Hey You Guys.....

I should not, repeat, SHOULD NOT have to tell you what movie the title of my post is from!!!

See that house right in the middle?

The one right below the one on top?

Can you guess whose house it is?

Do you recognize this house?

Please, please tell me you are a child of the 80's!?!!!

Does this sign give you a better idea?

Are you a true Goonie?

If so, can you tell me whose house is below?

Hmmm...I wonder who knows whose house is whose....

I'm thinking that my BFF Susana knows exactly whose houses these are! If you are one of facebook friends your vote/guess doesn't count here as I already told you!!!

Do you recognize this place?

Nowadays it is known as the Flavel Museum...I guess he is some bigwig explorer type dude in Astoria, Oregon.

I know it as the workplace of Mikey's Dad!!! Remember when they are riding their bikes past and Mr. Walsh is raising the flag? This is where he worked!!

How 'bout this place?

Fratelli brother pretending to hang himself?

The ring of fire outside the county jail?

And this place?

The epitome of the movie THE GOONIES!!!!

This is Haystack Rock....one of the greatest visionary images of the movie!!!

You guessed it....I went and checked out the famous places from the movie The Goonies throughout Astoria. We also saw the elementary school for Kindergarten Cop and the rock levy from Free Willy.

You'd be amazed at the amount of movies made in and around Astoria! Did you know that Point Break, starring one hot Keanu Reeves, was filmed in the same ocean/park that the Goonies was? Mmm...hmmm...that's right!!!

Fourth of July

We actually had really good weather down here for the 4th...no rain!



Same sun...just a few hours later...funny how it looks so different

Pyro Ben...look how he lights his fireworks....with a flippin' torch gun!

This is what he was setting on fire...snakes...we call them turds!

My camera doesn't take good pictures of fireworks...but here is a lame attempt!

Me and Anne....a friend of Holly's sister

YUM!!!

I was eating a lollipop and eating it with FUN DIP!!

The community (21 and over community) beach drink...some pink lemonade and vodka

Holly and Heather

Rachel and Holly enjoying the Del Rey Beach

They went and left me behind....

Last week was a sad, sad day in Moses Lake for me.....

This little guy and the rest of his family decided to move to Idaho Falls.....

Along for the ride where some friends of theirs and their two children. Liberty seems to fit right in with the family on the U-Haul truck.

Ernie told Mason that was his seat for the whole ride to Idaho....

Brittany actually let me take a picture (or two)....it was a concession on her part as I was threatening her with scrapbook pages that would not benefit her what so ever....mean Auntie I know...but I got what I wanted!

Cassie came over to help pack, clean, paint and clean some more!!! She'll be with them a few weeks in Idaho then head back home to Gig Harbor.

Me and my bestest buddy Maddy....I'm going to miss her!

Sniff, sniff...I already do!

My sister Shannon

Adios Moses Lake...till we meet again (which will probably be never as there is nothing going for Moses Lake at all!)

Liberty and Mason...my two grinning Cheshires wish you and your family a very Happy Fourth of July. Play safe everyone and have a great holiday.

God Bless America!

Happy Birthday Sadie

I know, I know....who celebrates their car's birthday you are thinking...

I DO!!!

Today is my Sadie's second birthday...still cute as the day I got her. Well, actually she has a few stains in the backseat from children who shall go nameless (ahem, M&M) and she needs a good detailing...but I love her!!

Stay tuned for some Seaside, OR pictures to be coming throughout next week...that is where I am heading tomorrow with my friend Holly, her mom Barb and the rest of their clan!

Mason's Swimming Debut

Well, he's not Michael Phelps....but he might get there one day!

Water Park Fun

My two little water rats...Maddy and Mason

We didn't realize they would be moving from Moses Lake so soon so we bought season passes to the Moses Lake water park...even though they didn't get to use them all summer we got our money's worth and had lots of fun!

Maddy likes to swim in the deep end and Mason prefers the shallow end; however, there is only one of me and two of them so we have to do a lot of compromising!!

These are the slides that Maddy likes to go down!

This is the slide Mason goes down...more because of his size (too short for the tall slides) than anything else

One of their favorite pasttimes at the park is jumping in over and over and over and over...do you get the picture?

The thing is....Mason can't really swim quite well and so I have to stand in front of him and "catch" him so I get splashed over and over and over and over....

And there goes Maddy!

Being a small town both Maddy and Mason usually find someone that they know and can play with. For some reason the people Mason usually knows tend to be cute little girls...my little Romeo!

Water Park Etiquette

To My Fellow Water Park Goers,

Good Afternoon! Those of you who live in Moses Lake and visit the water park in town please do not take offense at what I am about to tell you. However, if any of these "observations" hit close to home, please take the time to deal with your personal situation!

First of all, if you are not specifically between the size of 0 and 6, please, please do not wear a bikini. Bikinis should also not be worn by women who have hairy bellies and those who have had children and have the flabby belly and stretch marks to show. If you think you are skinny enough to wear a bikini, please step in front of a mirror...if any of the above show or you have what is called a "muffin top" you are not eligible this season to be showing off your body.

To be more specific about the size of a woman in a bikini...if you are FAT you should not be in a bikini! Women who are my size (and I am a large woman) should not...let me repeat SHOULD NOT be prancing around in a bikini.

Secondly, if you do wear a bikini please keep in mind that this is a family water park. Consequently, if you do wear a bikini and the top barely covers your nipples? Please don't wear it! I personally don't like to see your over large (and probably fake) boobs flopping around in the water. I really don't want my five year-old nephew to watch you walk around the park either!

Also, if you suffer from nipplitis, that is the disease where your pebbly nipples show through your suit, you might want to consider buying a suit with a built in bra. I know they sell as I own one!

I also need to point out to some of you the life-long rule about white t-shirts. This really should be a no brainer! If you, for some reason, choose not to wear a swimsuit to the water park and instead choose to wear a t-shirt and shorts...please, please wear a colored t-shirt that does not show your Victoria Secret bra underneath. Really! I don't prance in my bra while out in public.

On a side note...if you are the lady who chose to wear her bra as a bikini top today while at the park (yes you, the one who was wearing some stupid yellow bandana on your hair today!) it is NOT a good look. Thank you for later choosing to put a shirt or swimsuit over it later in the day!

I don't mean to make you not enjoy your day at the water park, but I think you might have a bit more fun if everyone in the park isn't staring at you and making fun of you (and really when it comes down to it...blogging about you to the world).

If I was a bit more sneaky, I would have taken pictures of some of you today and shown the world that I am not making this up!

Thank you,
A Concerned Water Park Citizen

The Vanishing Sculptor....Book Review

**The winner is The Blonde Duck.....thanks for entering**

Here's another great book review and book giveaway...this time the book is The Vanishing Sculptor by Donita K. Paul.

Book Summary:

Donita K. Paul's 250,000-plus-selling Dragon Keeper Chronicles series has attracted a wide spectrum of dedicated fans--and they're sure to fall in love with the new characters and adventures in her latest superbly crafted fiction novel for all ages. It's a mind-boggling fantasy that inhabits the same world as the Dragon Keeper Chronicles, but in a different country an an earlier time, where the people know little of Wulder and nothing of Paladin.

In The Vanishing Sculptor, readers will meet Tipper, a young emerlindian who's responsible for the upkeep of her family's estate during her sculptor father's absence. Tipper soon discovers that her actions have unbalanced the whole foundation of her world, and she must act quickly to undo the calamitous threat. But how an she save her father and her world on her own? The task is too huge for one person, so she gathers the help of some unlikely companions--including the nearly five-foot tall parrot Beccaroon-and eventually witnesses the loving care and miraculous resources of Wulder. Through Tipper's breathtaking story, readers will discover the beauty of knowing and serving God.

Author Bio:

Donita K. Paul is a retired teacher and author of numerous novellas, short stories, and eight novels, including the best-selling DragonKeeper Chronicles, a series which has sold more than a quarter million books to date. The winner of multiple awards, she lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where she spends time mentoring and encouraging young writers. Visit her online at donitakpaul.com.


Now for the giveaway....

Rules:

1. One Entry: Leave me a comment about what you are reading right now.

2. Second Entry: Follow me and leave a comment that you follow (Separate comment from above please)...if you have been following simply leave a comment that you have been following

3. Third Entry: Blog about this giveaway on your blog and leave a separate comment that you did.

Contest is open until Friday, July 3rd, and the winner will be chosen through random.org, announced that night and shipped out as soon as I receive the winner's shipping information.

Good luck and have fun!

Ice Cream Treat

After walking through Costco I convinced my sister to let Dajia share a Chocolate yogurt with me (she has to eat gluten free due to allergies...she can eat some in small portions so this was a treat!)

This is where she was told she can only have one more bite...so she made sure it was a BIG bite!! I think she is looking at her Momma to see if she is going to get away with such a bite....

YEP!!! She got away with it!

Taking pictures of babies is always a fun time and a lesson in patience!!! I had to take quite a few of these in order to get the picture below...

Momma and Elliana!

Costco Run

Dajia going for a ride in my Costco cart! When I opened my wallet to get my Costco card she saw that I had a couple of dollars inside....the whole time we were walking through the store she kept saying, "I want a dollar! I want a dollar!"

Isn't she just cute?

This cutie patootie is Elliana, she is 10 months old and practicing to be a football player! Just kidding...she is just a hefty thing that she looks like a football player! I'm not sure how my average size sister and her average size husband produce such big babies!!!

Don't you just want to grab those checks and squeeze???