Boating in The San Juans

No better way to cool off on a hot summer day than to

take the boat out for a spin. While you're at it, why not

challenge an old Washington State Ferry to a race?

With Eric behind the wheel, we totally won!

Eric got us all the way to Orcas Island! We stopped at a dock

near East Sound. Devin's making sure the boat will be there

when we're done tooling around the island.

Does this dock look familiar Katie? Your yacht brought you

here for your Senior Prom dinner! Then your plane took you

back for the dance. Pretty sweet!

That's our boat!



And here we are on this comfy log getting ready for some
amazing pb&j sandwiches. Doesnt' get better than this!

Orcas Island

After picnicing at the beach, we took the short walk

into town to check it out. East Sound is a pretty cute

little touristy place. Bookstores and restaurants,

some antiques, stuff like that.

This picture overlooks the inlet we boated into.

Another obvious photo op.

You can't boat all the way to Orcas Island without buying
ice cream! You can see the town behind Keith as we
were leaving.

Devin behind the wheel takin it home.

Just another beautiful day in the San Juans.

Shake, shake, SHAKE ‘n BAKE!

I love our Trek family!!!! Such great, amazing people, each one. These kids made trek a very happy 4 days for Keith and I.

Still fresh! We had a nice visit at the temple, heard a great talk given by the temple recorder, and everyone drew a name of the family member they would be observing during trek.

One of the many dusty, dirt roads we traveled.

Josh, Brandon, Devin and James working together. Devin liked our Shake ‘n Bake family so much he hung out with us whenever he could.

Jacob just chillin'.

Totally Tessa!

Tessa and Emily with Mac Attack in the middle.

Peter!

Trace giving the cart a little nudge.

Ma & Pa Schenk

Give it a little MMPH boys!

Sassy MacKenzie

Emily and Bethany enjoying a break from pushing the handcart.

Merrily on our way we go until we reach the valley-o.

The Joy of Gardening

I have decided that I love flowers. These are a few

that are growing in the backyard.
These zinnias are just about my favorite. They are so
bright and colorful and they LAST for a few months!

It cheers me up everytime I look at them. In fact sometimes

I look into the backyard during the day just for a glimpse

at these happy flowers.

They are growing right next to the patio.

The peas and corn are doing well. I even have

pea pods showing up. Now those cute little

peas just need to fill out a bit, and we'll be

in business!

A paving we will go...

So the other day these big ol trucks came rumbling up

behind our house. The Peterson's decided to pave their

driveway, and Joanne wanted it paved all the way to

her house as well.

That means a lot less dust coming into our house, which

I'm pretty happy about.
As you can see, the garden boxes are trying to grow some
yummy veggies for us, but not making much progress.
And I can't even blame the weather, for a change. This summer
has been gorgeous. Never better. I'm puttin the blame on
my lame, sandy soil.

It's all finished now, after a couple of days working on it.

Now, to come up with a nice landscaping plan!