Rocks and sticks

Mason and I drove over to the beach early while Cindy and Ermi finished
doing the final three hours of work to get the kitchen ready (we thought
they were right behind us!). He schooled me on batting rocks into the
water. He refused to pitch to me. He did not believe that I had enough
control to not hit him, a rare hopeful glimpse of wisdom. He can throw
rocks farther than me now too, and I still fancy myself as being able to
throw far (nobody said accurate, but distance is my friend). I finally
beat him at skipping rocks...but I'm running out of physical
competitions I can win with this kid.



















And then he fell asleep on me as I was rubbing his head in the sun. I cherish these moments as I feel they are slipping away.

A Day in Town While the Sun is Out!

We were able to get to town to have lunch and wander downtown Port Townsend on a nice spring day! We were also blessed with another gorgeous sunset.









Good morning mountains and blue skies!









Waiting for our table at our favorite lunch place Hillbottom Pie.







I smile after I have my morning coffee!







Shades and selfies.







Another opportunity to hit rocks.





Brotherly love!





Cool buildings.





Family minus one.





This view never gets old.


Beautiful sunsets.

Location:Viewpoint Ln,Port Townsend,United States

Kitchen remodel

After living in our current house for almost 10 years, we decided to do a kitchen remodel. The one thing that has bothered me more than anything in this house is the lack of light in the kitchen, which is where we spend most of our time. So, we are cutting in a couple of new windows plus a sliding glass door. In the process we need to get new cabinets, which requires us to get new tile, which means, of course, we should redo the floors. And, since they have to paint two of the exterior walls why not paint the whole dang house? So, we started that this weekend. This is day one! We hope to be done by the middle of June.

Before...right now this doesn't look so bad. :)











And now...it has to get worse before it gets better, right?

Spring break 2017

We were able to spend the kids spring break at our happy place...the beach house! Kenzie decided to stay with Uncle Randy and Tia Jo. Also Janel and Phillip were in town and she wanted to get some Phil time! She and Grammy will come on Friday with them.

Goals

But first a header...



Mason guest played on the 03B team (one year up) and knocked in this goal as a defender. He was happy that he got moved to the midfield.

And then the next weekend back with his regular team he got this one:

Tolo

Kenzie has a nice group of friends and 19 of them went to tolo together. They paired up, but many went as groups of friends. Kenzie and her friend Gabe were "blue." The overall theme was the 80s. They had a fun night and after the dance they entire lot of them walked to our house for the "after party." Another friend had planned to host it, but that fell through last minute, so Cindy and I had another party booked at the same time.



















































As the time got closer for the teenagers to arrive, we realized that we couldn't let the April 1st day go without notice. I started by texting all my police friends and nearly had a drug bust scheduled. We were going to put a baggie of flour in Mason's pocket (with him in on the joke) and have them rush the upstairs full of the teenagers. When that didn't quite work out, we did the old "toothpaste in the oreo trick,"

















But when half of them showed up soaking wet from the rain, I felt sorry for them and pulled the tainted cookies.





















Most disappointing, all the adults and kids had hand-crafted hats out of foil and were all set to act surprised when the teenagers asked what they were for. We were going to, of course, reply that we were listening to the voices in the lights. But they never even noticed!!! We forgot that we were trying to get the attention of self-absorbed teenagers....but I still think this was hard to miss. Kenzie told me "mom, they just don't care. My friends aren't like that." Pfft.

Back at the farm

Kenzie got her job back at Fox Hollow farm. They are having an Easter egg hunt for several weekends.

Cantor

Ed and Mason are still doing weekly horseback riding lessons. Cindy and I got to go watch for the first time. What a special ritual they have going on between the two of them.

Hat trick by Ermi

Laser tag

Basketball season is over, but at least there was a game of Laser Tag!

Old timer - IGNITE event

I spoke at a charity event for girls in STEM at the Living Computer Museum and found my first love, the TRS-80!


Here is my speech: https://youtu.be/mKSlNs3AYWg













They also had a self-driving car. Mason, Kenzie, Devan and Grammy all loved it. A random lady told me that my mom had gone on four trips that she knew of.