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Due to the civil unrest in the Seattle area and the community aggression aimed at law enforcement, we moved out of our home for a week. Fortunately, we found somewhere wonderful to go. The people who own the company I work for also own vacation rental homes on Whidbey Island, and they blocked off oneContinue reading “A Week at Whidbey Island”

We had an opportunity to celebrate Jim turning 41 while enjoying our beautifully upgraded backyard (thanks to all that spring yardwork).  Haley made slime 😉 and JT helped grill burgers. Yum!

We traumatized Maverick by taking him on his very first car ride for three hours, with people he’d never met, away from his family. Ever since, he has hated getting in the car.  I read that we can change his mind if we replace long and horrible memories with lots of tiny good memories. So theContinue reading “Making Maverick love the car”

Both kids have decided to start new businesses during school closures. They don’t have a ton of extra time on their hands, but they have some – and I love their entrepreneurial spirit! Haley started a greeting card business called Haley’s Care Cards. She promotes her cards among my Facebook friends (we started a group)Continue reading “New businesses”

When we found out our annual camping trip to Fort Worden was cancelled, we decided to take the day and make it a day trip instead. We invited along our nephew Travis, who was visiting his grandparents nearby, and we brought Maverick for his first trip to salt water. It was very fun to hikeContinue reading “Fort Worden 2020”

My mother’s day gift was a new grill. That’s right: a grill. Jim has a Weber charcoal grill that he loves, and I do not. Because I am so often the one making dinner, I would rather have a grill that I can turn on and cook on. Jim knows this and kind of laughedContinue reading “The New Grill Arrives!”

Crista Camps hosted a virtual camp out, and we had our nephew Travis over to hang out in the tent with us. The camp did such a great job! We learned about horses and got to laugh together, eat s’mores, and enjoy an indoor, virtual adventure. Maverick wasn’t invited into the tent. He was prettyContinue reading “Virtual Campout”

We got a new truck! Jim has been looking and eyeing new trucks for a long time. With purchase rates so low and our truck needing so many repairs, he felt it was time. He found a really good truck that matched many of his wish-list items: black dualie F450, ready to haul our camperContinue reading “Truck of the Decade”

What gorgeous weather we had over Mother’s Day Weekend this year! This first picture is NOT from Mother’s Day Weekend… it’s from the weekend before, when Haley and JT decided to surprise us with breakfast in bed. It was lovely.  The actually Mother’s Day weekend had beautiful weather. We played in the sunshine, and didContinue reading “Mother’s Day Weekend”