Homecoming

Chris made the decision to move home a couple of months ago.  Because he had a lease until the end of August, he was hoping to stay in Bellingham as long as possible.  This weekend he moved home.  He has been enjoying cooking in my new kitchen.

Blog Catch Up

Time has really gotten away from me.  I haven't been keeping up with my posts and we have been busy so going to do one post and catch everyone up with what we have been up to.

Bill flew a wedding couple from Camas Airport to the Pearson Air Museum where their reception was being held.  It was fun to be a part of their special day.

Chris came home for Memorial Day and we went hiking in the Gorge.  The guys hiked Hamilton Mountain and I hiked up Beacon Rock.

I went to the Brigade Encampment at Fort Vancouver.  I was taken with this baby.  I never did find out who the mother was.  Everyone that I saw holding her said that they were just babysitting.

Bill and I went to a fun fundraiser at Summit Grove Lodge.  It was a Hollywood red carpet theme so we got gussied up.  Loved the music by the Juleps.  I have heard them once before and their Andrews Sister style music is so fun to listen to.

Christopher is moving home after being in Bellingham the past five years.  Bill and I had a weekend free to travel up, rent a UHaul and move his bed and a few other things home.  We took Amtrak as far as Seattle.  The closest moving truck available was in Concrete so it was a bit of an adventure the day before trying to rearrange our travel and pickup point to Lynnwood so that we could get that accomplished.  I love the portion of the train trip between Olympia and Tacoma to see Puget Sound and our old stomping grounds. So beautiful and fun to reminisce. 

We took a load to Goodwill and then loaded the truck with what was coming home with us.  Had our last meal in Bellingham for some time and an early Father's Day celebration at our favorite sushi place there.  Bill and I had to move furniture out to accommodate Christopher's bed so that took some time as well as trying to get rid of the pieces of furniture we moved out.  Father's Day started out with a hike (Bill ran) along Lacamas Lake.  Then we went to his office to video some commercials for his website.  After work was completed we went out to lunch to celebrate his day.  So it was a good, productive, busy weekend.

Our first flyout for the year was to Sisters.  We had a couple great days to fly there with wonderful views of the Oregon peaks. 

 I never get tired of seeing the mountains.  And the view from our final destination was fabulous.

Our flyout co-hosts picked us up at the airport and we went out to lunch with them.  After lunch, Bill and I wandered the downtown area while we waited for our room to be ready.  We stopped in a few cute shops and went vodka tasting for the first time.  I didn't partake in the six sampler flight as I thought that might be a little too much alcohol for me but I had a mini cocktail with the cranberry infused vodka and fresh squeezed orange juice.  It was wonderful.  We rented a fabulous suite at the Five Pine Lodge.  It was well appointed with rustic lodge decor, a gas fireplace and a huge bathroom.  The only downside is there wasn't much soundproofing.  It was so noisy when staff would open the doors to their spaces next to our room and we could hear every footfall and conversation from the room above us.  Loved the room but wasn't too happy about the noise.

Our other co-hosts own a home in Sisters and they invited us to their house in the evening for a fabulous BBQ and to another fabulous brunch the next morning.  The highlight of the trip for me was seeing the deer on their property.  They were around us during both the evening and morning.  I stalked them trying to get decent pictures.  I got a few goods ones.

Since Bill has last nearly 100 pounds, he wanted a new head shot for his business website and promotion.  He actually got his a few months ago.

With Christopher in job hunting mode, he needed a head shot for his LinkedIn account so we took him to the photographer one afternoon after he had an interview to get that done.  So handsome!

I've been working as a guest creative team member at Designer Digitals for the past month or so.  My "pay" is having access to all the new products which is great fun.  So I have been doing a lot of layouts that I won't necessarily have printed but it has been fun creating some art with the new goodies to help advertise their products.  Loved this layout I did for the hydrangea photo.

I went searching for red, white and blue flowers to do a patriotic layout for the 4th.  

So those are the highlights anyway.  Probably more that could be told but this is what has been keeping me occupied the past several weeks.  Hope you are all enjoying your summer as much as we have been so far.