"Barbarian" Village

We hid away for a couple of days with the girls in the quaint town of Leavenworth, nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. Very German. . .very Bavarian. . .pulling into town, Madison asked "What's a Barbarian Village?"

We enjoyed our relaxed time by the pool, read books and magazines, watched the Olympics every night and ate the BEST scones!

The view from our unit

Our unit is the top of the middle building. So nice. . .

Baby Booty. . ..

Rachel's new baby girl is due the end of October.

Her baby "sprinkling" was last Sunday. . .

The bag wasn't a surprise. . . but the color was!
We're glad you liked it, Rach!

Taylor, Madison, Hayden & Rachel with baby "booty".

Rachel with her girlfriends. . .really. . her friends since they been girls.

Emily, Sara with son Brody, Rachel, Micah with daughter Charolette, Kaitlyn.

Shoozzz. . . .

I was looking for a particular photo in my e-files and came across this one. . which I love! While food shopping at Fred Meyer, the girls and I took Avery on a detour through the shoe department. Can you just see "shooz" on her lips as we browsed up and down the aisles. What a field trip!

Candy Man

Grampa Moe is known to many as the "Candy Man" because he's always sharing his assorted candies. Sunday was his 80th birthday so we decided to give him the ultimate sweet tribute.

To Our August Babies. . . .

Keeping with the spirit of the Olympics ~
Happy Birthday to Moe, Dan, Madison, & Dana!

Glorious

Those rain clouds hung with us for hours on our drive to Eastern Washington last weekend. We didn't mind because we knew where we were going they wouldn't survive.

Beautiful Columbia River Valley. . .this was our view for the next two days. (Thanks Cheri and Steve) Those scared-y-cat clouds. . hardly showed their faces at all.


Return trip home via Chinook Pass and Mt. Rainier National Forest. . .this is one of my favorite drives. . .it takes your breath away when you come around that turn to see a 15,000 ft mountain waiting to show her beauty.

In Loving Memory. . . .

Betty Brashear
Mom to Cheri & Steve, Grandma to Scott, Wes & Dana
Great Grandma to Sophia, Nathan, & Carmen

This morning we received the sad news that someone we love dearly passed away yesterday. The end of June brought her 83rd birthday and we really expected she would live to celebrate 20 more. She is the smile at every celebration, the contagious giggle behind beautiful sparkling eyes. Always gorgeous with her fashion and incredible platinum hair (natural of course), her memory was the best for sharing funny and heartwarming stories. Although she is Mom to our sister-in-law, Cheri, she is part of all our families. We will miss her terribly.