Oh, What a Week for Lucy!

This week started with senior night for the volleyball players! We all joined in for the celebration before the game.  Parents and grandparents. 

Pictures after the players were introduced!  

I took this picture years ago of Lucy playing softball.  Look at the determination on her face even back then.  Well, it has all paid off! 

Lucy will be going to college in Colorado!  She said she loves the school, players and coaches.  Congratulations to Lucy.  You have worked so hard for this.  We know you will thrive!  

Well, what Lucy wrote here brought both of us to tears.  We could hardly get through reading it.  So special and so well stated.  We are looking forward to following Lucy in college just like we did in high school.  You are blessed with amazing talent Lucy. Go get em!

 

We Got to See the Montana Grizzlies Play Football

Well, this was a great idea.  Glad I was made aware of the fact that the Montana Grizzlies were playing Eastern Washington right here in our area! I graduated from Eastern Washington but I was all in for the Grizzlies to win.  It was our chance to see the Montana football team playing close to us!

We wandered around the Eastern tailgating area for awhile before the game!

Now this is commitment!

Huge motor home! Committed EWU fans for sure.

We have arrived at our seats!

Great seats. It was definitely chilly! It was perfect football weather.  These are the Grizzlies warming up!

The National Anthem!

When the Grizzles ran on the field at the start of the game they were carrying the United States flag and the Montana State flag! Awesome!

There were a lot of Grizzly fans filling the bleachers.  Actually, the Grizzly fans were sprinkled all over the stadium. The bleacher section was loud!

I found Waldo.  He really wasn't difficult to spot.  

The Grizzlies won 42-33.  It was a great game to watch.  Several big plays for both teams.  For awhile I was concerned that Montana might not win.  Montana had an amazing play with two seconds left in the first half.  The quarterback threw a long pass from the 50 yard line, it was tipped by an Eastern player and landed in the arms of a Montana player in the end zone for a touchdown. They had another big play at the end of the second half.  A long run for a touchdown. It was a great time to get out and enjoy some football.  

 

Bridge To Brunch

Bridge to Brunch 5K.   The weather was perfect for this event.  The best part was doing this with friends

What a great day to take a nice brisk walk through the streets filled with trees showing their beautiful fall colors.  Bonnie and Mariane!

Go Cougs.  We were walking through the WSU campus in Spokane.

Rising above the trees, the clock tower.

Astronaut Michael Anderson

See, beautiful fall colors.  I always thank God for creating trees that turn beautiful colors in the fall. 

The famous red wagon! 

The fountain is without water now but it will come back in the spring. 

Our Spokane River!

We are heading toward the brunch portion of this event. 

Finished!

Let's go.  Waffles, bacon and coffee served after we completed the 3 miles. Such a great time.  

 Bonnie, Peggy and me!  Love these ladies!  Until next time!

The Boulevard Run Sept 2026

Always such a great event!!! The weather was great and this was a time to reconnect with some old friends!

Here we go!!!

Lots of cheerleaders along the way!

Kilts and bagpipes! Now that's original. 

Fun for families but I stayed away from the suds.  Slippery isn't my friend!

This was different.  A boat blocking a street to send us the correct way!

4 miles done!!! 

Look who I found at the finish line!  I taught school with several of these people.  Alway good to reconnect even if it was briefly.  

This is a great even!  The atmosphere is fun and friendly. See you next year!

Four Wheeler Adventuring

Well, we finally did it.  We got a 4 wheeler with a seat in the back.  No more squishing behind Mike with no way to support myself.  My feet didn't reach the running boards because I was so far back on the seat.  

TADA!  

This was our first ride on the new machine.  We went up to the Chewelah area and road the logging roads.  

Off we go with me in actually comfort!

This was a very dusty ride but we got the new 4 wheeler out!

This was the start of our 2nd ride.  We went into Idaho and rode the logging roads. 

OK! We were safe on a 4 wheeler.  We saw no bears! We actually didn't see any large wildlife. 

Priest Lake in the background! 

Snack break!!!! 

Priest Lake is huge.  Again God's creation for us to experience! Thank you!

Mighty Mike!

We learn something new! We always called the trees that have needles that change color, Tamarack trees.

All larch trees have needles, the needles change color and fall off each year.  Tamarack trees are in the larch family but don't grow in our climate.  The trees you see in this picture are western larch! Everyone here in our area calls them Tamarack trees.  A neighbor mentioned this to us and I researched.  He was right.   They are western larch. 

I got some driving lessons!  Fun!! 

It's a wrap!  What a great adventure.  This area is so beautiful.  We hope to get out again before there is 

too much snow for the 4 wheeler and it's too cold for us. What a blessing to be able to do this!