Day 40

Fulfilled one of Elijah's special requests of going to IHOP for breakfast.

Went to Goodwill again and found a suitcase to pack all our stuff in!

Made lumpia together!  Yum!!

Day 39

Toured the Japanese Exclusion Memorial on Bainbridge Island. It was a very touching experience for me, nicely done Bainbridge.

Went to Eagledale Beach and found a HUGE jellyfish. Saw the ferry boat pass right in front of us (before it broke down in the middle of the water on the return trip to Seattle!)

Drove through the old family neighborhood on Taylor Ave

Went to Blakley Beach with Steph and Ben and spent hours exploring the whole thing, like we did as kids.

Moved over to Old Man House beach in Suquamish, relaxed in the shade and the boys played in the inflatable boat.

Went to Rick & Tina's house and enjoyed great friends, great conversation and great food!

Day 38

Picked raspberries at Firefly Farm

Made homemade raspberry jam from our collection

Invited Grama Great over for BBQ ribs and fresh raspberry drizzled ice cream 

Day 37

Went to visit Judah's Side by Side buddy on Lake Tapps. He's been an amazing friend and he invited us to meet his girlfriend! and work on camp Side By Side stuff.

Then spent the day boating and inner tubing with Andrew in his boat at Lake Tapps with Mt Rainier in the background

Day 36

Swedish pancakes and sausage for breakfast! And keeping with tradition we were served by age.

Spent the day at a camp ground, walking the beach, picnic lunch, playing shuffle board...

Found HUGE ice-cream cones

Took a family photo (or 50!)

Uncle Ed made BBQ cheeseburgers for dinner

Day 35

Drove to Deception Pass (Rosario Beach). What a beautiful area...BEAUTIFUL!

Did a hedge maze (like a corn maze) and ate Umpqua Icecream cones

Brought Chico to Iverson Spit Beach on Cameno Island

Uncle Ed made us BBQ salmon for dinner... Holy smokes!

Did s'mores and a camp fire before retiring for the night.

Day 34

1). Tried on a million pair and finally bought the perfect pair of pointe shoes for Keilah.  She will start training for Pre-pointe this September!

2). Had Subway sandwiches for lunch (Elijah's request)

3). Drove to Ed n Kelly's house for a full fledged fun family weekend!

Day 33

1). Rainy Seattle day, just like old times

2). Went Shopping for futbol cleats and found some pretty nice ones!

3). Went to the Library and read "Alexander and the Teriible Horrible no Good very Bad Day" and other books.

4). Stayed up to watch SYTYCD.  They're so talented!

Day 32

1). Went to Seattle Children's Hospotal for Judah's 18 month off chemo check up.  All clear!!  Next appointment in January 2015

2). Experiences an emergency drill on the ferry, complete with life jackets, assembly stations and coast guard approval!  Wow!

3). Had a special treat at Top Pot Doughnuts

4). BBQ chicken, Swiss, bacon, avocado burgers with Claflins.  YUM!

Day 31

Went to two separate Goodwill's!

Had lunch at Olive Garden - all you can eat soup, salad and breadsticks!

Went to the movie theater and Transformers 4!

Finished off the day with S'mores and sparklers by the back yard fire pit.

Day 29 and 30

What did we do on day 29 and 30?

Camp Ruk-A-Muk!!!  Our annual family summer camp, hosted at Art and Sondra's house this year.  What a beautiful time together with family.  See the entire Run-A-Muk facebook photo album here.

Then my cousin Renee was the hero/mommy of the year and took the boys to the movie Planes - Fire and Rescue while I conquered a migrane headache.  Ouch!  THANK YOU RENEE!!

Day 28

1)  Keilah got her hair cut with Mary Cowie at Alan Salon in Poulsbo.  Call them! (360) 697-4222  Then Keilah donated her beautiful hair to locks of love!  What an amazing and caring girl, I love her.

2). Judah and Elijah had their last day of soccer camp with Sky Hawks.  It was a great experience for them and I'm really thankful that they were able to participate.

3). Finished the week with the traditional Papa Murphy's "Pizza Friday" and I didn't have to make it!  Yay!

Day 27

1) Keilah got her ears double pierced today at Piercing Pagoda in the mall!

2) Went for a drive with papa in the Beemer.  Hashtag feeling fancy!

3). Spent an hour or two at the Poulsbo Library while the boys were at soccer camp

4). Grama made Broccoli Meat for dinner (Judah has been asking since we arrived Seattle!)

Day 26

1) Worked on Run-a-Muk events

2) Went to an authentic Japanese restaurant with mom n dad

3) Went to "No Weight Wednesday" at Froyo with cousin Mirra.  (Does that mean you don't gain any weight when you eat it that day??)

Day 25

1). Ate breakfast at a local diner in Poulsbo, HUGE and delicious food!

2). Went to a DIFFERENT Goodwill with Grama Great, Mom and Mirra.  BTW the AC worked SO well in there Keilah and I wore merchandise coats to shop with and I think it was snowing in the back corner!  

3) Went to Tea at Victoria Rose Tea Room in Port Orchard.

4) The boys received their Skyhawks t-shirts and were very pleased!  :)

Day 24

1). Judah and Elijah had their first day of "soccer" camp with Skyhawks and LOVED it!!



2). Me, mom and Keilah went to The Coffee Oasis and it was delicious!  GO THERE, support, support, support!!!  http://www.thecoffeeoasis.com

Day 23

1) Almost died from this common cold. (Thanks for sharing Keilah)

2). Went to church at New Covenant Fellowship, my home church.

"He didn't die on the cross so you could have second best, he didn't die on the cross so you could have what the world has."
- Pastor Bob

3). Watched the last World Cup game at Wendy's with dollar burgers and fries!  Congrats to my friends in Germany!

4). Went to Art and Sondra's house to help celebrate Luke's 3rd birthday. Swam in the pool, rode bikes... Laughed and loved a lot!

Day 22

1). Got a brain freeze on some Starbucks

2). Went to Poulsbo's Pet Walk at the waterfront then grabbed a little snack at Sluys Bakery

3). The boys went kayaking with Renee and her boys

4). Walked to Bella Luna's for dinner

5). Enjoyed the night on the veranda. I love how the sun sets so late right now. This was taken at 8:00pm

Day 21

Day 21
THIS was a full day of fun!!

1). Went for an early morning walk to the dock and saw 3 bald eagles!

2). Jaden and Owen came over to hang out for the day

3). Walked to the beach

4). Picked sweet peas at the neighbors house

5). Walked to the park and PLAYED all sorts of games

6). Made a camp fire and roasted s'mores

7). Spent the night at Jaden and Owens

Day 20

Day 20

1). Early morning walk and scooter with Judah and Elijah. (Stupid jet lag)

2). Goodwill shopping with Grama Sally and Auntie Suzy.  The boys found some great clothes.

3). Picnic lunch at Silverdale Waterfront Park

4). Nap in the sunshine 

5). Went to the park with Papa, Grama and Mirra.  Played football, football golf and took penalty shots.

6). Tried on Elijah's new suspenders.  Isn't he handsome??!!

Day 19

#beautifullife Summer Vacation Edition continues...!

Day 19 (Travel Day)

We are always having fun along the way, here are some shots from our trip up to Seattle.

I was particularly impressed with the crowds gathering around the TVs in the bars to watch the Argentina/Netherlands World Cup game!  Blocking the walkways and lots of cheering and clapping.  Really fun!

Day 18

1) I declared "bring your daughter to work day", she helped me with this ridiculous mess

2). Keilah and I also went to Beyond Beauty Spa for a little pampering with my BFF and  Keilahs dance studio director.

3). Got this lovely reminder about out trip  to Seattle tomorrow!

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Day 17

1). Said goodbye to good friends, one who is moving away while we are visiting Seattle.

2). Lots of reading out loud (trying to finish the book before our trip so we can start a new one)!

3). Made homemade burritos for dinner

Day 16

1) Played keep away with our watch dog! Yikes!

2). Went to the field to play football with friends from school

3). Had a slumber party with Thomas, Melanie and Joycelina.  (Did not involve a lot of sleeping!)

Day 15

1). Woke up without the kids home.

2). Immediately went to get two of the kids!!!

3). Ate tamales for breakfast.

4). The boys pumped out the excess water in the unfinished pool using a gas pump siphon we found on the side of the road! (Elijah's brilliant idea)

5). Caught the frogs who were living in the unfinished pool!

6). Daddy had some friends over to watch the World Cup game. Made sandwiches, chips & dip, kettle corn and PIZZA!

7).  Slept peacefully without all those frogs causing a ruckus!

Day 14

Day 14

Happy Independence Day USA!

The kids were at Legacy so I "celebrated" by myself; blue jeans, red bracelet, a white coffee cup and Old Glory waving in the breeze.

God bless America, my home sweet home.

Day 13

Day 13 

1). The kids awesome cousin showed up for the weekend!  Yay!!

2). Played Feech, Mexican Train and then the REAL kind of Dominoes

3)  Went to YWAM Banana Bank for the weekend.  The boys went to spend some time with friends and Keilah went to her first Legacy Conference as an "official" camper! My how time flies.  I remember when we started legacy 10 years ago we thought about how this day would happen... the day we would send our kids to Legacy.  It is happening, and He has remained faithful.