Remembering Grandma

We are remembering and missing Grandma - she faithfully finished the race last night. "Jesus Saviour, walk beside me, till the homeland greets my view..."

Cape Disappointment - Memorial Day weekend

We spent an awesome Memorial Day weekend camping at Cape Disappointment State Park. It is at the mouth of the Columbia River, where it meets the Pacific Ocean. The park had tons of hiking and biking trails, 2 lighthouses, Lewis & Clark interpretive center, great beaches - what more could you ask for? We loved it! Can't seem to get the pics in order, but here they are!


Cape Disappointment Lighthouse - the oldest continuously running lighthouse on the west coast - began operating in 1856.

A cove we hiked to and explored

A really BIG tree!

The Astoria Bridge over the Columbia - a whopping 4.2 miles long! Wow!

Northhead Lightouse - we got to go up inside this one!

Beach time

Our home away from home

Views!

Northhead Lighthouse - 111 yrs old

Sunset

Cloud formations

Sisterly love

Driftwood frame

Remembering

We remember, with love...

A New Cousin!

We are excited to welcome Brooklyn into our forever family - we attended her adoption party on May 2nd!

Double Digits!

So, I am only a month late, but here's a few pics from Natalia's 10th birthday!

A visit with the tulips

On Saturday, the girls and I met Rob's parents for a visit to the tulip fields in Skagit County. The tulips had really opened up and we loved seeing the many, many varieties of beautiful tulips. After the tulip fields, we took in the street fair in Mt. Vernon, which was really fun and interesting! All, in all, it was a great day!

Spring Break

It takes forever to upload pictures on Blogger, so I am going to go the cheater route and give you a link to the pictures that I posted on Facebook. The girls and I spent 5 days in New Mexico and Colorado with our friends, the Hewitts, who moved to Durango, CO last August. It was great to see new scenery and have a great visit with good friends. We are all back to work/school tomorrow - back to "real" life! Vacation has been great though!.

Amelia Earhart project

The 2nd graders do a "Famous American" project at our school...so Johanna chose Amelia Earhart as her project. She spent a lot of time reading and researching about Amelia and then drafting a "report" about her life. The project also included a large poster and an oral presentation, in costume. Here's our little "Amelia". Fun and learning for the whole family!

Full Moon

There was a full moon on Tuesday and luckily I had my camera with me because after dinner, it was just rising and was absolutely huge, bright and beautiful!!!

Celebrating another year

I had a birthday this week and was very spoiled. I am typing this post on my new MacBook Pro and several accessories accompanied it including a new "mighty mouse" and photo card reader. I am slowly learning "all things Mac"! In addition to that, I got to spend a wonderful mother-daughter weekend with my mom in Spokane. What a treat! Here's a couple birthday pics...