I'm very pleased with my first official year in veggie/fruit gardening. It was pretty successful considering I was learning as I went. I had some corn, raspberries, green onions and tomatoes. The tomatoes are just turning red though. I also grew scarlet runner beans, but I have no clue what to do with them now. Time to google it...
Savanna could barely contain herself on our walk out to the bus stop for her very first day of kindergarten. She has been having a great time. She had Mrs. Tabit, the same kindergarten teacher Mimi had. She's made some new friends and is very excited to go to school everyday. I can only hope this enjoyment doesn't wear off anytime soon.
The summer is gone, but we had some good times and the girls embarked on some new challenges that they've enjoyed. Marissa started soccer and piano lessons. Both the girls took swim and I'm proud to say they were both swimming without floaties by the end. Lots of fun. I love fall though, so I'm already looking forward :)
Nick and I joined my parents for a Kings of Leon Concert at the Gorge. It was a great show, along with the show all the drunk kids were putting on for us. Oh to be young. I think I sort of missed most of that stage, thankfully!
Marissa, Nate & Savanna at their swim lessons with instructor Marie! Gavin got to do a little swimming during free time too!
We drove out to La Push after an amazing breakfast at The Forks Coffee Shop. We decided to go to Second Beach since grandma hadn't been to that beach. It was a little hike down to the beach, through thick, lush forest. It was really incredible. There are huge rocks out in the water with trees growing on top. The girls got sand all over them, of course. They had a ton of driftwood along the beach and a lot of people were camping. Here are some pics. They dont do it justice.
So we made it to Forks. There was a little bit of traffic through Tacoma, which definitely delayed our arrival, but we did make it and got to visit the local Dazzled By Twilight store (which the girls really liked), the local surf shop that was closing early once we left so they could go surfing, go figure. We then went to the Outfitters/Thriftway to buy some arm floates for the girls since I forgot ours. We enjoyed some really good pizza at Pacific Pizza and then hit the pool. It was luke warm water so mom and I watched as the girls swam and had a good time. I took some pictures of the girls with the new vampire teeth and them playing Guess Who with grandma. Good Times! Miss my hubby though.
