Our Girl....

Then...       
and
         Now

    

The celebration begins...

Baccalaureate...

A side show....

Dad is on staff in two departments.. 

Culinary ... 
                   And...
                           Construction 

On to the next event...

Commencement 

It was a great night...  one more day, and a party 

But first...

The destination preparations  ...

It takes a team 

and inside too

A side show

Might have worked hard all day, but everyone is hungry, so..

They are called Smash burgers 

if you haven't tried, you don't know the goodness you are missing 

Just about ready for the party... 
still time for a lesson in sour dough

By the way...these sisters know how to laugh, sing and work hard together 

If you haven't tried, you are missing something pretty fantastic

The party can begin...

Underline your favorite Bible verse and sign your name on a sticky note

the guests came and the guests went
but the cooking continued

And the fun continued  

and lest we forget....

Happy to be washing dishes with a view to remember 

Grammy does not need a reason to post these smiles

I live an exciting life

.

Books of value

 Here is my story

I volunteer at the Bellevue Library FOL ( friends of the library) shop
One  day last month we had a sale on biographies   $0.50
Well, I looked over the display and saw nothing of interest
BUT, later I walked back and found  

The title sounded familiar, and the little "description"  A Story of relentless love and redemption, made the decision.   

I pulled it out on a flight to Miami  and could not put it down.  What a story.  A true story. 
Beautiful how the Lord spoke to her and her love flowed out to these little people

This Month I travelled to Florida again

In a thrift store walking by the books, I did not see anything I recognized

BUT, my friend Anna had more shopping and said "go look at the books"
AND ..I walked back and found.. $0.50

 

Pretty soon I started reading.... had to sneak to the final chapter, but... no chapter yet about her new name 

Oh, the messages are still very full of love and miracles and delight  and I am going to finish it on my next flight

BUT, I still want to know what happened between book one and book two

Don't you ??

Buy the book. Get it from the Library.
         BORROW the book.    BUY the book 
    READ the book      TALK  about it 

I live an exciting life

,

Swiss and more

 

This is the Tacoma Swiss club.. 

A closer look... you know the Swiss Edelweiss 

A look inside the kitchen 

Just one of many trophies  

That's my girl, blowing kisses ..and her hubby

 Blond grandson Sebastian  and his buddy Mason

     and  our daughter in law, waiting for the CRAB

Sorry, no picture of the crab and brats and clams
This is an annual fundraiser, and not a Swiss menu.

But here is a picture of Terry..

She came prepared with crackers ( crab crackers) to share....then a plastic bag to take home left overs and then another bag for the cookies.   
She comes every year, so she was prepared and so willing to share.  She also brought her own little butter warmers. 

"  Hi Terry, maybe see you next year "

I live an exciting life 

,

Random ....

 A few final fun shots.....

View from our balcony 

a souvenir for my girls

It is a safe walkway,,, 
but better not to look down 

The model..outside...and inside..

The pool of another ship 

As close as I got to a dip in the Atlantic

This is how the butler says it is the last night
and a little  envelope under the pillow

Back to the skies of Miami 

We had a great week..on the Atlantic Ocean 

Well,  much, much more, just drop by for coffee, treats and as many pictures as you can handle.

I live an exciting life.