Birthday!

Tony's birthday was on Saturday. Independence Day was on Monday. We opted to have a birthday BBQ on Sunday. Steve grilled corn on the cob and pork chops (Coppock and store bought). I made the most delicious pasta salad (chopped up a bit of chicken breast, added ranch dressing seasoning and mayo to the 'juices' I had the chicken in, dumped it all in the three color rotini, and YUM!), coleslaw, and cut up a bunch of fruit.I also made cake. We would have put candles on it, but it was a tad breezy. It amused me how no one seemed to want photos taken with birthday cake and ice cream. Tillamook ice cream, of course.  Grandma had huckleberry, Steve had Udderly chocolate, and Jon had Tillamook Mudslide. 

 Later, we played one game of Yahtzee. Steve pulled off the first set of matching numbers...in ones.

 We had gotten a ways into the game and Grandma rolled all sixes. Unfortunately, she had already scratched off her Yahtzee.

 Then, she did it again with threes!!!!!!!

 Steve almost pulled off another Yahtzee of ones. He wouldn't have needed it. He was the only player to break 200......

 Tony was celebrated and feted and we missed him terribly. He had called earlier, both Saturday and Sunday, so we had the chance to talk to him. At his ripe age of 27, he is busy and enjoying being a gentleman farmer.

4th of July Weekend--2011

Happy Birthday, Tony!!! We went out to a sub shop for his birthday and Jon just had to take a photo of 'The Destroyer'. It was VERY large!

We also had a huge tree limb that was working on falling off one of our locust trees. (it finally fell on its own, but it was sort of scary!) We had it tied to the two locust trees to keep it where we wanted to~

For Tony's birthday, Jon finished my Mother's Day present! A loverly metal dragonfly. I am so proud of Jon and I just love Scooter!

We had been asked to visit with the kids on the coast for Tony's birthday, but we were super busy this weekend. One of the things we did was celebrate the Fourth of July at Pioneer Park in Walla Walla. Jon, as a part of the band, needed to be there on Sunday to practice. http://www.youtube.com/user/WWValleyBands#p/c/476E369E17C5CFD3

I think you can click this site and listen to them for yourself! The last concert online is the Jazz one from March. If you get a chance, you really need to listen to the one from Halloween called Trick or Treat.

The birds in the park are as amazing as always! I love the aviary and I am glad it is still there.

4th of July we started the day hearing a short concert by Chris August. He did sing Starry Night and 70 times 7, so that was very exciting!
Then the Walla Walla Valley Band played. What an amazing group of performers they have! All ages and all talents make up one of the best bands I have ever heard. This band has 3 people from our town in it. Jon is a part of an awesome bass section. He has learned a lot from these people.
After the shows, we visited around the area and this blacksmith was very captivating. We saw all kinds of stuff and I learned that those bricks of curly fries are VERY greasy. Steve and Jon thought they were just yummy. (I only shared part of a brick.)
We closed our Monday evening at the Theatre's in College Place-It was a spectacular show! This year, however, we did manage to get ash on us from the explosions. (the guys also took part of the afternoon to watch the latest Transformers movie and I read a 'new' to me Brian Jacques book.)