Pictures from June

Hello everyone,

here is a collection of pictures taken recently. We're so glad that Peter & Brooke shared a couple of days with us so we could see Benson. Also, we had great fun with Ben & Jen's family visit so they could see Peter & Brooke before they fly away to Germany. We had fun with Eric & Julie for an extra day or two of family time. We had fun with Heather & Evan's family for graduation celebrations. And, Bill and I went on a charter boat out of Westport for a cold day of fishing. I've never caught such big fish so easily. We just put the lines in the water with two hooks on and waited on the rocking boat. Fish just bit the hooks that had little plastic bait and didn't let go. There wasn't really a strong bite feel or jerk. The rod just got a lot heavier, so we just rolled it up and there were the fish. The deckhand ran around the boat grabbing our fish for us each time and then threw them in the plastic barrels. Bill caught a very large ling cod (I didn't get to take a picture of me with my fish). That big fish was biting the other two fish he had on the line. The deckhand ran over with the large net to scoop it all up. That was amazing! So, that was how we spent our 33rd wedding anniversary. On the way home, Bill took care of an emergency patient and we had a very late dinner at the local cafe. Not the most romantic celebration, but it was unique. Love to you all. Mom

Our recent adventures

Bill and I have had a great time getting acquainted with the Denali this past weekend. We took a quick trip down to one of the most beautiful places of Washington called Fort Canby/Disappointment. It's called Disappointment only because an early American explorer was trying to find the mouth of the Columbia River from the Ocean and didn't. Later, Lewis and Clark took their first view of the Pacific from the Columbia at this place. So, lot's of historic things to see happened to be the highlight of the trip. We took our bikes and hiked/biked all over. We still didn't have time to see everything, so we'll obviously be going back to this great place many times over the years ahead. This is one of the fabulous things we love about living in wonderful Washington. The other pictures are of cute Conner sitting on the porch bundled up because he was "chilly". We watched the birds and trees fly around in the wind. He said the trees looked liked chickens or roosters flapping their wings in the wind. Pretty clever little fellow. Sorry you have to scroll down through the pictures, I'll find out how to make a slideshow soon and post things that way to conserve space. Love to everyone, Michelle

Oh, I also thought it might be fun to post a couple of pictures of Bill's graduation from dental school, plus little Peter.