July

So I decided that I am going to write here every Sunday.  This is a goal.  This may not actually happen.  I sometimes get overwhelmed with having to attach pictures, but then I realized that i don't have to post any pictures!  I like to write my thoughts and I miss it.  So here we go.

We were supposed to go to Portland earlier this week, but the cousins were sick, so we decided to wait.  Instead, we went up to Sunrise on Mt Rainier for the day.  It was beautiful, but the unexpected heat and mosquitoes kind of killed us.  Then my back started hurting, and I just endured to the end.  We all lived to tell the tale!  The next morning, Cora ran down the hall saying, "My Eye!  My Eye hurts!"  One of her eyes was swollen shut from the mosquitoes.  She got sympathetic looks by people at the store, library, and the park.

Cant remember Tues.

Wednesday, I took the kids down to Sumner.  Michael was invited to Cooper Payne's 5th birthday.  All decked out in a train theme.  I need to take notes on how to throw a party, because Michael is COUNTING DOWN.  And he is excited.  Every time I drive down to Sumner, I sigh.  Such a cute small town.  A simpler life.  Just too far for Dan's commute.  That evening the Bishop had the youth over in his backyard.  We enjoyed hamburgers and hotdogs.  They made a slip in slide out of a construction tarp.  The bishop poked holes in their hose with a knife, which created sprinklers. HA!

Thursday, we picked up 3 year old Lilah as her parents (Christina and Taylor) were finishing up before their move to Arizona.  We went to the park, where I ran into my old neighbor Kathleen.  She's sad that her across the street neighbor sold their double lot property, and now multiple townhomes are being built in its place.  Her house is becoming like the story of the Little House.  That's Seattle for you.  It's changing.

Friday, we went to the spray park for park playdate, cleaned house, then we put on a movie night for a couple of families.  We set up the TV in the backyard, and ate pizza.  Michael ate so much he was rolling on the floor.  "How many pieces of pizza did you eat?"  "I don't know... I don't know..." haha.

Saturday we were supposed to work on the roof.  And we really need to do that.  But our friends that moved to Whidbey Island were home that day, so we decided to make a trip out of it.  Hiked to Lighthouse point at Deception Pass.  A great easy hike, enjoyed by all.

Afterward, we stopped by the Kemptons in Coupeville and ate hotdogs.  Now THEY are living the true small town life, in an old old house surrounded by farmland.  They drive to the next city to buy groceries, because their local store looks like a gas station food mart.  Work and school are all in walking distance.  Again, I sigh.  Oh the small town life.  It tugs at me sometimes.

Today we went to church and had the Wingfields over for dinner.  They are visiting from Utah, but used to live in WSeattle for 12 years.  Great people.  They moved!  People move.  People move in an out all the time.

What a week!  Full of the outdoors.  That's Seattle for you, warm and magical for a couple of months, haha.  The sun is out, so you feel like you have to be out all day every day.  I'm started to feel guilty.  We really need to put our house in order, or it'll fall apart.  Priorities!  Also, we also need to set up a good food storage.  Priorities!