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Other randomness

Just a few pictures I found on my camera.

Turns out, Cam does know how to use an umbrella properly, but this shot cracks me up.


Here, Cam has a top and he was spinning it and then put his finger on it to make it like a record player. He's never actually seen a real life record!


What a cute picture he drew! I think it must be a self portrait... I see a resemblance.


Here, we made fake snow. Jenn gave us some in a container and then we just added water and got this. They love it.

The kids make cute drawings

The day after we went to the farm, Cam drew three pictures - one of a kangaroo, one of a lemur and one of him holding my hand. I just love these pictures!



Then, Paigie drew this picture of Shrek.

The kangaroo farm!

There's a farm in Arlington with kangaroos! It's the Outback Christmas Tree and Kangaroo Farm. They also have lemurs, ostrich, flemish giant bunny, llamas, donkeys, geese.. Lots of silly animals! Here are some pictures of our trip there with Cammy's class.

It was my birthday

Back on May 19th. Jeff and I had dinner at The Herbfarm, which was really amazing. I can't even begin to describe it in a way that would do it justice. Because it was my birthday, they had made me a pipe cleaner crown and placed it at my table along with a little framed 'happy birthday' wish. The theme was Copper River salmon and included wild foraged mushrooms. The place settings had 7 wine glasses and four forks. It was a nine course meal with pared wines... easily the best meal I have ever eaten. One time I got up during a course (7+ glasses of wine will do that to you) and when I returned, my plate was gone! A waiter showed up and went looking for my plate. It had be rearranged on a new clean plate in a fancy arrangement and kept warm for the 3 minutes I was away! Really amazing and definitely something I will want to do again someday. I am 30 now! Yikes. Here's a picture of me in my fancy crown :)

Random photos

How cute is this? Cam is playing with the Mr. Potato heads and Paige is combing his hair. Even better - Cam knows she is combing his hair and wanted her to keep doing it! Wow. Maybe there is a peaceful sibling relationship in the future for these two. :) They sure are cute.



Paige likes to play Dora on the computer so much that Jeff set up a computer for her upstairs. I took a picture of her and then she got annoyed with me because the flash was bothering her eyes. In the next picture she was giving me a dirty look because I didn't stop 'picturing'.

These next pictures are great!! We went to the science center and one section has some dinosaurs. I think they are 1/2 scale and they move a little and some of them make noise once in a while. It's been there for a really long time because I remember seeing them when I was a kid. We found this Allosaurus and the kids wanted their picture taken with them. I told them to stand in front of him. I took one picture and then the dinosaur roared and scared the poo out of the kids! Paige ran so fast she wasn't even in the second picture. Look at Cam's face! Poor kid, but it was really funny!


It was warm on Monday! We went down the street and played with the kids in the neighborhood. Cam got all hot and spiked up his hair.


I have no idea when these pictures were taken, but it's pretty recent since I see my new purse in the photo :) I'm still a fan of Paige and her glasses. She still is too!

Apple Blossom in Wenatchee

That's a picture of the Seattle Seahawks' mascot Blitz holding Cam! The Seahawks' band was in the parade and Blitz was riding a motorized scooter on the route. Cam was standing up and waving and Blitz came over to say hi to the kids. He put down his scooter, picked up Cam and turned around for Jeff to take his picture. It was fabulous! He was really good with the kids, making sure they weren't scared of him before doing something like picking up Cam!

On the way home, we stopped by Uncle Tim's Pine River Ranch B&B. Tim is making a fabulous wedding and reception location at his home/B&B. You can see the progress on his page. He's doing it all by himself. I think it will be amazing when he is finished.