Other Summer Favorites

Scrupcious Salads

Gardening

Adventure and Discovery

One Reason I love Summer

Fresh Veggies.....

So there's a bit of a joke that I don't like to cook very much...well give me fresh veggies and I'm all over it...here's proof!

Good Friends...Good Times

Friendship....What a wonderful gift! For a belated birthday gift my dear friends Mandy and Erin traveled down for an overnight visit. Baby Elena came along too. Poor thing that's a long trip for a 4 month old. And Marlus...WE MISSED YOU!

My daughter Makayla is always wanting to take pictures with mommies camera...well she got her chance and I think she has a pretty good eye. Thanks hun. She was even trying to give us ideas and poses...What a fun time. Thanks Ladies...you are a true treasure in my life and I thank the Lord for our friendship.

Til we meet again...Ladies...Til we meet again

Just a down right Beautiful Day!

Good to be alive, kind of a day!

Ending with a sunset that dreams are made of...

Ahhhh...what a gift!

Thanks Whitworth Elementary

I had the privilege of taking a few staff picture to celebrate the end of the 2009 school year for Whitworth Elementary. It is the start of allot of transition and new beginnings for many teachers and students as the school district is mixing things up and switching gears. K-3 will be redirected to attending at two other local schools, while 4-5th will remain at Whitworth. Makayla will be moving to Oakdale to start her 2nd grade year.

Thank you Whitworth Teachers and Staff

Best wishes to all of you in the year to come.

I dream of Cherries!

The older the kids get the more cherries actually make it into the buckets...Today was a fun and very dust day in the orchard. Now for learning how to can!

Happy 4th of July

It's hard to believe that it's already the 4th of July...where did June go? Seriously? As you can see, we're back together as a family celebrating our Independence TOGETHER! The kids and I where away from daddy for a total of 24 days. A trip that was to be no longer than a week to 10 days-went horribly wrong. We arrived back to Oregon late Thursday night and have taken a few days to decompress.

Before we left Washington my dad was released from Swedish hospital and was transferred to Cherry Hill Rehabilitation Center. We're grateful that he was excepted to this program, but where shocked to find out that he will only be there for 10 to 14 days. After which time, he will be released into the care of my mom once again. It is one thing to learn how to maneuver through life without a hip, it is entirely another to administer iv antibiotics three times a day without medical assistance for the next two months.

I look forward to returning to some normalcy in my own life between future visits to Washington in the months to come. Between all the medical issues, there continues to be allot of work to be done on fire clean up, rebuilding and property sales. This is indeed going to be a major life change for my parents.

Happy 4th from our family to yours!