Sidewalk walk art

Issaquah Sidewalk Art Festival

Madison and Susan each signed up for a spot.

Thank goodness it was in the shade.

Lots of people came to help  

Madison finished hers up with some 3-D additions

While waiting for Susan she did her favorite activity...climbing trees.

Calvin was just hanging around too

Working hard

Susan won a prize for her sidewalk picture.

It was a fun afternoon.

More Hiking

The mountain I am trying to conquer or reclaim is Tiger Mountain. I have been to the top twice since my accident.

Here is what it looks like July 9th 2017.  I have a ways to go before I feel comfortable descending it.

The kids have been doing some hiking of their own.  Here they are at Franklin Falls.

Climbing Mountains

Joey wanted to climb mountains this summer for his adventure.  He got some of his friends at church on board with him as well as his dad and brother, David.

First mountain was Mt. St. Helens.  Here is Joey standing on top of that active volcano. 

David made it to the top too. Here is his summit selfie.  They report it was a tough hike and Dad didn't quite make it to the top.

Joseph went on to conquer Mt. Adams.  Here he is on top.  He and his friend Cooper were the only ones to summit this mountain.  David needed to return to work and dad was in the support role at the base of the mountain.  All of them had a great time.  This was a wonderful adventure for the boys. What mountains are they going to conquer next?

Happy Fourth of July

 We started out the day with cinnamon rolls and a home town parade. 

Madison decorated her bike and Calvin decorated his scooter.

Love David's glasses and Madison's bow.

Grandpa joined them

Joey joined in too

Then the fireworks 

We ended the day with s'mores

Happy Fourth of July

Happy mom and dad's day

We had a wonderful Mother's day

Susan arranged these flowers for me.  She is really getting good a flower arranging.

Father's day was casual

Madison set the table and thought everyone should start out with a treat.

The dad's got candy cards.
Fun    Fun    Fun

Forest Service

Thomas got a job with The National Forest Service.

He will be fighting fires this summer

His first fire was in Leavenworth WA

He is now in Arizona. The southwest is having record heat and they drove there to be in reserve because of the fire conditions
Thomas is the one all the way to the left.

Spring

Spring is here

Time for Baseball.  David is the coach and pitcher and Calvin is the hitter. Go Graham Grizzles

This year the spring play was Music Man.  It was great.  Joey played Marcellus Washburn the music mans friend and he sang "Shipoopi".

Emma is working on a set

Matthew celebrated a birthday

Joey's band won battle of the bands and the school talent show.
Fun Spring