Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Summertime


It has been an interesting summer. I have been consumed with wedding prep, some mission prep and more wedding prep....But the summer is passing and we have had some fun regular summer activities as well. Here are a few.....Today we spent the day in Seattle...
Monorail and the Seattle Center...




Mariners game!! We were in the very top row at Safeco field and had a great view of the field, the city and the Puget Sound. Can you see the players way down there?
GIRL's Camp at Zions camp was great. Katie was a C.I.T or Counselor in training and had a great time this year. I also went for 3 days and taught a Destiny class. I loved teaching this class. After just 3 days and two nights I came home and crashed. How do these other women leaders survive the full week??!!
Katie's skit with Andee, one of her first year girls.
Christian all packed and ready to go on his high adventure camping trip to Lake Chelan.
We are loving our new patio and how the flowers look with the new terra cotta tile....so fun to sit in the sun and relax a little each day.
In preparing for her mission, Emily went to the temple for the first time...wonderful to be with her on this special day.
Swimming at the Garlocks almost everyday has been a great diversion. Preston has learned to swim this summer....yeah!


Tacoma Stake Pioneer picnic... Preston loved the pioneer activities.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Finished

Finished product. Glad to be done. Mike and Christian did a great job masterminding the whole thing. This will be enjoyed for many many years.

Friday, July 16, 2010

Love those summer projects...

It was time to refinish the east patio. The green carpet that was put in 15 years ago for Ben and Rachel's wedding was tired, worn down and full of moss. So.... Christian tore out the carpet and we took out all the crumbled concrete and poured a new slab. Now we are laying tile. It has been exhausting and back breaking but also fun to work together. Everyone had a job: Christian mixed the concrete and cut tile, Grandma prepped each tile piece, Mike was the mastermind and he layed and cut the tile, Marie washed the tile and did the final positioning, Hannah was our official photographer and errand girl, Emily was Mike's assistant tile layer and Preston gathered spacers and washed the tile. Finished project will be posted soon.



Sunday, July 11, 2010

Shout out to Hannah

Hannah had a great time Rocking with her cello for her Mark Woods concert. She sang, danced and played her cello in a most exciting way. We loved the entertaining songs---Yellow Submarine, Strings will Rock You and All Together Now.


Hannah with orchestra friends Lexi (behind), Mandy and Savannah.

When Hannah was in Kindergarten thru 3rd grade she had special tutoring to help with her reading. Now we rarely see her without a book in hand. When she was 10 she tore through the Harry Potter Books. This summer I challenged her to read the Narnia books by CS Lewis before the 3rd movie comes out in December. Within 10 days she had finished all 7 books in the series. I never thought anyone in our family would out-read Bethany but I think Hannah has done it. Way to go Miss Hannah!