Emailing: Alaska and Lauren's Birthday 003

Lauren's Birthday 2007

Lauren had a surprise for her birthday! She thought she was going to a dinner with just her dad! Instead her friends and I were laying in wait at home just dying to say SURPRISE!

In the traditional way, Lauren screamed and was really surprised! We had taco salads and all the fun junky stuff including losts of candy for Sweet 16 Lauren. Cake and ice cream, balloons for days. The backyard was alight with torches and the piece de resistance was the great weather!

We used the old hula hoops and had races, sat on and chased balloons and generaly got silly. Lauren's friends wrote great things about her in her journal.

Happy birthday Lauren and many more.

Alaska and the Kenai Peninsula National Park

Warren and I just had a five day adventure in Alaska. I only have about 4 terrible fly bites. Not too bad. Saw a lot of flora and fauna. Luckily I did not run into bear. There are signs and warnings everywhere about how to act around bears and moose.

We did see a moose, he was a big 'un. We were in the car, parked safely across the street. Warren said to watch his ears, if they go back we gotta go too. He did not mind munching on grass while we watched him.

One day I drove by myself (while Warren flew to Dallas )2 1/2 hours to Seward to go on a six hour catamaran tour. We saw a humpback whale and her baby. There was a calving glacier, sea lions, porpoise's chasing the boat, eagles, terns, puffins (puffins look silly).
This was an awesome sight and the weather was wonderful. Go to Alaska before you die.

School's Out Yeah

Well I thought that summer would never get here. I am finished with Spring Qrt. A bunch of us went to Endoline Joe's ( end of the trolley line)
and had lunch and celelbrated with champage. I made all A's for the first time in my life. I am so proud. All it was was a lot of hard work.
Hmmm. I bet my mom or someone told me that when I was younger.
I love going to school. It makes Warren laugh to see me in pigtails
I am going to post all summer long.
Today I spent 4 hours a FIUCC gardening, came home and stayed in my garden until dark.
It gets dark around 9:45pm.
I like that.

Ashley had a fun ski weekend! At Piney

Ashley in pink!

Chance of Rain

South Puget Sound,Washington

Mostly cloudy, chance of rain. 45 degrees.

Because of the mostly uncharacteristic weather across the globe; the normal weather forecast of " mostly cloudy, chance of rain with temperatures of 40- 45 degrees " feels right.
The planet unequivocally undergoing changes. We all see it, feel it, and we're paying for the damages. While scientists in Paris are unbelieved. Disbelieving politicians who claim to be men of faith, claiming that the men of letters are liars.
It's all so confusing. What will one do?

Kiss your enemies and plant a tree for your children