, Corbin, Paxton and Avery enjoyed a bowl of ice cream after dinner.

What a cute couple!!

Another End to Wrestling Season

Paxton had another great wrestling season this year. He took second place at the Kitsap County Wrestling Championships this year. He is getting better and better every year. We are so proud of you Paxton.

Crownhill Science Project 2009

Paxton got 2nd place at the the Science Fair this year. His project was "bouncing eggs." He soaked eggs in white and dark vinegar for a few days and wanted to see how much they bounced. It was a stinky project!!! Oh I am glad that the Science Fair is behind us for the year.

Big Marv

Marty's former student Marvin Williams came to one of the BHS basketball games to retire his old BHS jersey #24. Paxton has been the ball boy at several of the home basketball games this year and wears one of Marvin's old jerseys that Coach Lindberg gave him. When he heard that the jersey was going to be retired, he asked his dad, "Does that mean I can't wear Marvin's jersey anymore?" and was relieved to hear that he could keep and continue to wear Big Marv's jersey.

Orlando 2009

Marty and I took the kids on an awesome 10 day vacation earlier this month. We went to Orlando, FL and enjoyed all of the Disney theme parks. We went to Magic Kingd0m, Epcot, Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom. We went on some wild roller~coasters, saw some amazing animals, took in several great shows and had a super fun time.

Paxton next to a large can of Play~Dough in "Honey I Shrunk the Kids."

Paxton and Avery at Hollywood Studios.


The kids playing around in the parking lot while waiting for our shuttle.
Paxton and Marty after we all went on the Everest Rollercoaster. It was wickedly crazy. I spent the entire ride soothing Avery, which actually helped me from freaking out myself!!!
Flamingos that we spotted on our safari ride
Our Safari bus
We went to Rafiki's Island where they have one of the largest animal hospitals in the world. We actually got to observe the doctors perform a surgery on a small gazelle. She made it through her surgery without any complications.



Avery on Marty's shoulders while waving at all of the princesses in the parade.

We enjoyed our front row seats to "Off Kilter" a Celtic band that we all enjoyed.







Enjoying a couple of sweet treats at the bakery in Holland at Epcot.


A very, very wet ride that soaked all of us.


Some of the animals that we saw on our safari tour

Some crocs catching some rays

Avery and Marty went on this dreadful looking ride "Hollywood Tower" where they went up on an elevator and dropped several stories!!!