Roy's New Bike

After a year of research and saving some money, Roy finally got his motorcycle! I'm a little nervous but he took a safety class and so far is doing fine. Even with taking on a new payment, we are paying less than we were on gas for his truck! CRAZY!!!

LFD Challenge Coins

Everyone on the Lynden Fire Dept was given a coin as a part of a game. We are to carry them with us at all times. At anytime someone can call a challenge which means everyone with in the room has to show their coin. If there is anyone who does not have their coin they owe the one who called the challenge a drink like coffee, pop, tea, water, etc. If everyone has theirs the one who called the challenge owes the drink. The coins represent our pride, honor, tradition, and unity as a group.



This says "Everyone Goes Home".

Spring Concert

Today Carson had a spring concert at school. He was so excited! This was the closest my camera would zoom. They're a little grainy b/c I had it all the way zoomed in. He did such a good job with all the songs. He loves to sing!

Celebrating My Birthday!

One of my best friends, Rebecca, wanted to have a birthday celebration for me Friday night. Most of our friends were not able to make it, so it was me, Rebecca and Stefanie! We had a blast! They took me to New York Pizza (I've never been there) for food and drinks. Then we went back to Rebecca's place and did pedicures! As you can tell from some of the pictures we were being silly! It was so much fun! I'm so glad to have friends that I can totally be myself and silly with!



Our beautiful toes!


Rebecca and me!

Stefanie and me chillin' on the couch!

Mother's Day

I had a busy but wonderful Mother's Day! My husband let me sleep in and then made me breakfast. We went to a birthday party for my nephew and also gave my mom her gift there. I forgot to take pictures there. It was a very cute Elmo party. From there I dropped off Roy and the kids for their naps and I went to my Grandma's to give her a gift and stayed to play marbles. I then went home to pick up the kids and Roy and go to Roy's parents house. We gave his mom a very nice journal with a celtic design on it as you see pictured and some candles b/c she loves candles! We stayed there for dinner and Carson was trying to learn to rollerblade with the help of his uncle Teddy. We had a great time!

Shopping at Cabelas

Despite the vehicle trouble we were still able to shop at Cabelas. We weren't able to buy, but just walking around the store was fun enough in itself. The time we were able to spend together was more important. The picture of us together shows how sick I was feeling.

The downside of owning a vehicle

Roy and I left Friday afternoon for a weekend away to celebrate our anniversary. I made all the plans and got everything ready. I even brought in our van to have an oil change and fluids checked. I was excited and everything was set. We dropped off the kids at my in-laws and headed out. We stayed at the Red Lion in Olympia and were planning on going shopping at Cabelas Saturday. We slept in Saturday and took our time getting ready. We weren't in any kind of hurry we just wanted to enjoy ourselves. So we headed out. A few miles out Roy looked down at the dashboard and noticed the temperature gauge was way past the red. So we quickly pulled off the freeway and found a gas station, pulled in and popped the hood. Steam rolled out and I was worried! The gas station across the way was also a mechanic shop so we drove over there to find water. Roy filled up with water only to find out it was leaking out just as fast as he was putting it in. I told him to go talk to the guys in the shop. So he did and they said it was probably a freeze plug (I have no clue what that is, but Roy does), but the only guy there that could fix it was leaving for his daughter's graduation. They told us there was another shop 5 lights up that was open on Saturdays. So Roy put in as much water as he could and we headed for that shop. Roy went in to talk to the guys there and they said it may be a couple of hours if even today that they could check it. So Roy said we'd be sitting out there waiting b/c we were from out of town and no other way to get around. So there we sat and I started crying. I was upset b/c this was suppose to be a nice weekend away and we end up sitting out in the parking lot of a mechanic shop waiting to have our van checked. I prayed and cried and prayed some more. It was only about 5 minutes and a mechanic came out and was able to look at the van. Thank you Lord!!!! So he drove it in and we went to the waiting area. A few minutes later the guy at the counter confirmed it was the freeze plug. Roy wasn't too happy. He told us how much it would cost and we cringed but nothing else we could do. There went our spending money for the weekend. So while we were waiting, we went walking. There was a shopping area near by. Roy called it an adventure. He was trying to cheer me up! I was kinda fun though, to go walking around. We got some food and coffee and went shopping around. Not how I pictured our weekend, but we still had a good time!