Saturday, July 11, 2009

Where did our car take us today?


Well, wherever it is...Josie and Puff were happy to get out and stretch their legs.
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After 7 years in WA...


we finally made it to Mount St. Helens! First stop, the Forrest Disvoery Center.





Doug tries to carry Ry off using an Eagle's claw, while giving Josie a boost (note his foot).
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Forced March



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End of the road


Wow...we must've walked far.


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Smooching

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Happy hikers




Josie shows off her tounge muscles.
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Benches!


It's a race to the benches, on the way up the very hilly forrest trail!

Ry is the winner at the first bench.

Josie leaves no room for second place finishers at the next bench.
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The only clouds in the sky...


...Happen to be above the volcano...that can't be good.
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Josie took this family photo...


Bettcha can't guess who her favorite is!
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Happy Trails!


Since this trip was Sue's idea, she gets to pose with the volcano. Say cheese volcano! (But no teeth!)

I can see our car, time to go home!

Let's get outta here before this thing erupts again.
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Take me out to the ballgame!


Sue got four free tickets to the Rainiers game from someone at work!
Free parking to0!
We sat really close...the kid that took our picture was sitting on the dugout roof.
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The fans







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Excitiement Building


Note Doug's hand levitating...always ready to raise a fist in victory or shake a fist madly at the umpire.
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Seat Five




Doug and Josie keep score during the early innings...
Josie did the writing while Doug told her what to write
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Ry snapped this pic of a Rainier during the game


We were sitting two rows away from the dugout. Very cool!
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Hmmmm


Josie ponders her dessert choices. (photo by Ryley)

Dippin Dots of course! (Now served in a little bag.)
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Time for Trivia!


Today's contestant...Ryley!

Luckily the questions weren't about baseball, but focused on Finding Nemo instead.

Our big winner! (Rainiers T-shirt and a baseball!)
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Two pics by Josie


That beard's getting a little gray Dad!
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The girls.



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Why is this girl smiling and clapping?


Is it because the Rainiers are winning?

Is she high on Dippin Dots?
Nope, the Rainiers mascot, Rhubarb the Reindeer was streaking acrossing the field (literally...sans his uniform!)

Here's Rhubarb doing a little 7th inning dancing!

And here he his with his biggest fan.
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Rainiers 3, Beavers 1


Did Doug have too much to drink and imagine that he caught a foul ball?

In this more sobering pic, we see he does have an official Pacific Coast League baseball. Though it was not a foul ball, it was tossed into the stands after the game.

That's all folks!
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Monday, July 06, 2009

Waiting for Puff...

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Sunday, July 05, 2009

Cub Scout Sleepover at the Rainiers Game 2009


Since we were both in uniform, we got to take part in the scout parade on the field, where I snapped this close up picture of one of the Las Begas 51s warming up.



Note to concerned family and friends: Ry is not drinking diet sodas. He simply had finished his and grabbed mine to wash his down with. His friend Griffin is on the right.

Game is over, time to lug out tent and stuff into the outfield. If anyone cares, the Rainiers came from behind and scored 3 runs in the bottom of the ninth to win the game.
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Close to midnight...


Note the bare feet in the outfield grass.

Room for two.

Our tent is the orange one in front.

Almost lights out! Actually, though lights out was supposed to be at midnight...they didn't kill the lights until close to 12:40.
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Time to wake up!








This was the scene at 6:30am. We were not the first to leave, but certainly not the last.
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Father's Day Fish


Sue and the kids got me a fish tank for Father's Day. We had two goldfish in a bowl, who have now moved into their new digs and made new friends.

Pleco (outside) and Loach (inside) checking out the original cave decoration we have.

New fantail guppy.

New decoration with a hat.
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Father's Day Fish part 2


Pleco

Goldfish #3

Loach

Pleco cheesecake shot
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Friday, July 03, 2009

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Monday, June 29, 2009

No more cast!

scissors on the lining, the all done

Getting the cast sawn off

Friday, June 26, 2009

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Ryley's 8th Birthday. Brownies....


He hasn't mastered blowing the candles out all at once, yet.

Incapable of posing for a picture without hamming it up.

eight candles.

The finished product. Josie's is top left, Doug top right, Ry is bottom left, Sue bottom right. There are colored chocolate chips sprinkled throughout and baked in (Josie picked out the brownie mix).

Ryley decided that he wanted brownies for his birthday, and that he wanted to divide the pan into fourths, so that we could each decorate our own part.

and presents!


G.I. Joe is the latest craze around here.

But Nerf guns and the Wii are still fun. Why not combine the two?

You can never have too many Nintendo D.S. lightsaber styluses.

Or too many action figures.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

HAPPY 8TH BIRTHDAY RYLEY!

Ry got a new 20inch bike for his birthday which he really loves (it has a water bottle holder!).