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Sunday, September 28, 2014

Ginko Petrified Forest

Jacquelyn and I went on a day drive Saturday. We visited three sites in Eastern Washington.

The first stop was Ginko Petrified Wood State Park. I'm sitting on a tree trunk that was petrrified into stone. There are only a half dozen places in the U.S. that have petrified wood.

There were some beautiful views of the Columbia River.

Petroglyphs carved on some stones by ancient inhabitants of the area.
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We went on an interesting trail that stopped by exhibits of several different trees. This spot is known for having a diverse variety of trees, including the prehistoric Ginko Tree.

Saw some wild big horn sheep.

Stopped at the nearby rock shop and bought some petrified wood. There owner owns some land nearby and digs up his own petrified wood to sell.

Second stop was Lenore Lake Caves. The Indians used these as temporary camps when travelling down the river to hunt and collect plants for medicine.

A closeup of the largest cave. They were just indentation in the rock cliffs where the facing had eroded and fallen down.

Third stop was Soap Lake. People go here to bath in the mud on the bottom of the lake. We waded out into the lake and you can walk for length of a football field and it's not even knee deep.

This is an example of the mud that they smear on. It's shiny black and supposed to be good for your skin. We had a nice day out together.

Thursday, September 25, 2014

eBook now available

Don't Marry Charity is now available at several ebook retailers

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How can Dusty stand it? Will he have to marry Charity to save her? The more he tries to help, the worse things get. She's so embarrassed, but she's in distress. Is there more to Charity than meets the eye? He can't help falling in love with her. Can he save her? Does he really have to marry her?

Don't Marry Charity

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Sunday, September 21, 2014

Penelope's birthday

We went to Penelope's family birthday party today.

Penelope is five years old now.

She wanted a princess theme for her birthday. This is her castle. See Scarlett and Penelope in the windows.

Scarlett got to watch. Kind of hard when your sister is getting all the attention and presents.

Talitha and Sammy. Some of the adults dressed up too. And the dog.

Penelope opening presents.

Princess cake and ice cream. Happy birthday Penelope.

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Do The Puyallup

We went to the Fair this weekend.

This cow actually nudged Isaac and Joslyn with her head. Isaac wasn't too happy about it. You can't see them, but he said she was dirty and had flys buzzing all around her head.

I found a cool Seahawk wood carving that might look good on our front lawn. Go Hawks!!

Jacquelyn and Kim rode the Slingshot.

The Slingshot is a bungee chair ride. On the web it says the Slingshot flings you up and down and you experience a speed of 100 mph, an altitude of up to 230 feet and Force of 6 g,

Saturday, September 13, 2014

Joslyn's baby blessing

Joslyn had her baby blessing last Sunday.

Joslyn with her mom and dad.

Joslyn with Jacquelyn.

Joslyn with her grandpa.

After church everyone came over for lunch. We had a large crowd with some of Isaac's brothers and sisters with their families and Kim's parents and several of her brothers and sisters and their families.