Fishing Trip

We haven't been to Curlew Lake since the kids were

small.  Don & Mickie had a trip planned and invited

us so we went.  The joy of being retired

 Mel & Gary met us there and Walt and Gary took

our kayak out on it's maiden voyage 

 in sync

 We went down the lake and visited Tiffany Resort

 Mostly cabins 

 The old railroad trestle now part of the bike trail

 We stayed at Black Beach Resort you can see it across

the lake 

 The ladies spent their days painting rocks to 

place around on our trip

 The guys on the first leg of the trip

John, Dave, Tom, Don, Walt, Gary

 The ladies

Mel, Mickie, Julie, Cathy, Sherry, Me

 The view from our campsite

 Can't beat it!

 Took a boat ride 

The view of our campground from the lake

 Beautiful lake

 Fishing was good from the docks too

 A little foggy the last morning

Baby geese all over

Off to Hope, Idaho for some more fishing

Mel & Gary left us tho and our campsite

wasn't on the water

 But there was wildlife

 Didn't get many pictures there

The weather was a little stormy

Then on to Potholes Reservoir for the last leg.

Chuck and Diane met us there

 Big campsites but not on the water

 Had a killdeer family right in the campsite in the 

hot gravel.  Egg in the nest, might be hard boiled tho.

 A lot of the campsites had full timers in them
One guy is a cherry picker and gave us a bunch of them

The fishing was good
Dave caught the 21 incher

The ladies painting rocks with their 

head in their apps

Sherry broke her ankle a week before we left

She could have stayed home and sat around or come 

camping and sat around.  Good choice!!

We had a great time and the weather improved at

Potholes so a nice ending to a good camping trip!

Thanks for the invite Don & Mickie

Ellie's Celebration of Writing

Ellie's Kindergarten Class had a 

Celebration of Writing

Walt stayed home with Pete and I got 

to go with Brooke to the Celebration

 Each child presented their report on an animal of their choice

that they researched over the past few months

 The adults rotated from table group to table group and 

the kids stayed and presented their report to each new 

adult group as they came over to their table

 Then the students showed all their work for the year 

to their guests 

 Ellie wrote this in September

Another example of September writing

 October has a few changes with longer sentences

This is Gram & Pa's house if you can't tell

 Another trip to Gram & Pa's house in November

 The progress to May is phenominal

They grow so much in Kindergarten

Pete in May

 And in June

Brooke said this is the first time he paid attention to 

the haircut.  He wanted to see it in the mirror afterward

 Boy, this looks like Walt's nephew DJ

 The new sofa made into a slide 

 Too Cute!!

Thanks Ellie for sharing your celebration with me

New Flooring ... Done

We have finally finished our floors!!

Have a look

Hallway with the carpet

 Gone

New vinyl planks

Old carpet in the living room

 Gone

New floor

 Dining room with the old linoleum before carpet 

New floor partially done

Outdoor dining for four days

Luckily the weather cooperated

 Old bathroom linoleum before the oak look linoleum

Now the bathroom matches the rest of the floors

Top of the stairs looking down the hall with carpet

 Then the old linoleum on the landing at the front door

New flooring at the top of the stairs and the landing

 Looking down the hall toward the bathroom from the office

 New kitchen floors

And the view of the living room and dining room

The door into the garage at the bottom of the 

stairs looked a little drab

No More!!

Now for the base boards, never ending!!

Glad to be back together tho.