Summer Vaycay 2009

The Washington Coast
(this is my artistic beach shot)

Then up to Seattle:

We purchased some of these:



and got to see some great places like the Aquarium:

the Children's Science Center:

Pike's Place:

Harbor Ferry Tour:

The Space Needle:

(our own Wall-E)

The Science Fiction Museum:

(this is for anyone who, like me, watched Buck Rogers in the late 1970's/early '80's. This is Twiki. And, yes, he is a total rip-off to Star Wars' C3PO)

Sleepless in Seattle:
(Thanks Dawson, Jenn, and Evi for having us)

The boys and their Uncle watched the Yankees beat the Mariners:Finally, we visited our College friends

who took us out on their fishing boat.

Summer Fun - CFO Style

Summer Summary '09

Summer ended up being busy... which was a good thing.

Here is a small sampling of what happened (some of you might recognize your photos...Thank you for being there with a camera when I wasn't)

C was baptised. It was a long 2 weeks of birthday celebrations. In June, it rained a lot and I thought we were going to go stir-crazy.

Then a wonderful thing happened....

Grandma & Grandpa W came to visit for a few weeks!!!

Grandpa was busy building us a cool and organized garage:
They are wonderful grandparents and took the kids out to do fun things:

The kids played with friends and cousins.

With two boys we play lots of sports. We finished playing soccer (no pictures), took up golf (no pictures) and started the baseball season. E pitched some for the Yanks...

I went to NYC with my friends: the blond, the redhead, and me the brunette. (Incidentally, we did enter a bar but only to have a good Philly cheese steak and a diet coke.)

The CFO and I biked some on the tandem. And, sadly, he busted his road and mountain bikes.

We attended the CFO's High School Graduation.

We also visited with our Idaho friends .

We played lots of baseball.

"Congratulations, your son has made it on the All-Star team. You owe 30 more dollars."

So, we played more baseball. I must have spent a small fortune at the snack bar.

We celebrated the 4th "small-town" style...with giant reptiles, watched a parade, a candy CANNON, and fireworks.

Our All-Star team won the championship.

C's team also was ranked 1st and they played championship games.

(They took 2nd.)

We played at the beach.

We played in the water and boated.

This is how you surf when you live in the mountains:

In the middle of all these activities, the CFO changed jobs and began training, which he has blogged about.

Then, as our final hurrah, we took a family vacation to Washington/Seattle.

I guess you now know what my next blog will be about.