Squeezing every last drop of fun out of this summer!

Hudson is our little athlete. He usually has great success at anything he trys. But water sports has been a little but harder for him. He has tried water skiing (has gotten up a few times, but not really loving it), was a little afraid to try wakeboarding, tried wake surfing (but the board was a little big for him to try to manage in the water)....but today we struck gold! Wake skating! He popped right up and LOVES it!

Summer, Summer, Summer time!

Anyone who knows me, knows how much I love summer and the extreme heat. I grew up in the Tri-Cities after all and summer heat is in my blood. So when summer hits, we love to entertain and do our best at creating memories. This weekend was no exception. We had the Fehler Family up to play! (Long overdue I might add!) My nephews were also here for the weekend and they came up on Saturday. Here is some of the fun we had:

Wake surfing has become the new favorite activity! So everyone took a turn.

My turn...

Matt's turn....

Rich's (our neighbor) turn...

Chad's turn to show us all how it's really done! (It was his boat that we were behind.) Thanks Chad for the wake surfing lessons!!

Here's my little Hudson trying wake skating!

Happy Flagger!

Our nephews came up on Saturday to play and Uncle Shane taught Austin how to catch a Crawdad fish. Certainly a highlight! I love Brock's face in the background. :)

End of the day - so much sun, so much fun! Love being able to sit down and snuggle with my best friend!

Never to old to try new things!

So I have decided that I am not to old to try new things! Fear held me back in the past, but life is to short, I need to at least try. So this weekend at the lake, it was my time to try wakeboarding. I'm almost 37 years - how hard can it be right? I watched our neighbor who is 8, pop right up after 2 trys. If he can do it - so can I! So with Shane driving (way to go babe! He's a really good boat driver!) our neighbors new wakeboarding boat - I conquered my fear.

And guess what...I got up on my VERY FIRST TIME! Here is the proof!

I'm just saying.....

Resting, Relaxing and lots of Laughing out Loud!

Fedora's unite! :) Great minds shop alike and dress alike. :)

We have owned our lake home for 8 years and I have always talked about having a girls weekend.This year I finally made it happen! It was so nice to have hours devoted to laughter, relaxing, eating and blank staring a the water in quite with good friends. We are all so busy, that it is so important to set the time aside to recharge our batteries. We were missing a few kindred spirits - but we'll get the others here next time to enjoy the fun.

Thanks girls (L-R Heather Hanley, Jaime Johnson, & Me), I look forward to many more of these.

The boys are growing up.....sigh

Everyone said, savor every moment with your kids, because you blink and they are grown up and out of the house. Today I had one of those moments of utter realization that - they really are growing up! Our lake neighbors sold us their little fishing boat.....and Shane let the boys drive it around - by themselves! Yes, I was a bit of a nervous nelly - but seriously seeing them out there by themselves was a little to much to take. Ahhh, where is that pause button on life when you need it?!

First ride was with Daddy...

Then they got to go out by themselves.... (oh my!)

Alright, my turn to take a spin...

Finally our neighbor boy, Owen, got to take a ride.

They are growing up so fast. Into little men. Right before my eyes.

Busy, Busy in Spokane!

I really do love my job! As the Community Engagement Manager in Eastern & Central WA, my job entails community events, speaking engagements, volunteers, donor relations and media. We are working very hard to build the Northwest Harvest brand name here in E. WA. Here are a few recent media hits!

This is the interview that I did for Comcast Newsmakers. It aired on CNN last week.

Also, we got some good press from the Spokesman Review about the new refrigeration cooler that was just installed in the warehouse. More fresh produce!!

http://m.spokesman.com/stories/2012/jul/17/cooler-a-fresh-addition/