Run for the Border

We started our summer off with a bang, by making a road-trip to Canada to visit some friends. We rode up with the Bricks and met up with the Southas' for lunch, a water park and a few hours at the Burger King playland (hey, it was too cold for a park). It was so wonderful to see our friends again!

Here they are in the great tie-die shirts that Kay made. But where is Tyler you ask? Well. . .

He escaped that crazy group of kids!

After the fun-filled hours at Watermania and the Burger King playground, the kids posed for one more picture before saying g'night and g'bye.

Next year--same time, same place?

A thousand words

My last post was much too wordy for me. So here are some pictures from our visit to Gasworks Park during Aunt Rachel's visit.

Isn't Seattle beautiful!!

These Are a Few. . .*

OK, so I'll respond to Joanne and Valerie's tags, but only because the kids are otherwise occupied (chasing each other with the hose in the backyard) and because it is good to be grateful (which I think enumerating my favorite things will force me to do).

1. Falling asleep in a bed with freshly laundered sheets. Ahh, so nice.

2. Reading a good book.

3. Paul coming home from work. I'm so glad. . . (In my own defense, it is not just because I need a break from the kids, but because everything is more fun and enjoyable with him around.)

4. A clean house. Now granted, this does not happen nearly enough. Hence my tagline is: I can clean my house, I just can't KEEP it clean.

5. PKRT, need I say more?

6. Dessert: brownies, strawberry shortcake, ice cream, root beer freezes, key lime pie, chocolate chip cookies, 7-Up cake; I love it all.

7. A new day. Cliche, I know, but I love knowing that tomorrow is a new day, and it (and I) can be better.

*(For those who don't read Valerie & Joanne's blogs, they tagged me to list my seven favorite things). Does anyone on the Tueller front want to do it?