Post Updates ...

Updated - 12/30/13

We're still working on our summer cruise - stay tuned!

NEWER:
As of Dec 30 - We've got the trip down to Gig Harbor up; + Our time in Gig Harbor up; + some photos of the Point Defiance flower garden up - more to come ...

NEW:
As of Oct 25 - We've got the trip down to Blake Island up.
And ... We've uploaded videos of the privous summer cruise posts (those that had them)
And ... We've uploaded the jazz video of E's Jazz Combo
            Plus ... uploaded the video of the entire Jazz Camp the night before: They all play/sing "Sing, Sing, Sing"

As we said before:

When we post - we will backdate them so they stay in chronological order - but we may delete this post and add another saying that we've finished updating them. :D

In other words - stay tuned and don't hesitate to look at previous posts (especially under August).

Fair Winds
 ~ JLIME - the MERGANSER crew

Fall Birthday Celebrations

As the LIME part of us jlime crew all have birthdays within 3 weeks of each other, we had a marvelous time celebrating. We started early with a mid-September visit from Nana and Poppy. Then Uncle M and Aunt A came up to visit the day before L.'s birthday (two days before I. and M.), and we spent the day in Bellingham visiting, walking around Whatcom Falls and then eating at the Chuckanut Brewery (which is also family friendly). We also celebrated with ourselves as a family.

We took a break from celebrating birthdays, changed venues (across the country) to celebrate a wedding back in Massachusetts (part 1 and part 2).

Upon our return, Auntie KT came up to help celebrate E.'s birthday.

Whew!

Here are some snap shots of the festivities.

Celebrating Birthdays with Nana and Poppy (and Nana's Birthday, too)

Hanging out with Uncle M and Auntie A at Whatcom Falls

Of course, we've got to get wet!

Experiencing the train!

Celebrating with ourselves ...

"Dirt Cake" birthday cake for M. and I.

A New scarf for L. ...

If we smile nice, can we open our gifts?

Yeah! Socks!













Then the end of the first week in October, Aunt KT came up for a quick visit. For some reason, neither J., L., or I. had their cameras, so we have Aunt KT's photos documenting the visit.

Auntie KT arrived just after church finished, and so two families (counting KT as part of ours), joined a third at their farm. KT got such great pictures and it was such a great day, that we thought we'd include them.

Believe it or not, but this pup's head is now above table height! Such is the life of a Great Dane - Great Pyreness cross. We can tell he is going to be a fine dog.
















































































 Ok, so the horse does belong to the neighbors.

To celebrate his birthday, E. wanted P.I.E! So we went out to a great home-made pie place and had pie first, dinner second.









While the rest of us went to school or back to work, KT got some great photos of the surrounding area before and after J. joined her for lunch.

Then the three weeks of birthdays were over, and back to the regular routine.

Thanks for visiting, Nana and Poppy; Uncle M and Auntie A; and Auntie KT - you make our birthdays special.