Lakehouse: Montalvos visit + Leavenworth WA

Tacoma WA

Rene and Honey came to visit in May. We visited the Museum of Flight, where Boeing displays many planes from their long history. 

Stephen esepcially liked the big engines. 

Ginger loved the mirrored elevator on the way to the WWII exhibits.

We drove around Seattle, visiting the Gasworks Park and seeing the houseboats (like Tom Hanks in Sleepless in Seattle.)

Back in Tacoma, we visited the Glass Bridge.

We also went to a cute German grocery store. Honey found lots of surprising foods she remembered from her childhood.

We spent one day in Leavenworth, WA, a little German town nestled in the mountains.

Lakehouse: Summer

We took our anniversary trip #6 to Leavenworth, WA, a small cute town full of German descendents, archiecture, shops, accordians and more.

Stephen has an Absher friend living in town, who showed us the wood and riverside where his family visit.

In June, Nathaneil was visiting WA to wrap up a class he's been taking at Gonzaga to get his masters degree.

We visited the capital building and paid tribute to the state's namesake.

At STEM Tutoring, we hosted two summer camps, doing reading, math and robotics. 

Theresa teaching young readers

The students wrote simple computer programs to make the robots travel certain distances, respond to basic inputs like color or motion.

Bennett teaching Lego Robotics

Ginger's co-worker Theresa brought her garden club to take one of the organic soil garden boxes and give it a new home in the community.

Speaking of the yard, Stephen made an amazing video, hoping HGTV would pick us for a free yard makeover. 

Setting off little fireworks on the dry summer grass was risky.

 

Last fun of the summer was the WA State Fair, seeing adorable goats and more exotic animals...

Happy Summer!