And she's up!

On the 4th of July, Katie learned to water ski!! She had a blast and during part of her trip, she let go with one hand and gave us a thumbs up :) She's a natural!

Jam anyone?

It's strawberry season and today we went a pickin'! We headed up to Greenbluff this morning and had a very successful trip. I had two great helpers and the three of us came home with 12 lbs. of strawberries and 6 lbs. of rhubarb. Mmmm!!




One hungry berry picker :)




My number 1 strawberry picker :)




Hard at work!




After a hard day of picking strawberries in the hot, windy field, we stopped for some Huckleberry ice cream. Yummy!







Soon these yummy little buggers will be turned into some delicious jam. Yum!!




Oh Nooo!




Ahh....the finished product! I can even hear the lids "sealing" as I type. What a great feeling!

We're stickers!!

This is our sticker family. Fun huh?

Create your own family sticker graphic at pYzam.com

I think we're out of gas.....

Every year, Sun Up Bay holds a fireworks show on the 3rd of July. We thought we'd check it out. It was mildly entertaining, but that was to be expected. It was a good warm up for the "big one" the next night. As we were leaving and feeling quite exhausted and children who were on the verge of tears, the boat shut off and Loren says, "I think we're out of gas." In complete disbelief I asked if he was joking. Nope. We both grabbed a paddle and went to work getting back to Sun Up bay, praying there would be someone there, anyone, who could give us gas. Fortunately, the volunteer Coast gaurd came along and towed us to the bay, found the guy who could give us gas and we were on our way. Whew!! The teary eyed children were very worried we were going to be living in the boat for the rest of their lives. :)
Now... here are our pictures from the actual 4th of July and we did NOT run out of gas!! We had the pleasure of having our cousin Kristina with us along with Mindy and her family.