On Mother's Day weekend, Jake and I stopped by Bear World because Mom's were half price! It was really neat. There are a lot of bears and even cute little cubs. I also found out that Jake is a lot better at using my camera than I am. He taught me how to zoom! He took most of these pictures.

This summer I read an article about having fun on a tank of gas so we decided to go a couple of places. The first place we went was to Craters of the Moon to see the wildflowers that grow in the spring. Mack, Terri, and Janet Smith went with us. We did have an issue with trying to find a picnic table at lunch time and had to eat in the car, but we had a great time and saw some cool flowers!

Trip to Vegas

We had some time to use in a time share trial, so we headed for Vegas for a four day weekend in January. Here are some of the pictures! This is at Hoover Dam. Gavin's girlfriend Kaylyn met us in Las Vegas, she is in the pictures with us at Hoover Dam.

Jacob's Salmon

Our home teacher took Jacob salmon fishing back in October. Here are the Salmon he caught!

Christmas in Idaho

We had a great time visiting family in Idaho. We thought it was really cold though!

Here are pictures of the family and Grandpa and Grandma Hamblin's house!

We went on a camping trip Monday through Wednesday. Monday we went to a camp at Sequim (pronounced withouth the e). It had a lodge and a big kitchen and cabins for each family. Gavin and his friend slept in the lodge. It was also along the Strait of Juan De Fuca. When the tide went out there were tons of starfish and crabs. It was very cool. The next day we ate at "The Three Crabs" on Dungenesse Spit. We headed for Salt Creek Recreation area which had a beautiful beach. The boys had fun skim boarding and playing in the sand. The water was very cold. It was fun to look at the tide pools there the next day too. We went on a hike on the way home in Olympia National Park we thought to see a waterfall, but there wasn't really one there.

Summertime

We are having a cold, wet week in August. We went on vacation to Idaho and forgot to take the camera. We are going to Sequim on Monday and will try to remember the camera then. Robbie is working for King County Elections and playing soccer. Jacob is bored! Gavin is gone all the time with his friends! We do have a ward salmon barbeque tonight! It looks like it might be cold and wet but we will brave the cold for salmon cooked on the grill!