I got to stay a week with Mom and Dad after reunion , go to lunch, to the Seattle Temple, and work on a few projects. We had a good time but it went too fast.

I think I always forget how beautiful and amazing Mt Rainier is when I am away for so long. Mom and Dad live so close to it. I had a good trip and then flew home.

Here is the way we traveled to Washington on the 4th of July. Three boys in three car seats in the back, three adults in the front. I drove a lot of the way, and Jamie worked on her computer, and Nathan slept. The kids were so GOOD!
We had the Rushton Reunion at Fort Flagler on the tip of the Olympic Peninsula. It was so beautiful, and the weather was perfect. The boys had lots of fun.
So much fun visiting with cousins and other relatives. Harold and Jill are always fun to see. There were about 160 people there, the food by Keven and his helpers was great, and it was great.
There was a kids auction for donated toys, and the money used was "Rushton Bucks", given for good behavior during reunion. Casey learned quickly that if he raised his hand, he could get what he wanted. He just kept it up until he finally won the bid. His one desire was the "Cars" book and he got it! Hilarious......

Construction Zone

This is our painter, who took several days to finish, and then we have been living in this construction zone for a month. But tomorrow finally feels like Christmas, because the carpet is to be put in. Then I will post more pictures!

Bird Feeder

Greg decided to get a bird feeder and watch the birds. He has always enjoyed this, so I don't know why it took us so long to get one. We have had some really pretty birds so far........You can see our huge rhubarb and some beginnings of the garden.

More May Adventures

Our second trip in May was to Baby Max's Blessing in Provo. It was a quick trip, but we had a full house of family sleeping over in Kallie and Ryan's new house. Maxwell is a big baby boy, a full 3 months old.



Braden likes to get in on the pictures too.





This is a bag that I made and donated to quilt guild, for a special project.



If you want some great rhubarb recipes, go to Adrienne's blog, Taste The Joy. Yummy!

First trip in May

Dawn, Vickie, and I went to Salt Lake City to attend HMQS, Home Machine Quilting Show. We stayed in a lovely hotel, ate out at fabulous places, saw amazing quilts, and shopped for fun things. A great get-away for four days!

A Project

OK, just notice all the garbage I am creating. I decided to clean out my file cabinet, and that means throwing away college notes, and even some from high school. It took many hours all week, but two whole drawers and lots of files are gone. What a walk down memory lane!