Happy Birthday to Me!!

Well dad was gone for my birthday, so we waited a week to celebrate. Andrea gave me a great present, Malik was born the day after my birthday.

Andrea's Baby Shower

Again I am slow the shower was in August.

Here is the quilt I made for the baby. It is reversible and all the fabric used was from grandma cleavers stash.

Aunt Cherise, Grammy Liz, and Nadia

And here is Nadia claiming all the clothes...

Kitsap County Fair

Ok I'm a little slow, this trip to the Fair was back in August.

And which chicken did Nadia like best. Hugs to the winner.

these little guys were so cute

This looks like Prancer if you ask me

This strange creature is a Z-donk, you know a donkey and a zebra... weird huh!

And the best for last... a delicious elephant ear, slathered with butter and cinnamon-n-sugar.. Mmmmm 

My newest quilt addition

This flannel quilt is made with some of my grandpa's flannel shirts and grandma's flannel sheet.

HammaHamma

Every year in August we go camping for my sister Andrea's birthday, after missing the last 2 years I was not going to miss this one.  Our beautiful campsite right on the river.

Pat caught many rainbow trout in this river; the largest was at least 5 inches long. Nadia and I made a little pool for them so we could watch and touch them. Every time Nadia touched one she would squeal and tell me they were slimy.

My very own tent

Backgammon anyone...

Our hike up to Lena Lake

Pat, Nadia, Andrea (8mo. pregnant), Derek, Alyx, Me (Rachelle), Mark and Stacey

It was a nice long hike and I'm glad it wasn't hot.  Lucky Nadia got to have shoulder rides almost the whole way up.  Coming back Nadia fell asleep on my shoulders, so I carried her half of the way down, Stacey took the next quarter then she woke up and got shoulder rides from her new uncle Mark. 

Pat was the only one brave enough to swim across the lake.

Salamanders our new friends..

Our Final day...

Derek makes a mean dozen or more of scrambled eggs and Nadia's favorite 'PANCAKES'

And of coarse Nadia got her finger pinched and she wanted to see the pictures of herself eating her pancakes which made her giggle.

CRAB FEAST

Our neighbor Eddie brought us this pile of crab times 3 (its was so much crab). Dad and I were in crab heaven, it was so good.
Nadia liked cracking the shells but would not eat any.