1 Day of School 2008 - 6th Grade

August 25, 2008, First day of Middle School for Tyler and first day of Kindergarten for Hailey.
Tyler was pretty excited and had gotten his supplies all organized and ready to take. Highlights of first day, Wow, we get 5 minutes between classes and since most of his classes are on the same Hall he feels like he has all this free time to himself. And then Lunch is so much more flexible than elementary school. No homework yet. Hailey also had a great day, she didn't have much to say but things would come out as the day went on. It was so hot 97 degrees this day and when Carrie got home from work she took Hailey and Zach swimming along with Tyler.

Summer Vacation 2008

On July 28, we (Craig, Candy and Tyler) flew to Seattle. Peggy picked us up along with Mom Hanis. All the family that live close came over to Mom's house that night to see us. What fun to see all the little ones a year older. Since we were here last summer, Kevin and Kelli moved to a new home and Sarah and Pat also moved to a bigger home.
Tuesday morning we packed up and headed to Kalaloch for a 4 day camping trip.
It was a little drizzley when we arrived at our camp but got all set up. The next day it was beautiful along the ocean. We headed to beach 4 to check out the smelt situation, they were no where to be found.
On Wednesday morning we drove to the Sol Duc Hot Springs. They have a big pool for swimming, and 3 other big hot tubs kept at different temperatures. It was heavenly since this was a very rainy day.
We did all the usual things, tide pool walk, ranger talks at night, cooking by the fire, and hiking through the trails. We saw a bald eagle, a dead seal on beach, little chipmunks, racoons, pelicans,and seagulls.
We came back to Mom's house on Saturday and got cleaned up and clothes washed.
The next week we went camping at Lake Wenatchee with most of the family.
There were 7 families that came. They have a lake we could walk to and swim in. It got quite warm during the day so the lake felt great but cool at night and in the mornings. We had a big camp potluck on Thursday night and that was very yummy. Pat set up his big screen outside and we watched Enchanted until all the little ones were too tired to stay awake. We biked and played games and enjoyed the big outdoors. We headed back to Moms's on Friday , Tyler stayed an extra day with Pat's family. On Monday the 11th, we headed to Hood Canal to Mark and Marci's home. What a treat was instore for us. Mark had 14 dungeness crabs for us to eat. He also made crab cakes, crab louis salad, a crab pasta salad, along with corn on the cob and french bread. What a feast! He sent us home with some salmon to cook and smoked salmon also. We had a great time, but always the highlight is renewing our relationships with family and seeing all the cousins and their families.
It was so great to be with Baba ( Craig's Mom) She is now on a Family History Mission that she can do from home and spends many hours each day helping others from the computer.

Random Summer Pics -2008

Offshore Fishing-Finally!!!

Craig, Tyler and Craig's friend, Taylor Maxwell took the boat off shore this past Friday. Shad and Dan were dying to go but both had to work. They tried to go over the long 4th week-end but the weather didn't co-operate and the waves were too high.
On Friday the waves were .7 feet, perfect weather for fishing offshore. They went out 16 miles off the south jetty. It was a hot day but that didn't slow them down. They caught lots of big fish, mosty King fish,Spanish maceral and Trigger Fish.

Swimming in July

Summer is always busy because of swim team and water polo. Tyler starts swim team in the middle of May. There are meets every Monday in June and then the championship meet is held before July 4th. Water polo starts in June and we ended with the tournament this week. It was an all day event. The 14 and under boys don't have enough boys so the 12 and under boys join in with this team and also play in their age division. We played the older division in the morning on Thursday and came back for the 12 year old division at 5:00. The games are about 45 minutes long and they play hard swimming with their heads out of the water, no goggles and moving that ball around to score goals much like soccer in the water. Tyler is a pretty good ball handler and scored many goals throughout the season.
For swim team, he swims freestyle, butterfly, breastroke and is usually on the Medley relay team. He improved as season continued and swam in the breastroke and the Medley relay for the Championship. Their relay placed first. It's been another fun swim season.

4th of July 2008

We started the day with a fun run and breakfast at the church. Tyler and Craig did the fun run and I came along the finish line in the car to join in for Breakfast. It was already so hot. There was no trouble knowing who did the run as their faces were bright red and they were hot. It was fun to meet some new families and see all the regulars for breakfast. Since this is a building breakfast, both Shad's and Amber's families participated. Then back to the house to cleanup, prepare food and swim. The original plan was for the guys to go fishing but the gulf did not co-operate the seas were 3 feet. So plan two, go to the lake. As Craig was preparing the boat, Shad and I ran to Academy to get a few more life jackets and an inner tube. When we returned we realized the boat registration had just expired so we have to get that taken care of before taking the boat out. We actually have it paid but couldn't find the sticker. Amber, Dan and Megan came to the house and then Shad's family also came over to swim. We picked up some pizza, went swimming and then watched a movie. At 4:30 we got ready to go to Jamie's home. We shared a delicious dinner together. Smoked beef brisket, pork tenderloin, watermelon, cantalope, salad, chips, tortillas, mashed potatoes and corn on the cob. It was all so delicious. Then we all got ready and went to Jamie's neighborhood pool. They have a lazy river and slide. The kids all had a lot of fun and it was very relaxing. Then back to Jamie's house for icecream and fireworks. The boys went off to buy fireworks and while we waited we went outside Jamie's home, many in the neighborhood were shooting off all kinds of fireworks it was quite a display. But Tyler and all had a lot of fun doing our own fireworks. The little ones got to do sparklers and it was fun to watch them. It was a long day and we were all pretty tired when we finally got back home about 11 pm.