These pictures are from a cheapy disposable camera, and you can tell! But at least we have something that recorded the trip

David has taken Tanner and Ashlyn on rafting trips in the past, and he decided this year was McKenzie’s turn. He talked me into going with them. I was scared crap-less… thanks to my dumb water fear. Everyone has that one fear, it seems. Spiders, Bridges, Heights, Fire, whatever… mine is WATER. And it sucks because my family is entirely made up of waterbugs. They love it. I gave in.. and decided I need to face my fear. I researched the rafting company we were using, Zoller’s (www.zooraft.com). I researched the river, The Klickitat. I spent lots of time on this LOL. From what I could tell, the chance of our raft flipping and me drowning were pretty slim. That was my main fear, falling out of the raft. About 5 minutes after we got started, I was 100% confident in our guide’s ability to keep us SAFE and IN THE BOAT, and I had a fantastic time. It was an all day adventure, included a yummy lunch about halfway through. We went with our friends, Mike & Angie and their daughter Lakyah.

My fear of water isn’t any different, but my fear of rafting has been faced and is quietly tucked away for now. McKenzie did great, she paddled like a champ and even though the water was COLD and we were constantly getting splashed, she didn’t complain at all.

I’m ready to go again, any time

David and I took McKenzie and 3 of her friends to Long Beach for the day. Those girls are a trip! We visited the lighthouse, ate at Chico’s Pizza, rented beach bikes, went on the GoKarts, got goodies at the bakery, played at the arcade and visited some shops. We stopped by Cool Scoops on our drive home for dinner and ice cream. Very memorable birthday for Kenzie-girl, and we had a good time too

Coming out of hiding for a few minutes to post a Happy Birthday wish to my nephew Lane Happy 7th Birthday Lane! It’s been almost a full year since I’ve made my last post. That is sad!! I got a new computer earlier this year and lost all of my website editing software, so that was part of the problem. Figuring out how to still make posts, through a different program. Hard to teach an old cat new tricks But, I think I’ve got it!

Update from here… everyone is a year older… a little wiser… and a little busier… KT (our oldest) is getting ready to have her first baby, making David and I grandparents. Yipes. That’s hard to type still, but we are going to be the coolest grandparents on the planet, so once I realized that, it’s getting easier to come to grips with being a Grammy at 35 years old! She is due on the 8th and we are all excited to meet the little man. Everyone has their guess as to when he’s going to make his appearance. KT is doing great, no problems with her pregnancy and is excited to be a mommy. It’s a boy!! I’ll post pictures and more info when he’s born. Woohoo! Another generation being started. So hard to believe!

Will post more soon. I need to be better about posting, I feel terrible that I’ve let it go this long. Sorry family!