July 2008

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The 4th of July was a great time for Elle and Cole.. We attended the Basin City parade with Grammy! You have never seen the likes of the amounts of candy they throw out... Elle and Cole were not too quick on figuring out how it all works but we all had fun. Addy, Jackson and Brent were up in Spokane for the day. We celebrated later that night as a family watching the Walla Walla fireworks with Grammy..

Whoa we have some catching up to do!

June ended with some good times! Addy performed in the play Doo Wop Little Wed Widing Hood as a "Lady in Waiting" and I attended my 20 year high school reunion. Wow how did I get that old?!

Clarks Rock(ers)

The rest of the weekend was filled with more fun with cousins.. and way too much "Rock Band".. This picture just cracks me up. They were all mesmerised. Needless to say, just confirms why we don't have one. :)

Cousins and more cousins!

Talk about cousin heaven!! After attending Grandpa Zabransky's funeral, we got to have Jason and Jody's family here overnight for Jackson's all-star game.. And then Grandma Sandi, who Uncle Troy and Tanner and Cory came to watch on Saturday also! He felt pretty great about having so much family there cheering him on!! He had a great season and is still cherishing that mitt that Papa got him!!
Thanks Papa! Also a big thanks to Grammy and Papa coming over and cheering him on during the season. :)

And so the cousins graduating begins...from here on out looks like there will be at least one every year

We had a great weekend attending Chelsie's graduation in Ferndale, WA. She did a fabulous job speaking! What a neat event for our children to be there for!

Rounding out May.. doing a little catch up!

Had to put in a few last highlights of May. We went and cheered on McKenzie at the State Track and Field Meet in Pasco. She did great in the 4x200 and they set a new school record and took 2nd place. We went for pizza afterward. Guess who didn't want to be in the picture? You guessed it Elle...







Had to put a pic in of Nataley and Trisha! We loved spending time with them. Thanks for making the long road trip! And we now have adopted Trisha's motto... "when in town, windows down..." You two are tops!









We really enjoyed a nice Memorial Day. We visited Uncle Rod, Grandma and Grandpa Clark, Aunt Suzie and Brent's best friend growing up, Tony Brown. I really want to make that effort each Memorial Day.. The cemeteries are beautiful and it gives us a special time to share memories of those that are no longer with us...

Happy Birthday Girl!

And now for the blog tribute.... :)
A big happy Birthday to my Aunt Michelle!!
You are like a sister, aunt and cherished
friend all in one. Here's just a few things
I love about you.. You are organized
to a "T", you are the life of a party and
one of the few people I can think of that
can make me truly laugh and laugh....
Thanks for being such a neat influence
in my life! I love you!!

Back in the Day~

I ran across these and had to put them on! Just couldn't help but smile when I saw these great pics~ Gotta love the cousins! And a big shout out going to the guy in the bow tie for graduating!! Way to go Nate!
Taylor and Ashley they just don't come any cuter!

Nataley, Lesley and super bro, Anh Ca Tuan you are all the best siblings a sister could ever ask for!!

Pie Making

Elle was in heaven making pies with John, Nat and John. The scouts were raising money for scout camp so they came over and we got cooking in the kitchen!
We made 2 sour cream lemon, 2 peanut butter chocolate and 2 chocolate chip lovers.... YUM! Afterwards the guys had worked up and appetite so I made them bacon, eggs and toast at their request... funny :)