Father's Day Weekend

We are sure loving the nice, sunny weather here. A while back, I got out the sprinkler to let the girls run through. It took them a little time to warm up to it, and they would only get close to it if it was just a tiny sprinkle. But they had a good time with it.
Summer thought it was fun to spray Claire with it. Claire thought it was fun too--for about a half a second.

Grandma and Grandpa Kartchner came to visit us for Father's Day. Our friend Lindsey graduated from Wenatchee, so we headed over to stay the night at a hotel and attend the graduation. The girls got to swim with Grandma and Grandpa. They loved it.

We also got to visit Smallwood Harvest Farm while we were in Wenatchee. It was so much fun.
We got back to Liberty Lake Saturday evening, and Sunday morning, Grandma helped the girls make breakfast in bed for dad.

The girls also dressed up in Grandpa's swim gear. Claire loved running around with the cap and goggles on.

A few weekends ago, we shopped through the Liberty Lake yard sale (a Saturday morning where about a hundred houses have yard sales so you just wander the streets and yard sale). We got this awesome swimming pool for 5 bucks. Thanks to Grandpa for helping us blow it up. (Yes--he used his own breath!)

Grandma and Grandpa got to swim a bit in the lake while they were here, so Dad wanted to try it out too. (Grandma's in the background, waiting in the water for Dad, and Claire couldn't figure out what dad was wearing.)
The return:

Playing in the sand:

We had a great weekend, and are so grateful that we could spend Father's Day with our special Dad and Grandpa.

Blast from the Past

Brittney: 1 month
Me again: 5 yrs
Gotta love this one--the bangs, the bow, the pants: 10 yrs

One of my favorites: (Check out those bangs blowing in the wind--or maybe the wind wasn't blowing. It was all about height back then.) 15 yrs
Me working in Yellowstone Park as a construction flagger: 20 yrs

Cute little super-premie Rhett: 6 weeks early

Look at this guy. How could you not fall for him??? 5 yrs

Wonder if I could get him to wear Wranglers again sometime . . .: 10 yrs

Love that smile: (in Brazil on his mission after finding some cotton candy in the street. Yes, he ate it.) 20 yrs

Our wedding day: August 10, 2007

How it all began . . .
Rhett, lead guitarist in his band, and me, the groupie (the only girl in the picture). (July 24, 1999)

Aaaaah, memories . . .

Moving On

These are some pictures of our last few days in our Spokane lives. We had moved everything out of our apartment, so I was grateful for the sunny weather that we could spend our time outside playing. We went to the church grounds and enjoyed the grass and dandelions there almost every day for a week.


When we were home, there wasn't much to do other than swing and play the dance game. (Thanks to Andrew, Maria, Blake, Sable, and Grandma and Grandpa K for the game for Rhett's graduation!)

(This picture must have been taken before we moved everything because there's our table! But I love that look on her face.)
This was taken after I showered--Claire was napping and Summer was doing makeup. It was some kind of blush stick I had from who knows long ago, and Summer really put it to good use. Rhett said she looks like the little boy on "Australia."

And here's a little bit of our new life in Liberty Lake. This is the deck connected to the glass door in our kitchen. Rhett sets the chairs up for the girls to watch him mow the back lawn. I know you can't see the girls, but they are there.

And this is how he mows the front lawn--with the girls still cheerleading away.

Last Saturday, Summer and Dad went for a walk down by the lake, and returned with this--the most humongous slug I have ever seen. Look at that thing!!!
When we finally get the place tidied and all things put away, I'll do a tour of the our new little home to post on our blog. Stay tuned!

Oh, and one more thing--I changed my business name and blog from Home-Bound Books to Blotches. Check out my new look! And thanks to Katelyn Wray for the design at designsbyksw.com! I love it.