Home & Waiting to Leave

We came home from our trip to Canada where we had wonderful weather, and all of a sudden our wonderful weather decided to go South.  The first two days it rained Roger was ready to head to Yuma...  So we have been getting things put away, sorted through and cleaned up and ready to go.

The fishing is over, the crabbing is too wet and windy, but the oysters are just up the bay to purchase!  Good thing because my 97 year old Dad came up to visit with my brother, and he doesn't care what the weather as long as he can have oysters!  So we had those for dinner a couple of times so he could eat all he wanted.  Went to see the kids so they could have photo's with Great Grandpa, and some 5 generation photos also.

Canada Trip

Right now we are in Canada on a trip to see some places we have never been to, and after I downloaded my photos I realized that I have them backwards in order of where we have been.  So read first and then enjoy as you don't care when we were where right? Right!

Spent a couple of days driving up the Oregon coast and then up the Olympic Peninsula

where we stopped at the Quinault Lodge, and couldn't get a room but took some photo's of the back side and the view out over the lake.

Then on up to Port Angeles and then on the ferry to Victoria where of course we went to the Butchart Gardens and the Butterfly Garden

We spent three days there and walked the whole city, as our hotel was a few blocks from downtown.

Had dinner at an Italian restaurant and had the BEST meal we have had in a long time.

Got a kick out of the house boats on Fishermans Wharf and the sign at the end of one of the two rows of house boats.

 Out our room now

 Fisherman's Wharf

 Butchart Gardens

 Butterfly Garden

 Quinault Lodge

Then drove up to Nanaimo and met some friends who come to Yuma and live there, and then on to the ferry to Vancouver where we stayed overnight. And today Oct 2nd we drove through beautiful mountains and into the nice little town on the lake called Osoyoos?? and have a nice balcony in our hotel that looks out over the water 



Alice & Carter

Darin & Dawn are having fun with their second family.

You have to watch Carter because he doesn't like clothes on that much

so this is about as much as he wants on when he is outside.

Thank goodness for their pop up swimming pool!

                         

Alice started kindergarten & Carter will really miss her.  she is taking the Spanish Immersion program, so will have English in the morning & Spanish in the afternoon, so rather than just a half day at school, she will be there a full day.. Won't be a bit surprised to see her work on teaching Carter Spanish also!

Taytum

They tell me that Taytum has a way of giving them the "Look" which kinda says Why is everyone pointing those cameras at me??!!  Sam & Erica must have hated to have school start as Erica is a teacher, but Sam is home part of the time and Erica's Mom and Aunt are having a ball being the stand in tenders...

Sept 15th

Whitney, Bryson & Emerson

 

   Janet has been back visiting and then Whitney & Emerson will be coming to Oregon for a week, so we are looking forward to finally seeing Emerson in Person!

Last but not Least the newest member of the Coles

                                                           Miss Taytum

More family

                                                             Dallas' Kids

                                            Whitney's boy

Christopher's Kids

 

Few more of the kids and a couple of the ones not able to get to the gathering...

Cole Gathering

                                                 Curtis' antique suburban

                                            Steven wants a bike....

                                             Just Hanging

                                              Hand made Bow

                                                 Love those cookies

                                            Charlie's drawing on Parker

                                          Back Rub Train

                                                       Grandpa Cole

                                                   Not Hand made Bow

                                             Boy & Toy

                                           Good Looking Bunch

Olivia

Steven came for a few days so we got as many together as we could.  With Dallas a policeman and Seth working at the prison, Whitney in Wisconsin, Sam in St. George, Chris a new job, we just take who we can get. See if you know the great grandkids, See the bow that Parker made, See the "tatto" that Charlie free hand drew on Parker. (Then he forgot, went in the hot tub and it was gone)   When its boys that get together they have to play with the "toys" including the little ones on the machines...Next best part is everyone getting a back rub! and best part having as many together as we can...

We made it back home to South Beach the first part of May with stops in St. George for a nice visit with grandson Sam & his wife Erika, Kaysville, UT to see Nephew Brandon Nielsen and family, along with sister Faye, and Neice Natalie Morgan & cute boys.  Then lunch's with friends the Felters, Conlins, Winwards, Tingey's, & Rasmussen's in Brigham City & Pocatello.  A week with Dad and family in Providence, which included visits to rehab to see my brother Frank who had a 4-wheeler accident.  Then on the way to Pocatello we met the Felters for lunch in Lava Hot Springs and a trip up to their neat hide-a-way in the mountains, along with Roger finding a Geo Tracker to buy from a guy.  Dinner in Pocatello with our good friends the Stone's from our years living in Am Falls, and then because of another wicked ugly wind storm, we had a day to hang out in Am Falls until the wind quit.  On to Boise for a fuel stop and catch up visit with Hollis, and then to Kennewick to spend the weekend with Steven and family.  From Kennewick to Corvallis where we had dinner with Darin & family and Craig and Janet.  Then finally we arrived back to our "Bay Haven" and a week or two of unload, clean up, put away, go visit Curtis and his family, and settle back into our summer time activities which includes visits from friends, and visiting friends and of course getting in some fishing.

The snow & wind storm that happened while we were gone took down about 8 trees around our place but none on any buildings, and we had sons and grandsons who came, cut down, chopped up, split, cleaned up and hauled away, so we are two lucky snowbirds!!