As chaplain for our American Legion Post, I joined our post Commander in leading memorial services at the cemeteries in our valley. The not so little guy's Scout Troop provided the color guard, so we got to do it together.

We went to track fest this year.  It is an annual event for the Flying Heritange and Combat Armor Museum in Everett, WA.  The museum was a hobby of Paul Allen, who helped co-found Microsoft.  Allen would purchase planes and armored vehicles that he liked, have them fixed up to working order, and then display … Continue reading Tankfest →

With the ending the school year, the piano lesson season ends as well. The boys did very well in their piano recital. It was fun watching them play the songs that I've been listening to for the last few weeks and months.

We did our annual spring yard cleanup and bonfire today. We had a pretty good fire going, burning the sticks and limbs that fell during the winter. We also threw in a couple of sticks of firewood and made a campFire out of it.

So, I was trying to take a picture of some elk, But once I took the picture and looked at it I realize that I actually miss you can you picture of the field of dandelions they happen to have some elk in it! 🙂

One thing I really like about my job is that I get to work from home. Especially when it's footie Friday!

We decided to go to the park, T-Mobile Park, on a Sunday afternoon.  After church, we trekked down to the park and ride, and took the bus into town.  We met one of the Aunties at the stadium, and spent the afternoon watching the M's rookies do their thing.  For a rebuild year, they are … Continue reading Sunday afternoon at the park →

The little guy wanted a "shooting party",so I rigged a BB gun range. The hope was that the backstop would prevent ricochets, and it worked perfectly. I found some target examples on Pinterest, and printed them up... I showed the boys how to hang the targets, set up a couple tables for the targets and … Continue reading Birthday at the Range →

The not so little guy went out on his first Boy Scout camping trip, and we decided to take the little guy out on a weekend away, too.  We picked Silverdale, because we haven't spent much time out that way, and it was reasonably close to where the Scout outing was. We picked up a … Continue reading A weekend at Silverdale →

We had some extra time, so we stopped by the falls on the way home,