It's a GIRL!!!

We are excited to announce our next baby will be a girl! YEAH! Now we are 4 and 4. That makes us even. Does that make us done.....................who knows! Don't ask............there is no answer for now! We are grateful for all our blessings (most days), and can't imagine our family any differently.

Our new Kittens

We were suppose to take a kitty from Grandma Sue's house in exchange for Cash; the dog! We didn't think it would appreciate a two day drive back with all our helpers. So, the compromise was grandma Sue would 'help' us get one here, in WA. What can I say, they had a special if you get a litter mate it is FREE......except for the micro chip. Who could turn that down?! They are adjusting nicely and are in the Master Bedroom for now. They play ALL night long, and hide from the youngin's during the day. Squirrel Tail, the female calico (Tyler's cat); and Zeek the male, tabby. YES, they are fixed.

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Summer Vacation 2009

We were able to travle this year to California over a 3 day period to arrive for a 2 1/2 week visit. Partly, because Fred took a new job working for Seed Factory NW, and had training for 1 week in California. We camped along the coast on our way down. It was exhausting, but worth it! We made some great family memories. We saw the California Redwoods, Crescent City, drove HWY 1; not sure my kids will go for that again!

The kids LOVE being at Grandma Sue's and Grumpaw's house. They tried to swim every day at Great Grandma Steele's, a,k.a 'Great Mom'. Played with the cats, and my favorite; the Cabin. We played hard and slept little, or so it seemed. I am sure years from now, we will think 'WOW', what a summer!

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Playing in the trees

Andrew

Calvinator, sporting a mustache?

Sweet Marie!

Millie

Great Views

Fred caught a great pic of some nature!
The mountain range in front of us. Rainier is to the left.

Rainier at sunset

Potty Time

Some Privacy would have been nice, don't ya think?!

All done! Wow, what a work out!

People Pic-Memorial weekend

Tyler's Fire
Hangin at the River, Kids tried fishing...current way to fast. Dad spent most of the time repairing caught lines.

Boe Boe. Man he is old!!

Kickin back in the mess hall!

The Girls, Marie, Nora, and Millie

Memorial Weekend

The Boys; Tyler, Calvin, and Andrew
The Gang

Hiking....Tyler being a nice big Bro!

The poochies

Nora, loving being dirty.

More Campsite pics

Mike has arrived! He travels like a turtle. With his home on his back. The Hoffman's are a little more like a caravan!!!

Our Awesome enclosed dining room. (Thanks Joshie!!)

The view from out tent!

Michell's tent site.

We had so much fun remote camping with Mike (Fred's co-worker and family friend) The kids think he is their uncle! Michelle, (Mommies friend), the dogs, and the kids. Our site was perfect. We had an awesome view of Mt Rainier. We had the whole place to ourselves. Spectactular!

Memorial Weekend campout May 2009

More ocean shores

More Oceanshores pics:

Ocean Shores

This was our most recent family expedition. We enjoyed a fun day in the brisk sun, and enjoyed lots of kite flying and knot detangling!

Edgeworks Troop 5575

Edgeworks Troop 5575 Rock Climbing Experience

The Real Deal!

Class room instruction.

Here is the group at Edgeworks. Troop 5575 and some friends too! This is before they got started. They loved it and can't wait to get back!

Brothers setting up to climb, sorry it was so dark.