Catching Up

Wow, how lame can you get. I haven't posted anything since Father's Day, even though it's been a very busy couple of weeks. Heather and Brooks came to visit last week and we had a great time. We hadn't seen them since Christmas, and very little since their marriage almost a year ago now. We as adults don't change much in several months, but kids do and Heather and Brooks mainly wanted to see Connor and Corey. They had never even seen Corey.

We started the fun by going to Azteca and celebrating Terence's birthday. Engracia has waited on our family at Azteca for about 10 years so she knows us all. After lunch Terence got to wear the dreaded sombrero and have his picture taken. The fried ice cream makes it all worthwhile though.

On Friday Jacki, Heather and I took the kids to Remlinger Farms in Carnation. It's a real working farm that specializes in strawberries in the spring and pumpkins in the winter, there are stores, but the reason we went was for the country fair with rides and attractions for kids. As expected, Connor had a lot of fun. When we got there, he didn't go for the ponies or the train ride, he went right for a school bus parked in the picnic area.

There is a petting zoo there and I Connor was interested, until he got his finger too near a chicken cage, and got it nipped. This photo was
snapped the second he pulled his finger back.







There is a big covered tent with a straw maze. We had fun running through the maze, crawling through the tunnels and jumping in the straw. Connor was not nearly as entertained on the roller coaster as Jacki and Heather were watching him ride it. he lasted 2 laps before the ride operator mercifully let him off.

















On Saturday we had the big family race at K1 Karting in Redmond. We rented the facility for a private party. Our daughters have married some competative guys but it really was fun. You can ask them what the final results were, who cheated and how they cheated.
Racing is definitely a family favorite. Another family favorite is video games and particularly, the Rock Band game is not only popular, but very noisy around our house. The guys are all very good and they take turns on the various instruments.

Brooks chillin on the guitar and Terence intently playing the drums.

On Saturday afternoon we headed to Aunt Pam's house in Bonney Lake where we got to hang with the family, eat amazing food, enjoy a fire and make smores. Connor had so much fun swimming when it was hot outside, that he decided to do it again when he was fully dressed in his new warm pajamas, including socks and shoes. Corey, meanwhile, just hangs out and enjoys life.