Katie and Coleman

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

International Traveler

Today this guy became an International Traveler.

Waiting at the border. We had a great time with border patrol. He explained to me that because I have dual citizenship (born in Canada, naturalized American at age 17) I can register Coleman as a dual citizen as well.

One of stops in my "home and native land" was here:

Best. Doughnuts. Ever!

We bought a few sandwiches and a dozen doughnuts and decided to have a picnic at the airport in Fort Langley, along the Frasier River.

Coleman's first Tim Horton's.

Should have started him off with a Timbit....

Grandpa James and Coleman, along the banks of the Frasier:

We also watched the "Water Planes (as Coleman called them)" take off along the river.

It was a great trip to British Columbia.

My future fighter pilot

Coleman, grandpa and I spent some time at Fort Langley. Coleman loved it. I think he might have a future in aviation.

Out on the runway:

Checking out the "citation" for the first time:

He was the pilot, I was the co-pilot

Elementary School Field Trip Day

I wanted to take Coleman around and him show Ferndale, Washington. Turns out, there's not too much to show in a small town. So I decided to take him to Hovander Homestead and Tennant Lake. Both places are usually frequented by kids on class field trips but because school hasn't started yet, we had most of the place to ourselves.

This is the famous Hovander Tower. I climbed it as a small child, now Coleman has conquered it as well.

Coleman and his cousin, Gunner, climbed all the way to the top.

(back in my day, the windows were open... thankfully, they have placed protective screens there now)

This is the staircase that leads to the top of the tower. Doesn't this make you want to climb it?

After Hovander, we walked a trail that lead down to the Nooksack River.

After Hovander, we went to Tennant Lake.

Yes, this is a lake. It's just covered in Lily Pads.

Hooray for Elementary School Field Trips

Monday, June 25, 2012

This doesn't suck

It's a rough life :)

Friday, June 15, 2012

Girls night at the SCERA

I've said it before and I'll say it again... I have a terrific group of friends! I have a friend who sings in a band; the band impressively made it to the Elite 8 (out of 3,000 mind you) to compete at the Scera. The top 2 would get to open for the Beach Boys at the Stadium of Fire.

A few of my girlfriends and I made a night of it. I'm so glad we went, we had a blast!

Our view

Julie, Chelsea and I

Part of our group: Julie, Chelsea, Me, Julie, Megan and Hannah

This is my friend's band. The Spencer Glenn Band. They were so great. Sadly, they didn't make the cut but they were amazing!

The combination of the small white dude (think Jason Mraz look-a-like), a Chilean chick drummer and 3 Samoans... How can you go wrong?

They were seriously so great!

This is more specifically the friend I came to support. Amazing talent, this boy!

It was blazing hot at first, thankfully it cooled down pretty quickly.

Hannah and Megan

Oh Chelsea.... there are no words :)

I'm hesitant to post this picture but it's too funny not to. **I DID NOT TAKE THIS PHOTO! Someone (cough, cough Sandi) stole my camera when I wasn't looking and took a bunch of random pictures like this one. I laughed when I saw them, she's so sneaky :)

FINALLY- The headliner
DAVE BARNES