Silverwood 2010

On our way back from Yellowstone we met Kim and her family at Silverwood. Nice ending to a all ready good trip. Had nice weather almost the whole time. I even had someone to ride some of the rollercosters with. Not my kids because they are chicken but Luke was brave so that made 4 of us. I did skip out on the big green one and the free fall. Maybe next year.

Yellowstone trip

Day one of yelowstone trip. We drove from Bremerton to Missoula and stayed at the Cmon inn. Looked like a cabin on inside. Had big pool and 5 hot tubs. Click here for more pictures

Day two of yellowstone trip. Drove from Missoula to Island Park Id. about 25 miles from west yellowstone. We stayed at the Carolina Cabin That Leah had rented. Made a nice base for our adventures. All of the boys were in a room with two bunkbeds and each couple had their own room. Thelma and Doug stayed at Macks inn down the road. Click here for more pictures

Yellowstone 2010 day 3. First time going into Yellowstone. Saw some Elk off side of road first. Drove up to Old Faithful. As we drove up a large crowd of people were leaving. We hung around had lunch and waited for the next eruption. On way down we stopped at some springs and everyone except me and Cooper hiked to a waterfall. Cooper and I played in the river. Click here for more pictures.

Day four we did the river raft. A very leasiure trip. At one point we even had to get out and push. Got one 8 man boat and 2 kayaks. The kids trades out the kayaks. Geddy and I took a turn. My turn was brief since I was sinking the kayak. Near the finish we say a moose on the shore. We got close but I was assured he wouldn't come after us in the river:? In the evening we went to west yellowtone and got ice cream. Click here for more pictures.

Day 5 of Yellowstone trip we first went to Steamrock hotspring. Nothing like a 90 degree day with some warm steam in your face. I think today is where my stuffed up nose really became and advantage. I hear they smell like sulfur. Was a easy short hike to the springs. Cooper thought it was really easy since Ivy and Grandma Thelma carried him. Then we drove up to Mammoth hot springs. I came out of the gift shop to find Geddy on side of road with a crowd. Him and Zach were chasing down a snake. From there we drove out of park and stopped and the Grizzly and wolf center. Click here for more pictures.

We left on this day and headed towards our next adventure at silverwood. I'm not sure who took these pictures but they came out nice. Except the one of the testicle festival the rest are of flowers. Click here for more pictures.

Cooper's 3rd birthday party

Cooper had his 3rd birthday party. It was well attended by his many friends or buddies as he would say. He got car stuff, bowling set up and some tools. Perfect haul. Click here for more pics

Seahawks Gatorade camp 2010

Seahawks Gatorade camp 2010, originally uploaded by ebeegrn.

Mason went to the Seahawks Gatorade camp at quest field. Click here for more pics

Fourth of July 2010

Fourth of July 2010, originally uploaded by ebeegrn.

It's becoming a tradition. The Thomas's invited us and the Hewlens over for the fourth again. As usual had a great time. Click here for more pics

Utah trip 2010

Utah trip 2010, originally uploaded by ebeegrn.

Ivy didn't bring the camera(or diaper bag which I put camera inside of) to utah so I collected some of the cell phone pictures she sent me. Usually we are good documenters of events. Probably to the point of annoyance. This may go down as our least photographed event ever. A whole week and I think I have 15 photos. We take more photos in a week when we aren't on vacation. Oh well. Hopefully next time I'll be able to go. I don't think I've seen April since the year we got married. I do usually see Leah once a year when they come to visit us. Long time for Clare and Melody to. Click here for more pictures
-Rick

Owen Beach Point Defiance park family picnic

Mandy and I made an effort to organize a family picnic.  Usually these types of things have fallen to my grandma to organize.  Since it seemed that the next generation was not much of organizers(Mike and Garry I'm looking at you) we decided to give it a shot.  We have family from Eastern Washington and Tacoma that we don't see too often.  We don't want to lose touch though.  So Mandy and I will attempt this once a year I think.  I did try to get Theresa involved but she lacked the organizing spirit required, or she's smart.  I think around 30 people showed up some from as far as Yakima.  We smartly planned it on the nicest day of the year so far.  So nice that I'm currently sporting a sweet farmers burn.  Click here for more pics