Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Weekend at Chelan

Last weekend I went to Lake Chelan to visit with Maggi, Jan, Colleen, David, Steffan, and Colleen's girlfriend Morgan. It was a very relaxing weekend full of fun and humor. I really enjoyed getting to know Maggi's children better. They are very cool kids who are genuinely kind and respectful. Maggi, Jan and I went golfing at Bear Mountain Ranch. I was a little nervous because it is a challenging course and Maggi and Jan had never played on a real 18 hole golf course. They did fine. In fact Maggi managed to start and finish with the same ball. That is remarkable!

Maggi, always the fashion horse. She was wearing a black bra under her shear white shirt.

Maggi was playing with her new Callaway golf clubs. She has been bitten by the golf bug.

Jan was using my old clubs. They were so bad I made her use my clubs which are not all that great but they are better than those old dogs she was using.

Jan and I were in more trouble than Maggi ever was. Of course there are no pictures of me searching the weeds for my ball or scooping it out of the water.
This is the rare moment when the kids were unplugged from their electronic devices and were playing an old fashioned board game.
Colleen was leaving for WSU on Sunday and was a little nervous about the logistics of registering for classes and rush. This is Colleen talking with her Karl and his wife Suzie.

Colleen was showing Maggi and Steffan how to do the Slide. It is a little like the Hustle.
Halleluiah!
Sunday arrived and Maggi, Jan, Colleen, Morgan, and David all left to drive Colleen to Pullman. They had an adventure getting there but managed to safely drop her off and get her situated. She is going love going to WSU.

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Davey's Beach House

Last weekend the girls and I went to Davey's beach house on Hood Canal. We spent the weekend with Davey, Paula and Quinn just hanging out wondering if the sun would ever come out. It never got very warm but the girls had fun any way looking for shells and sand dollars.

This is Davey's beach house. He uses the row boat to get out to his motor boat anchored out in the water.

Jordan hoping for a boat ride.

On Saturday we went to a community event that had local artists, food and fun things for the kids to make. The girls painted wooden snakes, decorated visors, had their faces painted, and made wooden boats.

Torrin lovin' on Davey with Quinn and Paula

Here is Jordan getting help with her wooden boat.
Here are the finished products.
Torrin couldn't wait to try out her boat. She found it worked better without the "flag".
Later we went for a boat ride.


After any exciting day of beach combing, boat building, and boat rides the girls watched movies on these tiny little DVD players.