I am NOT making any promises.............

Deception Pass. Wonder what Joseph saw?

I am NOT making any promises that I will be a better boggler. But I will TRY. Heather has been here with us around four months. I gotta tell you that it has been wonderful having all my chicks’ home.

Wicked Lexi

In April Heather’s girlfriend Chelsea came out to visit for awhile. Chelsea stayed till the end of May.What an amazing young woman she is. She cooks out of this world, played way too many games of rummy, and calmed down the wicked Lexi kitty. 

At the end of April Joseph starting playing baseball on a challenger team. He was so much fun to watch and I know he loved it! May brought Prom season~ two for Sarah Beth. One at Edmonds Heights (Sarah Beth's school) and at the EMP for Mountlake Terrace High.

Sarah Elizabeth with beau Steve

The month of June brought Emily's graduation from elementary school, white water rafting with Emily's girl scout troop, camping at Mt. Rainer and hanging out at the beach to name a few!

The 4th of July we spent 2 hours watching fireworks at Matthew’s Beach. We took a side trip to Deception Pass and sailing on Lake Washington. The kids have since gone sailing two more time on Lake Ballenger with our new buddy Howard. This summer has been eventful to say the least. Who knows what we will do next?

Prom Night

Coach Melissa and Doug

Camping at Mt. Rainer

  

Seattle Pirates storm Alki Beach

Hanging at the beach

Splish, splashin in the Sound

 

Chelsea and Heather

Two weeks ago the weather was in the upper 50' to low 60's degrees in the sun. We could not have asked for a nicer day. Jeff and I decided to take the children to one of our favorite places, Ballard Locks and Dam. It is getting darker earlier and earlier. The sun is now sets around 4:30 pm. We planned it perfect and had a picnic dinner at sunset. It was so beautiful. There were still a lot of trees with their beautiful leaves shimmering in the sunlight. We found thousands of dahlia's, roses, pansies, Japanese lanterns and a host of other flowers blooming in the gardens surrounding the locks. The fall weather has been great. We have had few nights below 45 and the days stay around 50-55. Sometimes even warmer.

The only thing that could have made the day a 10 out of 10 was to have a train need to cross, which would have made the bridge you will see in the pictures go down and that would have made Joseph's day! i would have loved for the kids to have seen the salmon on the fish ladders or the observation windows because it is really cool. but hey you cannot have everything. :0)

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Hope that your fall has been spectacular where you live.

Going home to West Virginia

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Happy 15th Birthday Sarah Elizabeth

September 30Th Sarah Elizabeth turned 15. How do they grow up so darn fast I ask you? We have been blessed four times with these beautiful creatures. I am so in awe with our children and the people that they are becoming. Birthday love and wishes Sarah Elizabeth!

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Blair's birthday trip to Mt. St. Helen's

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Pictures from our cross country trip. Enjoy! :0)

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Day 4

Day 4
Nebraska is a beautiful state, but it takes forever to cross! We saw so much corn that Sarah Elizabeth decided to order corn with her dinner. She was most disappointed it was frozen!
We did not get as far as we had hoped today. That’s ok, we will make it up in the coming days. We stopped in the town of Gothenburg. It was settled with Swedish immigrants. It was also one of the stops for the pony express. This was so cool to visit! The girls learned that a ride would ride 10 miles and change his horse multiple times to make the ride. Emily could not get over that the riders only had 2 minutes to change horse at each stop so he arrive on time! Her comment was I cannot even go to the rest stop in 2 minutes! I could never have been a pony express rider! ;0)
They had postcards stamped with the pony express seal and the stamp is canceled with the pony express seal. So we sent one to our selves and should be waiting on us when we arrive in Mountlake Terrace, Washington!
The kids continue to do great. They are really enjoying the trip. Emily loves the fact that we eat out every evening. Sarah Elizabeth has loved watching the sky and the surrounds. She has taken some beautiful pictures! Will upload those as soon as I find the cable!
Off to cowboy country, Wyoming!