Hiking again

Jennifer reminded me that I had stopped hiking. It felt good to be out today in the woods. It had been about 12 years since I had hiked in Washington state. The last time I had gone out to go on a hike, a couple of the boys had scared me. Doing things that I didn't think were safe.

I knew that if I went with Kevin, Sherry and the baby it wouldn't be too much for me to handle. It was fun.
We went to Guillemot Cove Nature Preserve, out on the Kitsap Peninsula. It was an interesting hike. The beginning was very nice. Beautiful woods with lots of ferns and alder trees. It would down a hill to a cove on Puget Sound. Once we came out of the woods, there were some abandoned buildings. The preserve had once been a farm. The interesting part starts here. There was water running into the cove...everywhere. Lots of water. At some points pretty deep...had to hold my pants up to keep them from getting wet!

We had a fun time, it got to be a pretty long day, but felt good being out like that.

HAPPY 80TH TO MY MOM

On February 4th my mom turned the big 8o. Last night a group of her family and friends met at Fido's Farm in Olympia for a celebration of her life.

There were about 30 people there. Chris Soderstrom the owner of Fido's Farm opened her home for the party. Many thanks to her! One of my most favorite people.

Two of my grandsons

Jameson and Logan. Taken by thier mom. She is so talented, and they are certainly beautiful children!

Agility classes start tomorrow

I am so excited tomorrow we start classes with Aireborne Agility in Woodinville!

Kona is so happy to work for me, and I can hardly wait to begin!

Read to me daddy

Jay gave this book to Marley for Christmas. It is a great book and I love watching her face as she looks at the book. Kevin and Sherry are really good with her.

Speaking of traditions...

..I was just on Face Book remembering how we used to celebrate New Years Eve:

We used to make root bear floats between 8-9 o'clock (that's right, load the kids up with sugar and send them off to bed).
I would never consider staying up until midnight to watch a ball drop somewhere back east and then have to get up in the morning with kids! I still wonder why we care. The new year will be waiting in the morning when you wake up. Celebrate with breakfast and the Rose parade!
For as long as I can remember I have made beans and rice. It is a southern tradition, I have no memory of it as a child living in the south, but I carried it with me into my own house (one of those internal rules Jennifer refers to). Today I have a ham hock, andouille sausage and the beans are soaking.
Happy 2010 everyone!

All who wander are not lost....

I got the Garmin Nuvee from Greg for Christmas this year. I am very excited. He got the smaller unit so that I can carry it in my purse when flying or on foot in town. Good job Greg!