Days of Summer

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Camp Cascades with the cousins

Friends at work make my days sweeter

Back from camp, now for some snuggles!

Tenino Quarry







He is so long!

Wave pool time in Tacoma



Mark’s 1st Geocache!



Progress at BPG

Geocaching Fear This...avenged our DNF


Avenged my husbands DNF!

Art and Geocaching go hand in hand


Found a awesome new park, walking trail, and community garden closer to home when we geocached this Clue cache

We decided that every three times we will eat ice cream and the rest is earning your salad!

BPG garden goodies make yummy dinners


We’ve been having a fun packed summer with the kids and each child requests different activities so we try to break from our usuals sometimes. Geocaching is my favorite. Mark’s cache went live and is doing well. It should get lots of favorite points for all the work he put into it. This last and most exciting picture is of Ethan on the TCC campus preparing himself for the start of his freshman year of college. He found out today that he was awarded a $2000 scholarship! Big relief for his future. He is my saver and has already put his 1st tuition payment in his savings so this will allow him to keep his money in savings for future semesters! Very proud of him. He filled out his scholarship application in February and didn’t think he would get anything. He is planning on taking English, Spanish, and college readiness class his first semester.

In other news



Saying goodbye to Valerie is getting closer... 

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