Only 1 Week Left of...

...summer vacation then back to work. What did I do all summer? Hmmm...that seems to be the question that a lot of elementary teachers their students within the first two weeks of school.

My summer began with a trip to Disneyland via plane, train, and autoobile (in that order).

Then Stephanie did volleyball camp @ Kent-Meridian High School.

Then I participated in a week long Special Ed Boot Camp for All @ the WEA Office in Federal Way, WA.

Then Tom and I celebrated our 13th Wedding Anniversary having dinner

@ the Muckleshoot Casino and then staying around for awhile to have some fun.

Then I spent a crazy last weeks of the summer quarter @
GRCC trying to get my assigned class work completed so I

could head off to Seaside, Oregon.

Then I got to have dental and oral surgery on August 22nd. YUCK!!! Skin grafts and root canal. WAHOO!!!

Now, I am sitting around waiting for school to begin. Looking forward to working with my students from last year. :)

What happens when you tell your...

...teenager daughter the word NO? Look at this photo.

She wants to head off to the Westfield Mall and I said, "no." She hates sitting around doing "nothing." Hmmm....she is a lot like me at this age. I never wanted to be home. I had a car to leave and just be where ever but she doesn't have a car on this side of the mountains. Bummer!!!

Look at the sunset photo I got...

...check out the handsome dude in the photo as well. LOL Okay...you cannot see his face but trust me he is good looking. LOL

Now, tell me God does not exist. I LOVE this photo not only because of my husband but because of God's presence with the rays of sunlight. :)

Enjoy!!

Have you ever seen a "BUTT LOAD" of pelicans...

...in person? ...in the ocean?....with seagulls? Well I have and did. I really haven't seen pelicans except in picture books growing up. I may have seen a pelican or two at the zoo but that is probably about it.

So, of course, I took a lot of photos but will only bore you with a couple of photos. Enjoy!!!

What do you get when you take 2 BIG dogs...

a teenage daughter, and her mom and dad to the beach?

You get MASS fun!!! It was actually sunny @ Seaside this year for at least a couple of days. We took Misty and Gus down to the beach and they had so much fun. I wasn't sure how Gus was going to handle the water as it had been 2 years since he had been down at the beach. He was only 6 months when he first experienced the COLD water of the ocean.

Wild Waves

Well, we finally made it to Wild Waves in Federal Way. I bought tickets for $12.00 each and waited and waited for nice weather. Well...the last part of July and first part of August weather has been down right crummy.

Even though we woke up to overcast weather @ 65 degrees outside, we decided to brave it and GO. We all brought our suits just incase the weather warmed up and cleared up but our plan was to go on the rides and then do the water thing.

Well, my daughter and her friend braved the Wild Thing and the Ring of Fire. Both rides go upside down. I am so proud of those two!

Well, to our amazement...the weather turned for the better and my daughter and her friend got to enjoy the wave pool and the slides. :) WAHOO! for them.