The camera has been found!!! I am glad that it was located - just in time for K's very first Feis yesterday. What the heck is a Feis? A Feis is an Irish Dance competition and K competed in her first one yesterday. She had signed up for the "First Feis" category, but then because there were not enough people signed up in this category - they moved her up to Beginning Level. The exciting part is that she placed 3rd in the Single Jig in this higher level - way to go K!!!
The other events in the camera -
Drive In Movie - back on a Friday night in June - K, Kit, and I decided to go to double feature drive in movie - we saw The Proposal and Up -all for $9.00. It was super fun - K and I had the front seat, Kit had the back seat, we were in our pajamas/sweats, had homemade popcorn, packed sodas and candy and made a night of it. One problem was that we chose the night of the Summer Solstice, so it did not get dark until about 10PM, which meant we were out until about 2AM - we slept until 11Am the next day!!!
Kalaloch Lodge; Forks (Twilightville)
K had been wanting to go to Forks - the setting for the books Twilight. So we had a mini vacation to Forks and the NW coast area of Washington.
Forks is an old logging town in the far NW corner of the state. The Twilight excitement has revitalized the town of Forks. It is now tourist heaven for fans of the book Twilight - there is even a chain of stores called "Twilight" and some local kids dress up as the characters in the book and walk around town letting tourists snap pictures of them. The movie Twilight was not filmed in Forks - not sure why, but I am told that it was filmed in another town close to here - so we might venture that way some day soon. This was the first stop on the mini vacation.
The next stop was to Kalaloch Lodge. They even had the Twilight theme going on - we had the Twilight room package which included 2 Twilight water bottles, a map of the locations in the book, and a Twilight dessert (chocolate decadance with raspberry puree). Kalaloch Lodge was great - it was right on the ocean with miles and miles of beach, no cell phone reception, and no TV. The weather was great - we had a bit of NW misting on Saturday night - but we were able to walk the beach and then retire to the room to read. We had a great time and plan to go back.
(note the girls are blue - the water was freezing - it didn't stop them - they had a blast)
The true NW beach gear!!
We also ventured to the Hoh Rain Forest for some trail hiking. On the way we found a side road that led to the largest Western Red Cedar. Two items of note - how do we know that this is the largest cedar? How can anyone know that something is the "largest"? The sign - note the graffiti - I read the sign, took the picture, hiked around it and still didn't see it - can you? T noticed it right off - and then proceeded to point it out to the girls - and once the girls saw it they thought it was hilarious - I never knew the mention of a body part could be so funny!!
July 4th @ Camano Island
The last 3 years we have been invited to one of Kit's friends birthday parties on Camano Island. Her birthday is July 4th and they have a barbecue at their place on Utsalady Cove/North Side of Camano Island each year. They invite about 2-3 other families -all the kids are about the same age and they get along great. It is so beautiful and the kids have a blast.
Not sure I want to know what the plan is for that glob of seaweed. She no doubt has a plan or an experiment in mind!!!
Wallingford Parade
Here is K in the Wallingford Parade. Kit did not want to walk in the parade - two reasons - 1) It was ghastly hot and 2) She figured out last year that if you walked in the parade, then you didn't get any of the candy that is tossed to the parade watchers.
And finally the last photo from the camera -
(Warning - if you are Republican - do not read any further)
If you are Republican - and are reading this - it is not my fault!!!
You really should listen to directions better!
2 comments:
Isn't this awesome?
K - That's fantastic! Your mom said that though she doesn't know much about the dances, she could tell you did an amazing job! What a way to start out! We love you and are so very proud of you! T, J and E
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