San Juan Island

Jr, Charisse, Isaac, me, Emily & Tony..On our way to Friday Harbor


Mt. Baker


Uncle Jr. w/the kids


Another cool shot of Mt. Baker


Angela (Lola) with Isaac


Emily on the ferry


Isaac trying to figure out where we are at!


MORE picture's that I have to post & of course I have tons more!
Have never been up to San Juan Island and neither had John's family so we ventured out one Fri. morn. Took 2 hours just to drive to the ferry, we were going to walk on the ferry but, missed it by a few minutes so then we had to wait about an hour for the next one. Once we got on it was a beautiful, sunny ride around the islands. The kids loved being on such a big boat and we were hoping to catch a glympse of a whale but, that didn't happen.
Got to Friday Harbor about an hour & a half later and went to get dinner, the kids were pretty tired by the time we were done since we didn't get their until 6:30 pm. And then we find out the next & LAST ferry was not until 10 pm. The kids just hung outside until it got dark and then went back to the van to watch a movie. THANK GOD for the DVD player!!
Once we were back on board the ferry, we headed home & thought that we would just chill for the next 2 hours. NO! The kids wanted to play & run all around the ferry til we were just docking in Anacortes at around midnight. Jumped back in the van and it was totally dead! So, of course the people on the ferry are prepared for such an incident. Get the van back in order & finally on our way back down to Tacoma for another 2 hour trip.
It was such a beautiful day and I'm glad that we got to take the kids & family up there to see the sights of our beautiful Washington state!

Seattle's Experience Music Project

John, Emily & Isaac in front of the "Tower of Instruments"

John & I

Well...it's been awhile since I have been on here and I guess I need to update this! Has been a busy summer with the kids!

We went to Seattle's EMP while John's brother & girlfriend were in town the end of August. It was so much fun an the kids had quite a time playing in the instrument & vocal rooms. Isaac got on the drums with Daddy and Emily & I tried out the keyboards. While Uncle Jr. & Charisse were singing their hearts out! John & I tried singing too but, the song choices were not so great, John picked "Teen Spirit" Yeah right!!

Then John, Jr. & myself went into the "Demo" Room where you can actually play & lipsync to a song of your choice. You have your own stage with a keyboard, drums and a guitar also an audience cheering you on to make it even more fun! Lights, Camera, ACTION!! I think the song we picked to play was, "I Love Rock-n-Roll!" The name of our band was the "Blado's" somthing that John thought up all by himself!! It was hilarious! About half way through the song they let us know when to pose for a pic that we could get when we were done! OH it was so much fun!!