Bellingham Traversed

Mom, Dad, Aunt Katy, and Uncle Joe traversed Bellingham this weekend in a multi-leg relay race.  We were their support crew.  We must have done a great job, because they all improved their times compared to two years ago when the kids stayed home!

Mom started the race on the greenways run, which climbed into the hills after following the trail along the bay for a couple of miles.  Isn't it beautiful?

 

Mom handed off to Uncle Joe, who rode the mountain bike leg.

Uncle Joe coming into the transition point to hand off to Dad for the road bike leg.

 

Dad rocked the road bike leg and took 8 minutes off his time from two years ago.

Aunt Katy ran like a flash (3rd female overall), and we didn't even get a chance to get a picture of her on the trail run.  She handed off to Mom and Dad, who paddled the kayak leg.

 

We were so spirited that we had race tattoos on our foreheads!

The final leg was a .65 mile team run to the finish line.  We ran part of the final stretch with them.  After a full day's excitement, we were tuckered out!  But we're already looking forward to next year!

Happy 6th Birthday, Evan!

 

We set up a table to sell brownies and pink lemonade today during our yard sale.  We raised $68 to send to Fredy, the 5 year old boy we sponsor in Guatemala.  Mom and Dad are really proud of us.

Evan's sign says, "Fredy!  Guatemala!  Please donate."  The sign next to it has Fredy's picture and tells a little about where he's from.  This was all the boys' idea and set-up.

Lakeside camping

We hope this wasn't our last camping trip of the season!

 

Biking the John Wayne Trail.

 

Playground with a view of the lake.

Dad caught this big fish.

Nathan's favorite place - in the water!

Labor Day Adventures

Celebrating Labor Day weekend at Grandma and Grandpa's has become an annual event.  This is our 6th year, and each one gets a little better, if that's even possible.

 

Nathan caught his first fish!

Annual clam boil, minus the clams, which is a whole other story.  But we sure didn't go hungry!  And as if this weren't enough, we had homemade ice cream and Grandma's apple pie for dessert.

We spent many hours searching for sea life and sharing our touch tanks.  The buckets are filled with sea stars, mussels, rock crabs, seaweed, barnacles, shrimp, and a sea urchin.  It's hard to see the 'open' and 'closed' signs because of the glare of the sun, but it's apparent that this was a very serious operation!

We made boats and decorated them with pretty rocks and shells.

Evening fire.

 

Bringing in the crab pots.  This was the last weekend of the season.  We'll start again in July!