Still Alive & Kickin'...just a few more miles under our belts

In case anybody was wondering we are still alive and doing well! Sorry for the lack of updates but it has been a crazy summer. The summer started out with a whirlwind trip to California for Mountain Ranch Convention and a quick visit to San Francisco. Since that point I have been to Alaska, Montana (4 times), Sequim, Chelan, and numerous other places. Somehow I have even managed to keep my job with all this fun. The highlight....My sister Lisa is home for the year from Israel/Greece. It is awesome to have our family complete again.

Mouse and I headed back to Boring

Shawn being spiderman

All Hail Captain Ferguson.....No Mountain to steep for Mom

Mom and her little ducklings.....we all swam across the channel while Dad drove the boat next to us to make sure we didn't get run over

The whole crew headed down the beach to check out the kids fort

The rope swing

Waders and I with our matching pouty faces

Introducing....Jim Morrison the newest member of our family

The boys left a little something for Leah

All the Sandersons together again

We got to see Sue and Jason for a few hours at Grandpa Demmon's funeral

Pie & Icecream....we made 22 blueberry pies and 4 crisps for the wedding

The happy couple...Garrett & Sarah Evridge

Celebrating Cody's 5th Birthday

Leah with her friends at graduation

Grandpa and Grandma with Caleb "Bamm Bamm"

Lichen and I on our way to Chelan Convention

Trying to make up for it with ice cream later on

I bought Mouse a hostess cupcake at the gas station to celebrate her 18th Birthday

Gotta love the wind in San Francisco

Mouse and I roadtripping to California

Pizza in the park...it doesn't get any better

Adventures around Portland

Some random pictures from around Portland Monday night Music Night
Sam and Dan hosted the main course. Their theme was Australian and they went all out. Not too bad for a couple of batchelors who claim to not know how to cook.
We had a progressive dinner on Sunday between morning meeting and gospel meeting. It was a packed day with lots of driving between Vancouver, Portland and Gresham. Lots of good food and fun!
Lichen and I were on our way to the grocery store when the sun peaked through the clouds and we decided to explore the gorge instead. We found some beautiful waterfalls and had a lot of fun.

Lichen loves boatsAnd I love MONTANA!

These are my all purpose boots...I wear them for hiking, exploring, work, meeting and whatever else I happen to be doing.



St. Patricks day...I made green biscuits, green chocolate chip cookies and we had all kinds of other green food
Sisters at the Portland Winterhawks hockey game.