New family album

The poor neglected LoveShack hasn't gotten much attention lately, I haven't really been in the mood and haven't had a ton of time either. I started this mini album over a month ago and I've thought about going out to the Shack to work on it many times but never did. Today the boys went fishing in the late afternoon and I was home alone with nothing to do so I headed out to "maybe" work on some scrapping. I had everything pulled out already so I got to work and completed the album in about 3 hours. Sweet! Then I cleaned up and went into the house and saw is was 7:30!! Time flies in the LoveShack. Enjoy!

Rachel and Sean's first house

Rachel and her boyfriend Sean moved into their first house together this weekend. It a funky little place in Bremerton, close to both of their jobs. We hauled all of Rachel's stuff up their this morning and helped them gets things set up and put away. Rachel took me downstairs and showed me the basement, holy cow, it's like something from a bad horror movie. Check out the massive rat trap!! It's an old house right in town in a really busy street, not necessarily the perfect house- but it's perfect for them for a first place. They were both really excited and happy and grateful for all of the help we gave them. Jim made a run for lunch and we had a classic first place meal, sitting on the floor while we were waiting for the couches to get there. I'm really going to miss having my baby here in town, she;s so far away now, but I fully support her decision to move away and start her new life. Sean is a great guy that loves Rachel a lot, he treats her good and is a good "fit" for our family too. Love you both!

Morgan's Prom 2011

Here are a few pictures of Morgan all dressed up for her Prom tonight. We are so proud of her accomplishments this year- she has been accepted to the University of Washington in Seattle and starts in the fall. She received a large grant and is busy turning in scholarship applications to help pay for the rest. This will be here final high school dance and she is going with one of her best friends. I'm so glad she brought her dress over so we could take these pictures!! She's lovely. Love the last picture- Jim convinced her to sit like a "saloon girl" and she totally went for it.

Fishing 2010

Jim took all of the kids fishing at one point or another on opening day and as you can see, it was a beautiful weekend for fishing. In the morning he took Morgan, Cameron and Mike and they met up with Jeff and Cody Schoening, unfortunately there are no pictures of them or Mike! Later in the day he took Morgan and I out, once the sun came out. I'm a fair weather fisherman so I wont go unless there is guaranteed sunshine. Check out the picture of Cameron, he looks a little like the uni bomber! Ashleigh even got into the fishing action and on that trip out Jim caught his biggest fish so far, it was over 6 lbs and was definitely a keeper.

Saturday stuff

This Saturday we had our friends the Schoenings over for dinner. We started cooking early, I made a New York cheesecake and I have to say it was one of the best cheesecakes I've made so far. Then Jim and Morgan made his famous "cheeseburger soup" and the Scoenings brought a great salad and delicious rolls. Yum!! Everyone loved the soup, it's delicious every single time we make it. After dinner we hung out a little bit and caught up on the news of our families. Some good, some not so good , but it was good to talk and hear from each other. We played board games and laughed our butts off, everyone had a blast. Look at he pictures of the guys- you can see just how much fun were having!!We made a commitment to each other to get together every other weekend so we can keep closer than we have been lately. We really do miss each other when we don't see enough of our families. Love these guys.

Cameron's 15th bday

Wow, it seems really weird to say Cameron is 15 already. That means he's less than a year away from driving which I cant even imagine. We had a small dinner and cake celebration at the house on Saturday with just us and my sister. Jim bought trick candles for the cake that weren't really too tricky, he blew a few times and got a little help from Rachel to finish up the job. We all got a good laugh out of the shirt that I bought without realizing it says "boobies" , everyone else saw it right away. Pretty funny. We had a super yummy red velvet cake from Costco but we were all too full from dinner to have any until way later. Mike had his wisdom teeth out on Saturday so he could hardly eat much anyway. He recovered pretty quickly though, much quicker than the girls. We got Cameron another new Ipod since his old one is broke, we did warn him this is the last one he'll get from us though, he doesn't have the best track record for taking care of them.

I went out car shopping with my sister on Saturday too- she bought herself a Mini Cooper. It's the first newer car she has ever bought, she gets to bring it home on Monday. Lucky!!