Monday, August 31, 2009

First Day At St. Anthony's August 31,2009

Here we are at St. Anthony's.... 
First day of School.
Okay, so the truth is, after making sure all was good or at least seemed to be, I was the one who had to quickly scurry off the playground for I was the one in tears.  Me, the one who has never shed a tear at school drop-off, even when they went to kindergarten.  Despite the fact that I am hormonal, I'm praying that this transition will make for strong, wise children and not the set-up for therapy payments as they were traumatized by living in Renton and were forced to tuck in their shirts "or else"! and hit w/ rulers for they haven't made their first communion yet or said their Hail Mary in some twisted fashion, let alone freaked out by those creepy statues in the hallway.
On second thought, after a weekend of the boys bickering, maybe it is time for a little 
"Sister Mary Principal"  in their lives!

Here's Will.
I swear it felt like a class of 45 kids.
He better not give his little desk-mate any problems or he'll have more than 
"Sister-Mary-Principal" on his you-know-what!



Theo and Will... modeling uniforms last week for me...




Ain't they cute?!


Sunday, August 23, 2009

Mount Rainier- Camp Shurman Aug 2009

What a beauty.....


 Jim's sister Sal(Mountain Goat) and Hubby Warren


See the trail?   Then follow it up that whole dirt ridge.

The elevation is getting to Jim.
Sadly those were some of the gifts we were 
delivering to the rangers up at Camp Shurman.

Jim and his sissy Sal
I can't remember if we were going up or down the beast at this point.

This is looking up Mount Rainier from Camp Shurman.
That tent shows where you would spend the night 
before waking to go for the summit


This is behind me from the previous shot....
Camp Shurman.
Wish I would've known about this as a summer job back in college.
Then again, it doesn't bring in much $,


Even ran into a Senator... Maria Cantwell.
Honestly, would never had recognized her if we weren't with Jim's
miss-know-it-all big sister:)


Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Taste of Glacier


AHHHHH uuuuuaahhh AHHHHH!

What a cute little CGS!
(tell us what you think a CGS is)


Great pals!





Remember, beauty is within.
But this is what happens when you go camping in the cold.... with bears!

The highline hike from Logan Pass


Hobo Pie Night..... dang yummy!


Black bear, Black bear, 
what do you see?
I see my paw prints on the 
back of your van!

Our swimming hole (river), right behind the Ryzenga's tent.


View of the girls from the Lodge.


Boy with fire.
Boy happy.


Morning moose hunt.




We just love these little coffee cups.......

Rob's the man.
Rob outdone.

Cooking in the rain!

Perfect tree for Caroline!
Dr. Seusse must have been here!

No rest for the weary.
Story time ...... 

Monday, August 17, 2009

Project Greenway

Emma's gown and hat

Can you tell this one is runway bound when she grows up.... 
talk about striking a pose.
Making accessories.... paper beads.

Hard at work on the machine.

Here are their skirts!!!
They designed, cut, pinned, sewed and liked them in the end.... phew!




Wednesday, August 5, 2009