the oosterdam

our great friend dre, from our time teaching in aruba, is working on the holland american line out of seattle this summer. we were so excited to see dre after two years removed from aruba. it brought back so many memories. we were greatful that we had a short visit with him since he is the only IT man on board and has huge responsibilities. only inport once a week for a few short hours.

end of summer

end of summer was tough to get ready for school this year. the weather has been so great here in seattle. great sunny warm days and knowing the end is near is tough. so a trip to gas works park in late august to watch all of the boaters and wish you were one of them is what we did. then we hit 'the loft' in ballard, which is a bar owned by my brother-in-laws, brother in law, if that makes any sense. great little spot in ballard.

5tth year of sun lakes

for 5 years now we have been crossing the mountains to join our whidbey possee at sun lakes. each year it is a surprise as to what cabin you will end up with. so far we have never had the same cabin. think the parents enjoy it as much as the kids. one thing you can garantee about sun lakes in central washington in august, is that it is always going to be hot and sunny.

cuz'ns

houston loves his buddy dakotah, and think dakotah kind of looks up to houst.

houst

houston just enjoying the summer and his love of kayaking on the lake

cliff jumping

the kids enjoyed cliff jumping at davis lake where mike and jenny now live. being on the lake in the evening, there's nothing like it.

davis lake

this summer we enjoyed some hot summer days at davis lake north of spokane where jenny, mike, dakotah, and wyatt now live.