hi, well i had a wonderful time up in washington for 3 weeks. visited with friends and family and of course went girls camping for 5 days on the cle elm river. the weather cooperated most of the time and we got to spend a good deal of time in the river getting tan. we did some upper body painting this year that was gorgeous, thanks to both our artists. they did a great job. i didn´t know we had such talent among us. did some beading and arlyss brought her beautiful hand made jewelry. a great time was had by all. hopefully i´ll be there next year, but too soon to tell where i´ll be. had a nice get together with my family at lake tapps. too bad kathy and ross couldn´t be there, but the rest of the family made it including my adopted sons, aaron, nate, troy and brandi and chris. mom is sure looking good for 91, i can only hope to follow in her footsteps, she is absolutely beautiful, bless her heart. stayed with fred and cindy for a couple of nights and had a bbq on sunday with all my lake buddies. that was lots of fun too. good to see bev and mike, patti and dan, heidi and gabe and boys. they had all gotten so big, it is hard to believe they can grow that much in just a year. charlene and brandon are still cute as ever and doing so good. i´m so proud of my family, it´s just such a great feeling. who knew they´d all turn out so good, being related to me!
stayed with sue and scott most of the time, as lori had to work, but did get to stay with her a couple of nights. got my spike fix for the time being. that should last another week at the most. she took me to the airport and i cried for the next ten minutes. so hard to leave your good friends behind. wish i could have packed them all in my suitcase and brought them home with me.
one of the highlights of my trip was meeting the 2 youngest of my great grandkids. nathaniel is almost 2 and isabella is 8 months. they are so beautiful, of course. bella is a little chunk with big blue eyes and a wonderful smiling face, and she is always smiling. happy little kids. nathaniel is going to be a handful, since he has a little devilish side, but they are so adorable, can´t seem to get too mad at him. he fell in love with sue and scott has a new angel in bella. dayle is cute as ever and a great mom. i´m a happy woman.
the pups missed me as much as i missed them and now maggie is mad cuz i´ve taken my side of the bed back, but oh well, she´s back at the top of my pillow. we are moving from this marina to cruiseport which is closer to town, the first of september. just a change of pace and it is closer to baja naval (where the boat yard is) and we are having the boat hauled oct. 18. we will be having the boat bottom cleaned and repainted, getting ready for the trip south in november. should be leaving the ensenada area around the middle of november and be in la paz by the end. hurricane season will be over and the weather should be cooler (perfect in other words),
we took our salon cushions in to be upholstered and dan just brought them back. they are cocoa brown and a suede material. they are so nice. enough for today. thanks for reading this long winded note. be back soon take care, stay healthy and love to all. hugs
