Chelsie's Last Two Ballroom Competitions

Chelsie a couple of weeks ago competed in Vegas and BYU Provo. She did really well.

In Provo she and Andrew made 2nd in Novice Standard and 6th in Pre-champ Standard. She and Gabe made semi finals in Novice Latin and quarter finals in Pre-champ Latin

In Vegas they placed 6th in Novice Standard and made Semi finals in Pre-champ Standard. In Latin Novice they made quarter finals.

What do you think of her orange and black Standard dress? We are probably going to buy it.

Trip to Oregon

A few weeks ago, Bradon and I went to visit Cindy in Coos Bay Oregon. She lives right on the beach. My sister Kristene and her family also came and we had a house full with all of her 7 kids and Bradon and I. It probably took Cindy a week to clean up after we left. All of Kris's kids loved having their big cousin Bradon to climb all over and play with. I think that he was their new favorite toy. Cindy kept us busy with all kinds of things to do. One of the funnest days was when we went to the dune and went sand boarding by a beautiful lake. Bradon even a few times boarded down the biggest hill right into the lake. One night we had a fire on the beach and roasted marshmallows. What a great time we all had. The Oregon coast is sure beautiful!!!

Summer Review

We have sure had a fun Summer. It started off with Tyler, Brooke and Chelsie coming home and surprising me for my birthday. It was such a wonderful surprise after I got over the shock!!!!! Then we had Britany and Tana come followed by her husband Brad the following week. And then Tiff and the kids surprised us and come that week too. It was so fun having them all come and visit us. I think we should do this every summer. Everyone should come home to Washington. I just could not get enough of them all. I really love and truly miss my kids and grand kids! I wish all the time that we could live closer to them!

Dad's 50th Birthday

I took Ken to Whistler BC for his birthday. We rented a car with a sun roof and enjoyed every minute. I even surprised him with a Zip Line tour down the canyon. It was the first time we had ever done anything like it. I was very nervous about it, but had fun as soon as I was flying down the canyon. Ken of course had fun looking at all the building of the platforms in the tops of the trees that we would launch from. I told Ken that we had do something big for his birthday because you only turn 50 once in your life.

Pantry improvement!

I painted the shelves in the kitchen pantry. Britany suggested I paint them white. After painting them, the pantry is a lot brighter. Britany helped me organize it, Dad installed a new shelf up high and also removed the post that used to be in the corner, which made it seem bigger or at least more usable. I love it!