Birthdays

Hi Family,

How did we get so busy? This summer and fall are going to fly by. We have raspberries ripening in the garden, squash growing on the plants, and little green tomatoes. Staying home and just watching things grow would be fun, too, but we have some stuff going on. We are going to G-mas in the middle of July, Seattle for a few days after. Hopefully we will be back in Seattle sometime in September to see our new grandson.

Here's a run-down on summer and fall birthdays, briefly. I might have missed some. Didn't mean to. Let me know.

Laurel - July 7
Alex - July 10
baby Currit- sometime around August 25
G-ma- 3rd? of September
Jenni- Sept. 15
Dawn - Sept. 24 (I think...)
Mama-Sept. 29
Tyler - Oct. 3
Baby Lila - Oct. 23

Tommy and Alex should be here sometime in August. Rilee, too, I think. Keep in touch. We miss you all a lot. But in the meantime we're having a great time here.

Somehow, Agata, we need to make fried green tomatoes for your mom.

Love, Mom

Laguna Beach

Beach walk

Dennis on rocks by pelican island

pelican island. They hardly ever move.

Laguna Beach

Dennis loved the surf and waves

What can I say? Wish you were there...

Our hotel was right on this beach

Wedding May 2009

Agata and the Bunny

Again

Granny

Jak and Oli

MORE NYC

NEW YORK NEW YORK

New York is officially one of my two favourite cities on this planet. Thank you Tommy for having us there!

the flight of the gibbon

Mom commented that my last pictures didn't look safe.....

Happy Birthday Tommy

Happy Birthday Tommy! Hope you are having fun in NYC. I read an article about the rooftop garden at the Metropolitan Museum and the wonderful view of NYC. Hope you can see it for me. We'll call you later. We love you!

Back from California

I just got back from California late Friday night. Although it was a business trip, we had a great time. I talked Jo into coming with me which is why it was fun. The purpose of the trip was to attend 5 days of training on some software we purchased. The training was held in a place called "Foothill Ranch" in Orange county, not too far from Disneyland. I looked at the map and determined that it was only about 13 miles from Laguna Beach so I booked a hotel right on the beach. Since it was not yet prime season, I was able to book it at the government per diem rate. Anyway, we had a great time. Jo took some pictures which she will, hopefully, post. Jo was able to spend the day relaxing and, at night, we went out to dinner and walked on the beach. I did some body surfing and general playing in the surf and Jo waded. Overall, a great time. I am supposed to go back again in July but am hoping I can postpone it. We were hoping to upgrade the software and that is what the training was about. However, I learned that we would be the first company to actually do the upgrade and that the software to upgrade our database was only starting to be developed. We have too much going on for me to be willing to risk being the guinea pigs on the upgrade process, so I will try to convince my management to postpone the upgrade. Love you all and look forward to seeing you soon.

Graduation

June 12, 2009

Congratulations Travis on graduating from the University of Washington with your Master's Degree (in History). He finished his last paper a few hours before graduation. The degree represents a lot of hard work and dedication. I keep thinking the degree should be in Polish Studies or Post-War Communism. I have enjoyed the thoughts, books (and films) he has shared. I think he might do his doctorate work on Post-war Communist-era housing, but ask him. Travis, we miss being with you this weekend. Thanks for finishing and going to the department ceremonies. It's all cool. There's something to be said for showing up at the end. I recommend it.

Love, Mom

Mayness

This is a slideshow i made of all my pictures from the last month. enjoy.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRAVIS

hAPPY BIRTHDAY TRAVIS!

hOPEFULLY YOU HAVE TIME WITH ALL OF YOUR WORK AND STUDIES TO CELEBRATE. WE WISH WE COULD CELEBRATE WITH YOU! HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY AND WE WILL SEE YOU THIS SUMMER!