September Was too Soon Over

We saw the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone for the first time. Gil Standing in front of Old Faithful waiting for the full explosion

We reconnected with Happi Thurston Hansen - she was my roommate when Gil and I first met.

Cousins visiting after Aunt Glady's funeral - Elaine Kemp, Cynthia Decker, Nancy Robertson, DeWayne Lee, Mike & wife Jefferson

More cousins at the funeral: Daniel Lee, Tom Lee, Nancy Robertson, Rick Lee, Laura Hoffman, Delwin Lee.

Aunt Gladys and Uncle Boyd's children with their spouses

A collage I put together from pictures I had of Aunt Gladys.

We stopped at the Malad River gorge on the way to Aunt Gladys funeral.

Gil was laid-off after 36 years of working for Tektronix. His group had a farewell lunch at Happy Panda. (the 'gold' watch he was given last year, for the patents and trade secrets he developed, failed this month also). ah well.... time for the next adventure.

My niece Tara and her husband Jason Reynolds brought their new son, Eli, to visit.

Nancy got to hold and play with Eli.

We spent a rainy afternoon at Jacob's while Nancy was wonderful and worked hard on lots of hair.

Karissa showing us how it's done.

Kevan playing for William









Alexis blowing Kevan's horn

Nancy perming Jenn's hair.

Karissa playing

Kids dodging raindrops

Alexis swinging along

Karissa on top of the world.

William trying to figure out the climbing thing...

We did another trip to Oceanside.

gotta eat before ya can play.

Karissa in the rocks

August Roundup

The season of preserving has begun: Tomato/Vegetable juice and Grape/Currant juice

Oceanside is the favorite beach this year. At least 2 trips in August, one with Gil and one with kids.

Josef and Michael moved out of their apartment in SE Portland with help from Jacob and Gil.

Josef rents an apartment in Ontario, Oregon for his new employment of teaching English to Freshmen and Juniors.

Kevan and I both got new bikes to pedal around.

July Travels

Gil and I took a road trip into Eastern Oregon. We stopped first at the Painted Hills, we saw a very cool shoe tree, the Elk Horn Mountains were very scenic and the Oregon Trail Museum just North of Baker City was very interesting, then we drove up through Hell's Canyon area and by Wallalla lake. On the way back through central Oregon, we saw a pretty cool rattle snake.

June 28 - Gil and Laura celebrate 34 years of Marriage

We are showing our age. We didn't do much, just a nice quiet day.

Gil in the mostly finished front yard. Still a pile of rocks to be arranged. Garden boxes partially planted. GrandKids toys scattered around.

I'm making some progress on the diet. It's been a couple of weeks, and the pants are not as tight. My belly bulge is a little less.