Seeking Ye Treasure, Me Hearty!!

Last weekend, my brilliant husband saw an article in the Everett Herald about Letterboxing. Letterboxing is like a treasure hunt. You can go to AtlasQuest to find clues of how to get to the treasure. So, we found a letterbox near us and headed out for a family adventure. In our haste to pack a picnic lunch and leave, I forgot to bring my camera to commemorate the event. It was so much fun!! Our first letterboxing experience was a pretty easy one in Forest Park called Mayan Rainforest Temple.

Since we had so much fun last weekend, we decided to try it again this weekend. Today we set out on a letterbox adventure in Howarth Park (another park near us) called The Curious Bobcat. After easily finding The Curious Bobcat, we added our stamps to their book and added their stamp to ours and returned the box to its hiding place.

Next, we headed down the hill to Howarth Park Beach. The boys went to the same beach yesterday with Celia and the other daycare kids. So they enjoyed showing us all the places they played and things they did. Even though the sun was hiding behind the clouds, it was a great morning adventure as a family!

Everett High School Class of 89 Reunion

Last night, Troy and I attended our 20 year class reunion at the Everett Golf and Country Club. There were only about 30 classmates from our graduating class of over 300 so that kind of tells you about our class!! It was fun to see some people that we haven't seen in a long time but most of our friends didn't make it to the Saturday night function. Sounds like we missed out on lots of fun and craziness at the Friday night party for grads only. Glad we're done with that for another 10 years!! (Pictured below: Corrie Pardue and me; and Troy looking handsome!)

Junior Farmers of America

Gabe and Daniel have spent the past couple mornings at Farm Adventure Camp at Forest Park Farm. They've been feeding and petting all the animals, holding bunnies, riding horses and learning about the animals while touring the farm. Tomorrow is their last day and they tell me they're having a picnic. It's been great fun for them (and for me to have a couple mornings to myself!!).

A Week of Family Fun

We have had a fun-filled week with family!!

Monday we met Pam, our sister-in-law, and her kids, Andrew and Emily, in Seattle. We took the kids to the Seattle Aquarium and then wandered around Pike Place Market for a little while. It was a pretty hot day made even hotter by being surrounded by people in the market but, after hitting a couple coffee shops along the way, we had a great time!!

On Wednesday we met Pam and the kids at Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. Another hot day but it was made bearable by shady spots and indoor exhibits. :-) The best part was our front row view of the Walrus talk. Those are some darn smart animals!!

After the zoo we drove to Gig Harbor for some ice cream cones and a very short walk by the harbor. Then we all hit the road and headed to the Canal. The minute we got there we all got in our swimsuits, applied more sunscreen and jumped into the water--ahh!!

Thursday and Friday were spent mostly in the water. All the kids are like little fish out there floating around in the water and there was much more grown up water time than usual due to the really hot weather and nice temperature of the canal water. We had a great time!!

Saturday was Troy's family's 37th anual Family Party. There were about 60 people there from the age of 10 months to 89 years old! It was a great day full of family, food and fun!