Oh MY! STRAWBERRY PIE !

We visited with friends Jan & Joe at their house in Spokane and had a nice visit reminiscing about their many sailing adventures, and the ones we tagged along with them on - PV, Panama and the dreaded night sail around Punta Mala !...Always good for a few laughs.

After a nice lunch we made our way down to Pete & Leigh's bungalow in the Arboretum... What a great place to live!  They both have mixed feelings about selling their little house. It's so adorable and the location couldn't be better, but, it's a teeny-tiny place and the girls are growing. We hope, for their sakes that it sells soon.

Laina and Marin entertained us all afternoon with puzzles, games and their outdoors antics.  They crack me up !  Leigh fixed an awesome bar-b-que !  The best turkey burgers I've ever tasted.  She mixes stuff in the meat like apples, curry, Tabasco, and I don't remember what else she said, but they were sure good. And the very best part of all: She made Norm and strawberry/rhubarb pie that was not only beautiful , but scrumptious as well!  Our kids are sure spoiling  us this trip!  :-)

Our last stop for the day was at Jenny's to drop off the bike helmet be had exchanged for Marcus. We got him a bike and helmet for his 5th birthday last week, but the helmet was too small.  The little guy has a large noodle just like his granny :-)  Jenny and baby are both doing great - tired , of course, but that is part of having a wee one in the house.  Marcus is adjusting well and being quite a good little helper.  What a sweetheart!  He didn't want us to leave, but grandpa and gramma needed to get back to the boat because our tails were dragging. Jenny looked like she was ready for bed too.  Hopefully his dad Rick, will bring him out to sail next week. If not, we'll go in to have a play day with Marcus!

We're both loving our time in the Pacific Northwest. - time with the lake and even more important time with out kids.  Life is great!...And the beat goes on...

~Nancy