Lazy Days of Summer

After working for four hours at the Bishops Store house

then going over to mow the baseball diamonds at the Stake Center

Then mowing our back yard

This is where I found Gary ! Hehe

So sweet we just got this Hammock on Craigslist

Gary had been wanting one for a LONG time

Looks like he likes it ♥

 

 

Back to Steamboat Rock 2013

Steamboat Rock

This is our second visit to this area

last year four of us climbed the rock, this year eight of

us climbed.

The area has been formed by a glacier dam that broke

loose and caused a huge amount of water to come

from Montana all the way to the ocean

It left behind these flat rocks

Steamboat Rock is surrounded by water

Banks Lake, this was made by Coulee Dam

In this first picture you can see a little bump on top

As you go Thur the pictures you will see all of us standing

against that rock. This picture was taken at the campground

were we stayed and started our hike from

If you look at this first picture you can see the bump

on top and just off to the right where you see the dark shadows

that is how you climb the Rock, stright up

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rich and Peggy

 

 

Gary and Skip coming up the trail

 

 

 

 

Skip needed a helping hand with his pants

what a good friend Gary was ♥

 

 

 

 



 

 

This is why you climb it !!!

 

 

 

 

 

Here we are on that bump in first pictures

 

 

 

 

 

Gary's first time to climb the Rock

He did Awesome!!! So proud of him

That is the camp ground down below

 

 

 

 

Rich, Peggy, Myself, and Kay

 

 

 

Rich, Gary, Me, Kay, Skip

 

 

 

Kenny, Raydeen, Kay and Skip

 

 

We made Carin's this is the Dahlke Carin

 

 

The Cannon Carin

 

 

Wild Flowers



 

 

 

This is West of Steamboat Rock down by Coulee City

It is called Dry Falls

If you look at the horizon, they say the water during

the flood would have been 300 feet about this land

 

 

This was the Sunset at camp the last night we were there

Really amazing place

 

Color Me Rad 5k

 

Color Me Rad 5k

This is a crazy FUN way to enjoy our family and to give to a Charity

Gary and his Girls

We had Two Daughters, four Granddaughters,

and one Daughter in law.

So much FUN

 

So this is what it looks like, people have bags of colored

corn starch and they throw it at you as you walk or run by them

They also spray you with colored water too

 

 

 

This is how we looked when we started. Nice and White

Tristin, Lucy, Chelsi, Gary, Kristin, Valencia, Aimee, Brenee'

I am the shortest so had to be in front

For those who don't know Aimee' and Kristin are Gary's two daughters

Tristin & Chelsi are Aimee's daughters, Valencia is Kristin's daughter

Brenee' is Garianne's daughter and Lucy is married to Ben

Gary's oldest Son!!! Wow lots of family

We also had Ben and Clint taking care of Kids and taking

pictures for us.

Chelsi & Valencia

 

Lucy, Kristin, Tristin, they ran the race ☺

 

Brenee' and Aimee'

Sorry I cut you head off Brenee'

 

Valencia with a Rad Grandpa in the background

 

We survived Thanks to Aimee' and Brenee' for walking with us

 

 

This is what we looked like after the race

We had our Rad on

 

Gary loves his new Sun Glasses !!!

 

The Start line and finish area

Great Day

Camping Riley Creek 2013

 

Camping with Brett and Baylee Simon 2013

We were able to take a short camping trip with two Grand kids

We went to Riley Creek and had some fun!

 

 

Brett finishing up the salad from dinner

I think he liked it

 

 

 

Baylee with her own chicken breast, she loves meat!!! 

 

Brett & Baylee going for a swim

The river was really cold, but they went in anyway

 

 

Baylee jumping rope with Brett and Grandpa

 

 

Brett and Grandpa just "Hanging out"

 

 

BYU (Brett) verses Gonzaga (Grandpa)

Well Gonzaga won but couldn't walk after the game ☺

Seems he took a tumble and skinned up his knee pretty good

 

 

Grandpa and Brett & Baylee just "Chilling" at our camp site

Mothers Day 2013

Mothers Day was a great day

I was spoiled by our Children, cards, phone calls

Flowers

Chocolate covered Strawberries

Hanging basket

 

Thank you all for a great day

Love you

 

 

 

 

Stryker and Makiya made me cards!

Too cute

 

 

Jeremy & Chad sent yummy Strawberries

I did share these, so good

Our Granddaughter Alisabeth is a Missionary !

 

April 17th Alisa reported to the Mission Training Center

In Prove Utah

This is friends and family at the airport

sending her off for the next 18 months to serve the Lord

 

Alisa is the little blond in all these pictures

she is Dewy & Garianne's daughter

We are so proud of her and can't wait to hear

about all the lives she touches

 

 

 

 

Trip to California, Oregon, & Washington

 

This was a trip to see my Family, we have had to wait a long time

but finally made it. I think the things I learned along the way on this

trip was that no matter what each of our circumstances are in life the

thread that holds each of us together is the LOVE that we each share for

one another. Thank you all for the time you shared with us.

Thanks to my husband that drove the whole 1700 + miles of this trip

Your the Best

 

 

We drove down highway 97 and this is Mount Shasta

just as we came into California

 

 

 

Sweet beautiful Martha

All of the O'Connor's bought a new home

a few years ago and this was our first time to see it.

So glad they can all be together here

 

This is the front of the new house

 

This is one of Joe's turtles

 

 

Back yard with all the flowers and the Texaco horse Dad bought

Martha had it restored

 

 

 

After we left Martha's we were on to Tehama California

to see Darren and Pamelia

This is the front of the house looking out at the

Sacramento River

 

Here is the guest house

 

All the flowers were starting to bloom so I had

to take some pictures

 

 

This was a Black Butter fly

they were all over, but I had a hard time getting

one to stay still long enough to take a picture

Looking across the river

 



 

 

There are a few Cranes that hang out on the other side

of the river and fish there, this was the gray one

 

The view from the guest house

 

 

 

Got everyone up early the day we were leaving

for pictures

Darren and I, my Little Brother

 

Gary and Pamelia

 

Darren, me, and Gary

 

Two of my favorite people

 

 

Sunrise on the Sacramento River

 

 

 

 

Headed to Lincoln Beach Oregon to see Rick!

Wow it had been 18 years since we had seen each other

But he is still the same Rick!

 

Rick and Marsha

This was our first time to meet Marsha

great to get to know her

 

 

 

 

Salishan Resort

What a beautiful place

now we know how the rich live

room had a nice fireplace and what a view

 

 

This is looking out the window at the Golf course

I should have turned the light off, you can see the

reflection

 

 

 

 

OK so this is why people go to the Oregon Coast and never leave

that is what happened to Rick

Rick was our tour guide and so glad because we would never

known where to see all of this in just a few hours

 

This is one of the old bridges on Highway 101

 

 

Looking back toward Depoe Bay

 

 

 

One of the blow holes were the water spouts up

 

 

Beautiful Beaches

 

Stopped to see the Light House

 



 

 

 

 

Had to get one more beach shot

 

 

Rick and Gary with Newport Oregon in background

 

Downtown Newport Oregon

 

The fishing boats

 

Fishing Fleet

 

Off to Mark and Aimee's before we headed for home

Aimee said we saved the best for last

We had a great visit, went to our first NBA game

Mark made us Blackened Chicken for dinner ( inside chuckle)

And we got to see there new house

What a beautiful home, so warm and inviting

Aimee has it decorated so pretty

Can't say enough about it, just Stunning

 

It was raining, surprise, so didn't get the best pictures

 

Back yard

 

That's all Folks the end of a great trip