Vacation...Anacortes

We're in Anacortes with my dad & step-mom, of course it has been busy! We've got an extra teen (not unusual for us!) We flew down Wed. We saw two movies the Thursday.... We shopped and ran errands Friday and went over to Whidbey (sp?) Island and played on Saturday after checking out the farmer's market in downtown Anacortes. The kids were recognized!! AKDave saw Jr (AKA Derick) then confirmed his suspicions by seeing the 2 girls. Dyl was with me and grandmas waiting for a little pesto pizza. He came over to say hi...saw Dyl and said, "Look at the size of this one!" LOL my thoughts exactly!! I am amazed every time I look at him!!
I rented a vehicle (mid-sized) at Hertz through Priceline (LOVE Priceline) the nice rental guy saw all the teens and luggage and upgraded me to a ginourmous SUV!! I NEVER would've guessed that Hertz would be that nice!

BIG doughnuts are famous here

Red Robin 1x is a must!

Deep fried jalapeños for this one...

A double-burger for the big brother :)

Hula-hooping in a party store to burn off lunch.

Snacks @ Costco...followed by cheap soft-serve...best day ever according to the kids!

Soccer in the yard.

Look at that Bear Claw!

Meanest Mom Ever....But It was Too Funny

D finally made it in late on Tuesday night, the oral surgeon squeezed him in on WED morning --thank you Dr. Heagy!
The hour post-procedure was hilarious!! My kid isn't real talkitive or loud....he was for an hour....I have a couple videos on FB too. You can see them there --unless you are bitter about Facebook (CB)

We've got to hurry and pack to get to the airport after a couple quick stops --say bye to Hethykins, get some yummy bagels, lunch from the Middleway Cafe and a fancy smoothie for the pitiful one.

 He had an extra dose of anesthesia, waking up was high on his to-do list!

 Gyro calzone....yum!! Was dinner for 2 nights :)

 It was his last meal a 3 layer chocolate moose with a sponge cake base, I shared a bit, delicious! He's going to try to make some for us.

 Shrimp Parmesan with huge shrimp!

Cute & yummy too!

Hi, It's me CD...Remember Me?

I love the Penair gate (weird, I know) but there are always several locals to visit with...and people who move to ANC and leave us. :(






Wow...FEB 21st already. I went to ANC for 2 days (mammo...love trips in for medical that aren't too dramatic...it all went very well) Got to go to Costco and buy 20, yes 20 pounds of chocolate chips...we have chocolate needs here :) They're in my big freezer. Heather and I go to eat our favorite meal at our favorite restaurant (Moose's Tooth!!)
We went to see Avatar in Extreme 3d too...it was good. Oddly close to the Native Science class I have.
I saw Alena in the airport on the way home, I haven't seen her in AGES! I have to run into her in ANC...crazy! It was so fun to visit with her, I miss talking to her all day, except when one of us is crabby LOL..



Bella got into my gym bag, got tangled in the handle and was about to eat my shoe-- I thought it was funny!

And Manderzz giving Bella a bath, what good girls I have.
She deals with her baths quite patiently.
Too many people on AKWISP or something, the 7 pics took forever to upload. Soooo I PROMISE to post every day this week...and next week --I'll be traveling again and should have more to say, other than, I worked out, I did homework, I worked on my to-do list, cleaned, drove kids to events and walked my dog. That is about the extent of my excitement lately.
OK there are lots of events too, I've just been a lazy picture-taker....

Dyl is So Cool...

Making cookies --yes we use Crisco --that is our worst food habit!


I've got to get to the gym and start my typically busy Saturday --workout, watch AG's son's game, T is home, then our kids' game @ 3pm. Then I hope a walk with T and Bella


(although I saw rain this morning...rain on top of snow is not my favorite for walking ....)
Last night Dyls played basketball Jr, High VS. JV High School. They have to scrimmage...we're just too far from any other teams.
Ohh yeah Bailey and Cody stopped by, she took Jr's Senior portraits, I had to choose the ones we want. Manderzz was making fried rice. Evidently she watched the lady at Peking make it often (friends with her granddaughter) so she made us a batch...it was AMAZING!

The Trip That Never Ends (cleaned up a bit)

We had a good day yesterday, even though the 3 of us were getting a bit testy and anxious to go home. We bowled 3 games (quite badly...but it was fun nonetheless) then went to Hethykins and Steve's house for dinner! I try to do this every time I'm in ANC if at all possible. She's been my confidant and has been my bestest buddy for 26 years!
Steve made moose steak, garlic mashed potatoes and salad...it sounds like an average meal, not so! Steve is an amazing cook!!! It'd be dull if I cooked it :) I got hints on making our moose as tender as theirs, thanks guys!!
Steve and T had never met...they talked and talked about killing animals to be eaten...Maybe Steve will come out to fish this summer. Soooo I think they got along :)

Manderzz did Marina's hair

The kids played Scrabble too. I feel a new game obsession coming on! (I know you'll approve Donna!)

Today we were SUPPOSED to fly home. The flight went, T went. Mandy and I decided to PenAir up on their offer of free tickets ANYWHERE Alaska Air flies (MEXICO??!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and stay until 12pm tomorrow...Heth will be here any second, we'll be off the internet until tomorrow am.
LOVE free tickets --some of the fares are $1600-$1800 EACH :)

Thanksgiving..

The youngest kids played the piano together (like 100 years ago??)
AS found T's ginormous flashlight..
We played Apples to Apples...Juno won, if I remember correctly. I got only one card :(
Some of us wrestled.
Others arm wrestled.
AG beat both of us --duhhh.... I'm a treadmill-elliptical sort of gal. I make teens do my heavy lifting or T when he's in town!
Holy cow...we are due for a new video game to entertain us!
They were having some deep conversation about how much line is released when the reel is turned or something ridiculous like that.
We didn't invite the dads to the table.
The spread, I meant to make it all, as I'm the one that is home, but I only had time for half of it. T, Jr and Juno ended up making a couple items each --THANKS GUYS! I was not doing well at about 3pm.
I am going to move on to cookies and more kinds of fudge :) OK maybe after cookies and cream bark (white bark with Oreos --yum!

Our actual Thanksgiving was mellow...we didn't want to crash anyone's dinner here, so sort of snuck to a not-too-fancy restaurant. Ughhh I've been sick ever since! (Or maybe it was the coffee at 5am on an empty stomach on Friday morning)
BUT we had a delicious and fun Thanksgiving with all of our kids and our buddies AG and family (minus MS...we all hope Dyls and MS be OK with being in the same space soon --someday! LMAO...teens!)
I hear it's deep fried turkey @ their house on Christmas and a New Year's Eve party at ours.

T bought some new game (the one that if you buy the REALLY fancy version like Jr's grandmother pre-ordered for him comes with real night-vision goggles!) I'm sure some Modern Warfare 2 parties will be happening this month too. The boat is in town and I HOPE we're done traveling for awhile!!!