Pumpkin Dash

This morning we participated in the Tenino School District's Pumpkin Dash 5k event.  We walked it in under an hour-pretty good for me because I am a really slow walker.  Scott held my hand the whole way, pulling me along so that we wouldn't finish dead last. 

Scott & Gabby just after we arrived.  We lucked out that it wasn't raining, but the fog was pretty thick.  This is the elementary school where you register.

Giving a big thumbs up because they're so excited to walk!

Scott & Corey decided to take a little nap while waiting for the event to start.

The sun trying to come out, but the fog was too thick.

The fog made this picture look like it was taken in black & white.

You can see the blue sky trying to come through.  Scott is dragging me along....

Pretty tree and an old stone wall.

We did it!

10th Grade Photo

First school photo in braces ;)

School Spirit

Who has school spirit?  Corey, of course!  She wore this awesome outfit to school on Friday.  She said the outfit would have been better with a cape.   We will have to keep an eye out for one.  Go Wolves!

1st Yoh! Hike

Our first Yoh! hike today was so much fun!  Please see the post & more pictures by clicking HERE.  Enjoy!

Random Pics from Today

Ah, Sunday, a lazy kind of day.  Just wanted to post some random pics of our ultra-exciting life.

Corey in the cool WSU Cougars hat that Jerry & Brenda got her for her birthday.  You can see the trees are starting to turn.

I still have a few roses blooming...they refuse to give up after such a short summer season!

My fuchsia is blooming, too.

Gabby with Ghosty and Frankie.  She helped me put up some Halloween decorations today.

These ones have no names...kind of sad.

Evergreen State College YRE

Today Clarissa & I walked at the Evergreen State College for another YRE credit.  I've never explored the college even though it is really close to where we live.  We walked through the campus and surrounding woods.  It was pretty, but quite long and hilly.  I'm glad I decided not to take Winston with me because it was really muddy at parts.  Afterwards we had lunch at my new favorite restaurant-Chipotle-followed by some shopping at REI.  It was a great morning!

Me at the starting point.



Clarissa next to the Salmon Pole Monument by Ross Matteson, class of 1980.  The plaque read:  In the sculpture, the central salmon figure is surrounded by the intertwining orca, osprey, bear, sea lion and man-all of whom use the salmon for food. 

Front of the sculpture.

I just liked this sign. although I don't know what it says.

The woods that we walked through.  They looked more ominous in real life.

We crossed one bridge.  It wasn't big, but had a pretty little creek running under it.

We saw lots of slugs & mushrooms.

Eld Inlet.  The clouds were stubborn and would not go away, so to the water looks gray, but up close it was very clear.

Coming into the main square on campus.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to Corey who turns 16!   We love your sunny personality and your ability to always find the fun in every situation.   We are so blessed to have you in our lives.

16 things about Corey....

1.  She talks non-stop yet never runs out of things to say.

2.  Her favorite shows are "Big Bang Theory" and "Friends".

3.  The thing she hates most about having braces is that she can no longer eat her favorite snack-chips & salsa.

4.  She loves being in Color Guard.

5.  She just became secretary for the Key Club at school.

6.  She passed driver's ed but never wants to drive.

7.  Her current favorite movies are "Tangled" and anything with Matt Damon in it.

8.  She loves panini sandwiches.

9.  Her favorite restaurant is Saigon Rendezvous and every time we go there she orders menu item 18a-chicken fried rice.

10.  Her nickname is Cor-bear.

11.  She is the only lefty in our family.

12.  She is always cold at night so she sleeps on flannel sheets with a blanket & 2 comforters.

13.  She likes to speak in a British accent & also does impersonations of Dug the dog from the movie "Up!".

14.  She likes Sprite the cola and the Healy Sprite car.

15.  She loves cookies & sometimes we call her the Cookie Monster.  When we were in Leavenworth she got a Cookie Monster water bottle. 

16.  She wants her own theme song but hasn't thought one up yet.

Tumwater Marching Band Competition 2011

We spent almost all day yesterday at the Tumwater Marching Band Competition watching some awesome marching bands & their color guards.  BHHS did a great job and came in 2nd in the Open category.  There were some very creative theme performances including The Wizard of Oz, The Lion King and Tron.  One band even played songs from Led Zeppelin.  Corey had such a great time & we really enjoyed watching her!

BHHS Marching Band taking the field.

And there's the Color Guard coming onto the field.  There is Corey in the very middle. 

Setting up their flags.  They had 3 different flags. Corey is 2nd from the right.

Corey is 4th in from the right.

Corey is on the far right.

She is in the very front far right.

The finale of their performance.

This band is from Wenatchee.  They were really good & won several awards.

The Kamiak High School band.   The people behind us told us the band practices 20 hours per week. That's a huge commitment, but you could tell that they put in a lot of hours because they were really good & won several awards.

Shelton High School Marching Band





The band which did the Wizard of Oz.

The band which did Tron.

BHHS in their performance for finals.

Corey is on the far right.

This is the Parade of Bands.

I somehow managed to get a picture of Corey going by (towards the left side of the picture).  I had to hold my camera above my head because the people in front of us were standing up.

There is BHHS filing in to their spot.

I found this photo on Corey's Facebook.  Great team photo!  She's in the middle row on the far right.