Toby Keith and Eric Church with the Folks!

It was a fun filled Friday night for us! My parents drove south and we drove north....and we met up at the Sleep Country Amphitheater for a fun night of GREAT country music!!!


Bob and I got there a little early....so we tailgated and waited for B&G to arrive.


And once they did we tailgated a little more.....

Dad even wore his Toby Keith hat.....some guy walked by and thought he was Toby....that made his night.

We got Bob in a cowboy hat....ok it only lasted as long as tit took to take this pic, but he still did it!!!

Eric Church ROCKED the house!!!! He really puts on a great show!

Eric Church

The 4 of us....


TOBY KEITH!!!!

HAHA Dad and I....and Bob....He looks like a total creeper!

Great night with my favorite people!!!! Thanks DAD!!!!

Rouge Camping 2011

What sounds more fun than 8 kids, 7 adults, jet boat rides, and campfires? Not to much!!! We loaded up and treked down south for a few days of fun in the sun along the Rouge River.

Lucy, Moka and I waking up in the tent.

Moka was a happy boy! He is getting older and really having a harder time with being left behind....so I took him along....

All the kids with Paulette (Nana) and Bob (Pops)....Lucy, Jaci, Noah, Karsen, Brayden, Trevan, Caymus....Zoey is missing, not really missing, just from the picture. That would be bad if she was really missing....


Lucy doing her rock concert pose!
The kids set up spot lights (lanterns and flashlights) and did a rock show. Very cute.

Caymus' pose.

Lucy and I on the Jet Boat. We had great weather and saw some good wild life. Including a black bear, dear, a bald eagle couple, turtles, seals, otters and a few others....


Getting ready to get on the boat.

Campfire time!
The kids all got a ride on the fire truck through camp. Yea that was fun!!!

Playing by the river, so much fun. The boats come by and make waves for the kids, I think this is one of the big highlights for them!

Another great trip with some great friends!

Livin Life on Lummi

It was off to Lummi for a few relaxing days the beginning of August. We had a few things on the agenda....visit Bryce who was home from Iraq for a few weeks, visit my cousins from Arkansas who were out for a family vacation, go to another cousins wedding, play on the beach and of course hunt for beach glass!!! We did accomplish all of the above!!!


Little Isis Moon....she is such a doll. We all had a lot of fun spending time with her!

Grandpa!!! He is usually the photographer and I think this was the only picture we got of him on this trip...thanks to Lucy who really enjoys taking off with the camera!

My sweetie!!! I think he loves going to Lummi more than I do.....well almost.


Grandma and her grands! She is in heaven!!!

They think she is a jungle gym...she doesn't mind.....notice who is about to take a big drink of the Pacific Ocean....she is a water baby for sure!

I am for sure a beach LOVER!!!

Getting the Kayaks ready, what a perfect day for it too!

Caymus got the hang of it right away!

So did Lucy.....I didn't think we were going to be able to get them out of the water!

She is as sweet as she looks.....

My Moose. What a big boy he is getting to be!

Awww what a beauty!

Lucy had a great time pushing Isis around, Isis loved it too!!!

Lucy and Caymus all dressed up for cousin Lance's wedding.

Bob and I......lookin good!!!

Got to see Bryce!!! YAY!!!

And this is us in action.....we came home with a total combined weight of 10.2lbs in beach glass....I had 5lbs, Bob had 5.2lbs.....he finally beat me!!!

The kids made "houses" on the beach and entertained them selves for houses!

Hot tub time!!! Kids played in the tub (it had 90 deg water in it) for hours upon hours and hours!!!

And a little snuggle time on the couch! So sweet!

So a great trip it was and of course we cant wait to go back!!!

Panorama!!!

I had some fun with a new app on my phone....making panorama photos. Enjoy!


Back and side yard. The new lawn is coming in nicely. And we got the stone boarder laid so no more rocks in the grass!

Back corner, ugly side of the yard on the left.....

Front yard and house. Its all coming together! The before and after pictures are quite rewarding....All this in less than a year!

Side and back, my vision is coming together!

And my sunflowers are starting to bloom! Love it!

July Garden update

The garden is producing!!! Here is the first zucchini from the garden! It was delicious!

This is what happens when you break open some fermented gourds in your compost pile! Very cool! I cant wait to see what they grow!

The back yard, to the right are the apple trees that are doing great!


Raised beds, the lettuce and spinach in the left bed are done and gone to flower. I need to pull them out and replant. They did great and we got some really good salad outta there! The tomatoes and peppers in the right are taking off like crazy! I am going to have a TON of tomatoes!!!

Pumpkins and sunflowers are loving their sunny spot on the side of the house!

Front yard is finally filling in. Seeds take forever to grow.....


I put strawberries and a sun-gold tomato in the front bed, thats been a fun little treat!

My herb bed is really looking nice, and the grass is finally growing. Apparently grass needs a lot of water to grow......oops!

Summer time and the livin is easy.....

This summer is flying by as they always do....We are finally getting some good weather. Its been much cooler than usual and a lot more rain. My garden appreciates it, but the humans sure dont.

After our month + of weekends at the coast we finally spent a few weekends at home.....one weekend it rained, so we just chilled indoors. The second weekend was hot, thank goodness because we had out door birthday parties to attend!

Lucy and I chillin at a friends bday party.

My little nut job! What a goof! He actually looked really cute in this hat, but refused to give me his model face for the picture......


She had no problem with her model face.....


The kids started swim lessons.....2 weeks, 4 days a week. They are loving it and doing a great job! This should help with some of our water fears.....


On the 26th we celebrated the kitties 1st birthday! The kids each picked out a yummy can of cat food for them and we all sang happy birthday. The cats were appreciative....