Had such a good time with my very special friend, Marilyn.

This pancake was so big and thick...no one could eat whole one!

Lots to choose from...

More TX...

Sooo good to see my nephew Tyler and his wife, Jennifer tonight!  We had a very special time together!

Rusk, Texas

Jesse cleaning out the 'gutters'.

Mac desperately trying to find a place for his treasured bone!

Gutters cleaned and away go the bags.

Visit to PA...

Cooking with cast iron over a campfire.

Dough nuts made with Pillsbury biscuit dough.  They were so good!

Had a great time with these folk!

Sue grows BIG cucumbers!

So good to visit with Ruth!

Last night with the girls...

Last weekend spent at Oma and Opa's cottage!

The time has come for us to leave Seattle and head back to Germany. Emotions run wild, let me tell you. It is going to be very hard to leave our family! However, we do have so much to be thankful for! It has been a wonderful year filled with lots and lots of special, special memories.

The fish pond!  No one fell in and all the fish now have names...Blackie, Spottie, Carrot Stick, Giant, and so on

Lots of goofiness with these two!

These girls love to color!

The weekend included a trip to the zoo.  Here the girls are with the maps, guiding us through the Zoo!

Favorite animal...the Lemar

Say what??

Last morning at Oma and Ops'a cottage...sigh!

Photo taken by a friend showing more happy times at our house!

Last walk along Lake Washington...

Camping fun...