The long weekend

So many wonderful memories

Face painting shows their passion: a mystical horse with wings/ flowers for Alora


A Chinese Dragon warrior "tattoo" for Elijah

Tye-dying twenty shirts for the 4th

An overnight visit with the O'Connell kids (Steve and his friend Shawn went to a concert in Bend and Breanna and I hung out with the four kids).


Setting up a three room tent and the kids doing Kung Fu inside the tent.


Being the tye-dye family on the 4th and wearing our matching shirts to the Goldendale Demolition Derby. The family shows off their shaved ice blue tongs.
Seriously, I would never have imagined myself at one of these, but I had a blast. There were dune buggy, motorcycle, and dirt bike races, followed by cars smashing into one another. Elijah's favorite car, painted like a police cruiser, won. Alora's pink car came in third. Mine was the first to be totaled.
Steve's fireworks at 6:00; kids in bed by 7:00 p.m. Real fireworks that start at 9:30 p.m. in a couple of years. Restful evening with Steve.... pure bliss