More, more, more

It seems like the faster I go - the behinder I get!

The baby will be a month old soon and still is no closer to sleeping for longer than 3 hours at a time (not at night anyway LOL)! Totally adorable, of course, as all of my babies have been.

Went to Powers to Uncle Jim's 83rd Birthday. Had quite a turnout and saw many that I haven't seen in years! He had family travel up from California and down from Portland and over from Arizona. Michelle was in attendance with her 2 youngest - and she has another on the way !! Way to go girl! I spent the day getting re-acquainted with many of my family. Of course, Baby slept most of the day - so he was ready to stay awake most of the night so Sunday was pretty much a rest day. Other than a bit of weeding - not much else went on.

Keith has been out of town for the last couple of weeks - he will be home again tomorrow! Yippee! I miss him so much when he is gone... Just miss him.... Dad came in to town and spent the afternoon and had dinner - I fixed meatloaf - I think he could eat it as often as Keith could! i saved some for Keith as I know he really, really likes it too. And he will be home tomorrow! (I'm sure I already said that - but I'm sooooo glad!)

Dad is looking at putting a couple of terraces in our back yard. Can't do all of them as the garden is in the way... Boy is it growing! We already done cabbage, cabbage,and more cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, strawberries, onions, lettuce, and raspberries from there - and lots more to go!

I took pictures of the picnic and of the garden - but again - I can't get the picture upload tool to work. That gets frustrating as all getout!!!

Anyhow, all is well here, missing my dear husband, and trying to keep myself occupied. Hope all is well with you.

Busy week~

Independence Day was great! Sallie the chef invited several over and we had our own celebration with wonderful food. Of course the food is always wonderful when we are at Clint and Sallie's. We had BBQ'd tuna, tri-tip, and chicken, accompanied by all the salads, chips, dips, fresh garden veggies (and I mean RIGHT out of the garden!), and great company! We met several of our neighbors that we didn't know and saw a few that we haven't seen since we were here last year. We are all so very thankful to all the Men and Women in Uniform that makes free and easy gatherings like this possible. Without them things like this wouldn't be possible!

We took the plunge and went up to Powers to visit. For as much as Keith travels - he doesn't care for the Powers Highway )-: But he went and we spent a really nice afternoon visiting with Aunt Nita, Uncle Jim, and Dad. Then they dropped by here for a bit Thursday afternoon. I got to show Dad our little place here and talk a bit about all of our 'big' plans~ several years' worth to put it mildly... but who knows what we might get started... with a little help from our families.... LOL
Kim's picture!
Keith is gone again for awhile. It's a good thing he loves to travel - as he has been doing a lot of it lately! We went up on Thursday for him to fly out really, really early on Friday morning. Then Baby and I came back down the coast. It was a really pretty drive. Beautiful blue sky and the dark green trees! Just Wonderful! except the part where I got stuck in the Oregon Country Fair traffic... And I wasn't even going to it. I'm not near 'country' enough for it! LOL

I got home just in time to welcome 2 little girls for the weekend and the three have pretty much kept me busy today. The girls "helped" me pick peas and strawberries and thin out the carrots. "We" also got some apricots, apricot jam, mixed berry jam, and strawberry jam done for Amanda to take up to S'te this weekend. Got all of that done just in time for Amanda to take some still~cooling jam up with them. Thanks so much Amanda and Jason. I got all of S'te's 'stuff' sent up ~ and forgot to give Amanda Danika's birthday gift... CRS... it's coming of fast....

Time to get kids ready for bed....

Driving, driving, driving, done....

Left on Monday evening to take Mak, Tetee, and CB up to see their new home... as Tetee so sweetly put it. My week with them has come to an end and it is time for them to bless their parents!! We really had a wonderful drive up... the kids (including CB - unbelievably!) watched ET - likened him to a foster kid who needs to be taken care of until his parents can come get him - Stopped at Drain to have Mexican dinner - boy, oh boy!, can CB eat!! he ate his dinner, sampled my dinner, and finished Tetee's!! Mak - bless his heart! - had his formula topped off by a cup of broth - heated by the wonderful waitress we had there. Then back into the car for the remainder of the trip....

As per normal for us... we got our directions mixed up and had to be 'found' and escorted to the new abode of the Elmores - about 2 am - after many miles out of the way and back again. We didn't end up far from them when Keith finally called and said SOS!!! Rod and S'te were there within minutes to show us the way in!

We truly enjoyed spending the day with them, getting the grand tour, playing checkers, and soaking in the 'new' hot tub!

We got up this morning and left the sleeping Elmore clan to catch the Bremerton/Seattle Ferry!! It was a beautiful crossing. I love the water!! and the georgeous homes along the waterfront!! It took just about an hour before I could see the Seattle skyline - I recognised the Space Needle from our trip to Seattle back in '99!! LOL




We made a wrong turn coming out of Seattle so ended up going clear down the I5 to the I84 before going East to Pendleton. I'm not sure how much time we actually added to the trip... :-( ... but ended up in Pendleton right at 4 pm. End of visiting hours. So we will stay here tonight at the Holiday Inn Express.. and visit tomorrow before heading back to the Coast! It will be a short visit.... but still a visit... ;-)

According to the news/weather reports... It is going to be really hot, hot, hot tomorrow... all the way to the coast... Thinking I'm really thankful for A/C!!!

So... anyhow.... this is where I am for the night... headed out to the pool....