Washington, My Home

I never can get these pictures where I want them. Oh well. These are the blueberries we hoed and picked endlessly while we lived on Hayes
Route in Woodland.

This is the house across from the blueberries we hoed and picked endlessly on Hayes Route in Woodland. We moved here when I was 12.

We moved into this house when I was about 17. It was a great house downtown in Woodland. We moved from this house to GrandView.

Good ol'e Woodland High. I graduated from here so many years ago that I can't believe it is still standing.

Woodland High School--Home of the Beavers!

This was the house we lived in when we were in Battle Ground. It was a great place and the place I think of when I remember my childhood.

Another shot of the house

This great barn went with the house in Battle Ground. I can still see the horses and cows in the barnyard. Those windows on the right are by the horse stalls. Believe it or not, I helped clean those stalls. It is not my fondest memory.

The beautiful Portland Temple

My elementary school in Battle Ground

Beautiful Washington.

Battle Ground Lake. It has no bottom so it freaked me out to swim there.

Floyd came to Portland to work on the temple and I joined him last Friday. It has been a wonderful experience to be here, since I spent the first 19 years of my life in the Portland area. Saturday we took the pilgrimage to Woodland and Battle Ground to see my former homes and schools. Everything is so green, and there are flowers! I forgot about that. It has been delightful and almost convinced me to put that For Sale sign in the front yard, after all.

Home Again--At Last!!!

After three long months in Las Vegas, Floyd is back home. He is so happy to be here and I am thrilled that we are together again. Floyd has been away so much through the years. He has felt like Dorothy in Oz, only when he clicked his heels together and said "There's no place like home", nothing happened. He will be going to Portland to work on the temple for two weeks and then we are hoping that he will be going to work on the Hoku project in Pocatello. For now, Floyd is home, the pickup is parked where it is supposed to be, the trailer is in its place, I'm baking bread, and he is outside on the working end of the snowblower with Lucy at his heels. Just as it should be.

Danny's Birthday Party-A Real Blowout

Debbi's son, Danny, had his birthday party on Saturday. We all met at Deb and Justin's house, had dinner, played Guitar Hero, watched the kids have a great time with the Wii, and had an all around wonderful evening. Since Floyd is still in Las Vegas (this is month 3), I stayed overnight with Deb's family. I loved every minute of it! The best part of all was watching the adults take their turn with Guitar Hero. And for anyone who might think Miriam is reserved and sedate, this will blow that theory wide open. The kids made great backup singers (thanks, Jo and Deb), and terrific drummers. We missed Josh, Kacy, and Ben, Steve and Sarah, and Matt and his family. Maybe next time. Of course it is never a real party without Floyd, who will finally be home on Friday night. Maybe he can stay for awhile this time. Thanks, Family, for a terrific time, and a special thanks to Deb and Justin for hosting all of us. Love you all!