rachel's continued ramblings

sunday: prayers over ruth ann at her retirement celebration. also sunday: trying out the eclipse glasses and getting ready for the next day. monday: so exciting! it was finally eclipse day! tuesday: a little after dinner hand & foot for mom and dad after kids go to bed. wednesday: i blew micah’s mind recently when i told him you could buy frozen french fries and cook them at home. he’s been pestering me about it ever since. verdict was good! thursday: i picked a few blackberries… and made a few desserts. friday: games at the gym picnic… note the cotton balls stuck on their noses. saturday: monroe fair days parade!

sunday: just a dog and a boy, bonding. tuesday: the completion of our hike while camping at nason creek. also tuesday: cooling off in the creek. also also tuesday: jiffy pop! wednesday: saying good bye to the creek until next summer! also wednesday: layla did not react so well to mosquito bites. a knot on her forehead, a fat lip and a crazy swollen knee she couldn’t bend, all due to bites, landed us at the pediatrician immediately after returning to civilization. thursday: dave got together after work with his cousin, who happened to be in town visiting. also thursday: i got a crazy idea that i should make homemade yogurt in my crockpot and oven… friday: after doing all the steps and refrigerating it, i tried some. it seemed like yogurt is supposed to seem, but i didn’t love it. wound up using some of it in banana bread, but ultimately threw a lot of it away. oh well. and a couple of big collages of pictures from our camping trip.

yesterday, we returned from a camping trip. it was fun and relaxing and wonderful and all that. this was our second time at this particular camp ground, since we liked it so much the first time we were there, 2 years ago. this time, we reserved a site that backed up against the creek, which was awesome. the only negatives were the burn ban that prevented us from having a fire (again), the fact that our entire family forgot to bring pillows, and the mosquitos – but i’ll get to that bit later. monday: we arrived mid-afternoon and got things set up, explored a bit, and then decided to take a walk down the road to lake wenatchee state park. we wound up finding this little trail that went down to the lake. there were some really nice views. yes, I took my enamel camp cup of moscato with me. when dave said, “let’s go for a walk”, i thought he meant just around the campground…    when passing this sign, shane declared, “hey, there’s wifi!” we all got a good laugh. after our little wa...