Family Fun and Birthday Celebration

Making treats
Playing Murder
More Murder action
Some of the Murder players
Mio playing with James MichealHappy Birthday Grandma and Nicole's tomorrow
Family picture. Mio(Rip's foreign exchange student from Japan) took the picture.
James' Family came up for a couple of hours to celebrate Grandma's birthday.

Jim with James Micheal.
Makayla and I

Family together and fun times

Grandma cooking breakfast of blueberry waffles,turkey sausage and eggs.
Enjoying breakfast
Jennifer going into her home away from home.
Dave and Heidi playing horseshoes.
Looking at Grandpa's old car.
Jeff, Dave, Jennifer and Grandpa
Jeff and Sophie
Cameron on a wave runner
Cameron and Jennifer going out for a spin. Dustin is on the other waverunner in the background
Judith and Nicole taking their turn on the wave runner.
Jeff and Heidi having fun
Jennifer and her sand art
Relaxing on the beach.
I had a wonderful time. I planned on just relaxing on the beach so I didn't bring my swimsuit. I changed my mind and went out on a wave runner with Sherri fully dressed. I came back soaking wet but had a great time racing through the waves. The weather was windy so the water was choppy. It made great water for jumping across the lake. Dustin planned the beach party for part of his Communications merit badge. I am looking forward to another fun day with the family.

Re-shingle Grandpa's Roof

Jeff is visiting from Missouri and has extended his visit to re-shingling Grandpa's roof. He has been a great asset this past week. Dustin and William are helping him when needed.

Weekend with Grandchildren

James Micheal on the tractor with Grandpa
James Micheal likes to be outside. He always wants to see the dogs. He feed them and gave them water Saturday morning.
James is scared of the tractor. He does not mind too much if the tractor is not running.
James Micheal picking raspberries in Great Grandma's garden

Girl's Camp

I went to Camp Na-bor-lee for girls camp Monday through Friday. The weather was great and I had a wonderful time getting to know the Young Women.

Landscaping the front yard

Jim did not have to work Friday so he and the boys worked on moving dirt and removing unwanted rocks. Jim had a great time on the tractor. Dustin leveled the dirt and William raked the rocks out.

 

 

 

 

4th of July Vacation

Dustin, William, Jim and I went to Dave and Annette's on the 4th of July. We arrived at noon and had a great barbecue with them and a few of their neighbors. The kids enjoyed the hot tub and a movie while Annette and I watched the fireworks.
Saturday morning we went to Tacoma and walked around the display of the Tall Ships. We toured the Coast Guard ship and went through the museum. The ship Bounty was there from the movie Pirates of the Caribbean and Captain Jack Sparrow.
Sunday we visited and enjoyed each other's company.
Monday Jennifer, Nicole, Heidi and Judith left for girls' camp at 5 o’clock in the morning. Annette was the driver and brought back a list of things they forgot so Dave could bring them when he comes to do security Monday night. We left Dave's just after 10 o’clock and went to Snoqualmie Falls. We hiked around and took pictures of the boys. We hope to get some good ones for Dustin's senior pictures. After they were tired of getting their picture taken we went to the North Bend outlet stores. Dustin found some cool shoes, swim suit and belt. William got a swim suit and belt also. We had a good trip home. The boys slept most of the way. We arrived home just after 8 o’clock.
We are boarding the Coast Guard ship
Dave and Judith posing as pirates.
Dave's family on a tall ship.
Judith in front of a Tall Ship.
William on Tall Ship
Snoqualmie Falls
Snoqualmie Falls
Dustin
Dustin
William
William
Dustin and William

Handcart Trek

Dustin's Trek family
Dad is the medical rescuer
William ready for a dust storm
William heading out the first day with his trek family
I was ask to take pictures
June 26th thru the 28th the Colville Stake had a pioneer handcart trek. There were over 200 people involved. It took place on a ranch in the Fruitland area. The youth ages 12 to 18 were divided into families of 8-10 youth and then into company's of 6 families. There were 3 companies and each had a captain and they also had a trail boss for each company. We had a great time. The leaders cooked for the youth and there were firesides and talks and many games and activities. One of the youth found a rattle snake in their sleeping area and killed it, skinned it and saved the meat to cook later at home. Another youth found what looked like a scorpion. The owners of the ranch were very interested in seeing that catch. Dustin and William had a great time and said it was easy. They enjoyed their adventures. Jim and I had a great time also.