Puyallup Fair

Brandt and I made our first ever visit to the Puyallup Fair this Saturday.

The gondola ride was one of our favorite parts.

This piggy wanted some privacy.

Orcas Island with Mollie & Gary

We had a great time this past week hanging out with our friends from CA, Mollie and Gary.
We spent Saturday visiting Orcas Island. Even though it was raining off and on we got some great views from the top of Mt. Constitution.

The skies cleared up in the evening.

We stopped by our neice and nephew's house on Monday to check out their new playhouse!

Fishing

Rob, another teacher in the science department, invited me and Dave out for some fishing on his boat near Everett today after work.

Dave nabbed 2 pink salmon and I was fortunate enough to land a fiesty coho.

Good weather, good company, good times.

Mt. Rainier Camping

We had a great time camping at Ohanapecosh the past couple of nights in the Mt. Rainier National Park.

We forgot our games so Becky made a make-shift cribbage board.

Becky wasn't afraid to ford a raging river on our hike.

Big cedar trees at the Grove of the Patriarchs.

It was beautiful up at Paradise.

We walked a few miles up the Skyline trail.

We stopped just a little bit above Panorama Point.

We were treated to a view of Mt. Adams and Mt. St. Helens.

Tiling

A couple of weeks ago Becky's parents were kind enough to drive down from Oak Harbor and help us tile our kitchen backsplash.

Becky's job included snapping the glass tiles without taking shrapnel in the eyes (yes, we have goggles).


Fortunately we have our own personal Bob Villa to show us how it's done.


Becky and I finished up the grout work.

I had the easy, non-technical part of the job.

Ta-da!

Desert Canyon

Brandt and I spent this weekend with my parents, Andy, Jenny and Annalise in Desert Canyon near Lake Chelan.



We spent most of our time relaxing but the highlight of our trip was probably the mini-golf challenge.



Annalise had to sit this one out.



The teams were boys against girls...the stakes were who had to do the dinner dishes.



Becky put her putting skills to the test.



Brandt was outgolfed by Becky (once again).

In the end, the boys came out on top but we all had a great time!

Holden Vacation at Westport

We had a fantastic time last weekend with Brandt's family in Westport. It was overcast but warm for the whole weekend.

(thanks to our bro-in-law Dan Johnson for the group shot)

Father-Son Baseball (thanks again Dan)

Our house was just a few feet from the beach so we spent a lot of time playing baseball and frisbee.

Earl delivers a fastball to Becky.

Tarah & Paul made some delicious paella Friday night.

We made friends with the pets from the house next door.

We tried a bit of crabbing down by the docks with our pot.