Fun Long Weekend

It's hard to believe it is the Memorial Day Weekend. It's been such a cold spring and summer still "feels" a long way off. We did have a great past few days, however, and it's been a wonderful treat to be outside, basking in the SUN! Last year at this time, we were on our cruise to Alaska and it's been nice thinking about the fun memories we share with the Garvey's about that special trip.

On Saturday we headed south and spent the day at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle with Steve, Angie, and Evan. There is something about zoos and the animals that live there that children just love. Watching Evan taking it all in was fun indeed! It brought to mind the happy time we had with Hannah when she was about two and we visited the St. Louis Zoo. Observing our sweet grandchildren learn about the world is one of my most favorite things in life. Evan was pretty quiet for the first hour or so, but once he got out of the stroller, he had a blast running all over the place.

On Sunday, after church, we helped clean dishes at the community meal. Then we headed to Fairhaven to enjoy the festivities around our annual Ski to Sea race. It was the 100th anniversary of this big Bellingham event that has 7 legs including skiing, biking, kayaking, and canoeing. There were over 1000 participants and 500 teams. It is quite a production every year and when there is great weather, the whole town seems to be out and about. The festival that celebrates the race is always a great time and despite the fact that my feet were killing me with all the walking we did over the two days, it was well worth going!

Today we ended the weekend with a Memorial Day barbecue at Angie's sister, Jen's house. It's been a few months since we've gotten together with Angie's family and it was fun to get updated with everyone. There was lots of good food and Greg cooked turkey burgers and steak. Bob did not go away hungry! It was such a nice day and a great way to end a fun filled weekend.


Getting ready to leave for the zoo


Maybe I'll water Mom & Dad's new plants before we leave


Fun with the elephants


Okay, enough elephants, let me down so I can run around