Keepin' Busy

We went to Capital Lake in Olympia, WA for Denny's boat race over the weekend. It is our favorite race site because the park has beautiful green grass where the racers "pit." The lake is within walking distance of town so we were able to walk there and look around. Hundreds of people walk/run around the lake each day because it is such an awesome place. HOWEVER, the lake is now so filled with weeds (milfore ??) growing from the bottom, that it is an eye sore. It used to be such a beautiful lake and now it is ugly and smells. I can't believe the people in Olympia wouldn't be upset about how it looks, especially since so many people see it every day while walking/running around it. The racers spent Friday and Saturday cutting the weeds and hauling them to the side of the lake. So by Sunday, at least some of the racers could race their boats. Unfortunately, the larger/faster boats could not race because they could easily damage their equipment. So, Denny did not get to race. But we did have a good time and enjoyed the nice weather and visiting with the other racers.

One of the gals at the race had two 14 week old puppies. They are springer's like our dog and Justin's new dog, Bella. Well, these two dogs look so much like Bella AND one's name was Sophie and the other one's name was Bella!

Kyle, our 10 year old grandson is at a Boy's Camp in Rockaway. It is his first "overnight" camp. He went with three other boys that he knows and when Scott and Julie left, he was so busy having fun, that he really didn't even care if they left. But it wasn't so easy for Julie to leave him. We can see photos each day on the Internet of their activities. Here is one of Kyle on his first day. He is the one on the left. I think the guy on the right is probably a counselor. Kyle's counselor is a student at George Fox College and is fantastic. We are going to camp on Friday to pick him up, have a tour of the camp, and eat dinner. I can't wait to hear about his experiences.

Tori is at soccer camp this week. It is only a couple of hours in the morning. She loves it but Julie said the first day she spent the entire time holding hands with one of her friends! Needless to say, she didn't kick many balls! And after Julie talked to her, she didn't hold hands the following day!

Today I went to lunch at a gal's house that is in the support group. There were six of us there. It was nice to get together outside of our group meeting and get to know one another a little better.

My Mom and Lloyd recently went with his kids for a fun weekend to ride 4-wheelers. Here is a picture of them. Mom is 83 and look at her....she is having a blast! Aren't I lucky?!

Hope all of you are having a nice week. Our weather has been hot but is suppose to cool off tomorrow. I will be going to my support group meeting and .................................who knows, I might have to do a little shopping!

Love to you all,

JO