Birch Bay

We were invited by Roy's family to Birch Bay yesterday afternoon. We stayed until shortly after dark. Then we went to the Van Cleve's as well as the Criss family and sang hymns. They talked me into playing the piano for them. It was a good time!

Gracie with Grandma:

Hanging out around the fire:

BBQing with friends

Saturday afternoon we went over to some friends house for a barbeque. We played badmitten, bocci ball, crochet and ate lots of food!
The kids love going over there. They have a really cute playhouse in their back yard and lots of yard to run around it.
Gracie munching on a pretzel mix.


Roy and Carson playing badmitten:



Gracie posing by the playhouse:

Lynde' 500

Labor Day is Soap Box Derby day in Lynden. We walked down and watched for a while. Here a few pictures I took.
Carson and Gracie watching:

Cougar's Football

This past weekend my Mom and Major took us to the Cougar's Football Game at the Qwest field in Seattle. For those of you who don't know, we call my Mom's husband Major and he is the biggest fan of the Cougar's I've ever met!
We left Gracie with Roy's parents and headed down Friday evening and stayed until Sunday afternoon. The game was Saturday at 12:30pm. They ended up losing but it was still a lot of fun. Here are some pictures of the day of the game.
Here is Carson right after putting on his tattoo. He's the only one who wanted it on his forehead.

Keeping track of the kids in the big events center:

Brooklyn with her sign:

The Girls:

Just befor the team came out on the field:



During the game:

Carson watching the game:

Roy and Carson:

Carson with his sign:

Carson, Crew and Me:

My brother Nate, his wife Angela, Roy and Me:

Roy and Me, with my brother making faces behind us:

Carson holding his sign again:

Tha scoreboard:


Carson making a silly face:

Carson watching a movie on the way home:

NWWFair

I worked in the First Aid booth a lot at the Fair this year. We went to the Demolition Derby as a family, Roy and I had a date night at the Fair Tuesday night, and we took the kids Saturday to see the animals and Roy and Carson had tickets to see the Monster Truck show. For some reason I didn't take very many pictures. But I did get a picture of the kids on the hay for Roy's Mom, she likes us to do this as a tradition. My battery was dying and the kids were not wanting to sit still, so these are the best I was able to get!


Here they were smiling, but they were looking up at daddy.

Demolition Derby

Monday evening our family went to the Demolition Derby at the Fair! It was really good this year. The kids had a great time!

Before the grandstands filled up, I took a few pictures of the kids.


Gracie was having a hard time sitting still.



Roy

A few pictures of the cars



The Bus:

The Car:

The result:


The car was so jammed under the bus they had to use a forklift to lift up the bus and push it away from the car.

More crashed cars:

Gracie with her ear protection:

Carson and Roy:

They also do a truck heat, there was a rollover! It was awesome!!!


The Main Event!