Catching up

So...June came and went. Britt finished teaching on the 12th and I finally finished my "summer semester" on the 26th-whew. We also went to a wedding in Spokane for our friends Drew & Annie-Britt was a bridesmaid. We managed a quick side trip to Coeur d'Alene and then camped a few nights on our way back home.

July brought about strawberries-yum! We went down to La Center with Britt's dad and ended up picking close to 70 lbs. of strawberries. They were so good and they make me never want to buy store bought strawberries again...too bad strawberry season is so short.

We made it to the beach for a few days and since then have just been taking things easy at home. I turn 29 on Thursday and then on Tuesday we leave for a trip to Europe. Whoo hoo!

Yowsa...

So as of late things have been pretty busy. School, school and more school...but it will be over in about three weeks or so. Nothing too eventful has happened and I haven't really made the time to blog as of late. I've also discovered Facebook in the last week or so...it's ridiculous how many people you can get in touch with. A bit on the addicting side as well...one more thing to throw in the mix.

Our summer plans changed a bit as we were supposed to work at camp for two weeks but unfortunately camp was cancelled due to low attendance. Regular camp is still rolling but we were supposed to head up a two week adventure camping program...challenge course, whitewater rafting, rock climbing...which is super fun. No kids though means no camp. Boo. Oh well-we will now have more time to do something else...

"Luke. I am your father."

So I remember hearing about the newer Jedi religion that has been recently officially recognized in New Zealand. I recently read this article and had to chuckle.

Batman trailer

Kudos to Fogey for sending this my way.

One more down.

Today was the last day of the semester and it feels nice. I just got home and I'm a little unsure of what to do with myself. Part of me feels like I should go mow the lawn....the other wants to sit on my rear for a little bit. I think I'll do a little of both before dinnner.

Unfortunately I already have homework for the new semester which starts in two weeks. Boo. It is for my ethics course though which I am excited for. One more down and three to go. Whew.

Bellingham

So last weekend we ventured out for our annual Bellingham pilgrimage. Britt lived in Bellingham for five years and I spent 7 summers and about 2 full years living up there. We enjoyed living there but didn't like the fact that it was so far away from most of our friends and family down south. It's still fun to go visit our friends and get the B-ham experience.

So our weekend began with a drive up Friday night......about 3.25-3.5 hours. We made good time because I decided to go with the flow of traffic in Seattle.....you get passed like you're standing still even at 70! Saturday morning we got up and headed to Lake Samish-home of Ryan Stiles (he has a nice house w/ a big fence) and the home lake of the WWU rowing team. Brittany rowed for four years and loved her experience. Every now and then she'll have a chance to get back in the boat and have some fun. Saturday was one of those days and also about 70 degrees outside. Fun for Britt and it made the girls (all alumni) think about putting a Master's boat together sometime in the future.

Then our trip got really interesting.....we headed to the roller derby, which we didn't even know existed. Overall it was really fun but it reminded us of how weird Bellingham really is. It was fun to see and kind of a cool sport but by no means an event that I would regularly take me child to. Lots of innuendo happening and an unhealthy endorsement of beer with that many kids around.

Post derby we went out to Thai food with our friends Shaun and Tara which was a double bonus. One we like hanging out with them and second, there's not any good Thai food in Longview. Before we headed out of town we ate at Boomer's and had an excellent burger and waffle fries. Mmm. We then headed to the Tulip Festival in Mt. Vernon with our friends Robin and Alan. Most of the tulips were still closed up because of the crazy weather but the daffodils were out and just as beautiful.





Oh yeah-I saw this guy on the way home....I think I could have taken him.

Class time

So I'm sitting in class right now-bored. It's my research class which has been good and I've been enjoying it but the format of the class has afforded a lot of down time. We're working in groups on different research projects and the majority of our class is spent working on our own while we wait for the professor to make the rounds with each and every group. I'm the only school counseling student and therefore am the only one in my group. So I'm a little bored right now.

In regards to the weather, most of you reading this probably already know about the upcoming weekend. If you don't go here for the latest weather warning. Ay Carumba!

Joel Thomas

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