Fair Fun

We got to do all sorts of fun things at the fair this year and we got to see some pretty good shows.
Mike, Megan, and Alex are waiting for the Monster Truck show.

It was the first year the Monster Trucks were at the fair.

The Jason Aldean Show was really good. He is so easy on the eyes. :)

Mike and Megan went to the Julianne Hough and Rodney Adkins show. Megan was next in line to get Rodney's autograph when they made him stop. She was not happy at all!!!!!!

Megan and Mike waiting for the show to start.

I also got to go to the LeAnne Rimes show. I didn't have my camera with me though so just imagine me sitting there watching it. It was a good show also.

We had another great year doing the Puyallup. It is a lot of fun to work down there and see so many funny people.

Getting ready for the fair

I worked at the fair again this year with my Dad. The week before the fair starts is always a lot of fun. You start out the week with no one there and by Thursday you can't even drive through.
Tuesday morning, Easy driving. It's still empty.

All of the stands are set up but no one is working.

It's Wednesday and the cars are starting to arrive.

It is now Thursday. The fair starts tomorrow and it's a mad rush to get ready. If only some of these people had been smart enough to come early in the week they would have missed this last minute rush. The good news is that we got done with all of our work and were ready to open on Friday. :)

Labor Day Camping

We went camping for the long Labor Day Weekend. We had a good time but it was raining the whole weekend. We still managed to have plenty of fun we just spent most of our time under the tarps and in the trailer.
We got there on Friday night and it was pretty nice until we went to bed. It rained all night but then Saturday was nice until late afternoon. It started raining off and on until we went to bed again and then it poured.

Everyone catching up on their trashy magazines on Saturday. Before the rain has started.

The guys were making dinner.

The girls are having so much fun. They can't decide whether they want to get back in the lake or sit under the tarps. Either way they were going to end up wet.

The boys got to go over to the rope swing before the rain started. It really was nice out other than the black clouds.

The rain has started. Mike is trying to keep our fire going so we can stay warm.

We got up Sunday morning and everyone was packing up to go home. We decided to stay and Tony and Suzy came back so it ended up just being us for Sunday night.

Tony is making us some smore's to eat while Mike covers him with an umbrella.

We went and rented some movies to watch so we made our own version of a drive up movie theatre.

The kids got to go tubing one last time on Monday. They had a great time and they were the only ones on the lake.

We had a really fun weekend even though we were wet for a good portion of it. I guess that is what happens when you live in Washington.

First Day of School

It is hard to believe but it is time to start school again already. It feels like the summer just started and it is already time to go back to school!!!! We went to Alex's open house on Tuesday night. He got Mr. Smith for his teacher this year so he is very excited.

Megan is ready to go to the bus. It's her first day of 8th grade.

She is to cool to let me get her picture getting onto the bus so this is her waiting for the bus to arrive. There are High School kids on her bus so it wouldn't be good to have them see her Mom taking her picture.

Alex is ready to start 5th grade. He is excited for the new year.

He doesn't care if I take his picture at the bus. He didn't argue with me at all about it. I better enjoy that I am sure it won't happen much longer.

25th Wedding Anniversary

We went down to Brianne and Phil's house last night for Bill and Sandy's 25th Wedding Anniversary party. We had so much fun with everyone. We don't have a lot of family left around here but the ones that we do are fun to be with.
Bill and Sandy at the party.

Aren't they cute?????

Bill and Dave.

Brianne, Sandy, Alex and Bill. There was so much food and it was all so good.

Megan and Alex.

Jami and Justin.

The whole family. Brianne, Sandy, Jami, Phillip, Bill, and Justin.

They are all so much fun to be around. We had a great night at the party. Congratulations on 25 years!!!!!!!

Retirement Party

We spent last weekend at Lloyd's retirement party over at Heidi's house. It was so much fun. It was a surprise party and he really had no idea so it was a lot of fun to see his face when he got there.
Lloyd and Marie. The food was so good. :)

We got to burn some of his ties from his working days. Jacob got to pick out which one he wanted to burn and throw it on the fire.

Alex and I in the kitchen.

Marie, Lloyd, Cliff, Heidi, Oma, and Jacob. The whole family!!!!!

Heidi and Oma.

Megan and Mike.

We had so much fun at the party and the weather turned out to be really nice. Hopefully Lloyd starts enjoying his days off soon.

It comes to an end....

We had such a fun week in California. It is always so much fun to arrive and not fun at all to leave. It is such a bummer that we are all spread out so far. We really need to figure out how to get Illinois, California, Nevada, and Washington closer together. :)
A family photo before we all start to cry.

Stefanie, Stacy, and Gimi. We are missing Tami and Kari. They are still in Illinois.

Stefanie, Peggy, Stacy, and Gimi. Peggy got to stay and visit one more day before she was heading back to Illinois.

The Herren family. They are so much fun to hang out with also. The kids all get along so great. The cousins really enjoy each other.

Once Peggy and Megan start crying it's all over. They make everyone follow. :)

Mike and Megan on the airplane heading home. They took their own picture.

Alex and I were sitting behind them. We had a fun flight home. Alex was in a weird mood and just kept laughing at everything.

We had such an awesome vacation and can't wait to get to see everyone again. Who knows where we will all meet next.

Thanks to Stefanie for letting us stay with them and to Peggy and Gimi for coming to visit us also.

See everyone again soon!!!!!!!!