My Dad’s 75th Birthday

For my dad’s birthday, I have given tie dye undies for the past 12 years, so yesterday, I dyed 14 pairs.

Last night I finished quilting my niece’s quilt.  She and my sister did almost 250 scrapbook pages for my son’s Eagle books and this is a thanks to them!

Here are some roses and peonies that I cut for my kitchen.

Memorial Day Weekend

Friday evening began with flag placement at Pioneer Cemetery.  It is a major hunting experience as the map was created on a real typewriter ~~ that tells you how old it is.  Lots of clues are needed to get it half correct.  We did our best.  This is just an interesting piece.

Sunday, we set out on a 11 mile backpack up Mt. Defiance in the Columbia Gorge.  At about 3,000 feet, one of our members hurt his ankle and couldn’t put any weight on it.  I found myself asking the few others on the trail if they had any hard core drugs:  vicodin (sp), etc.  No one did, so we gave him 800 mg Advil; divided his pack among the remaining six of us and headed down with the men helping him.  We will shoot for the summit again on a day hike in June.  It was a good learning lesson for us all.

The switchbacks were very tough.  I am standing one below our injured hiker.

Helvetia Tavern

After church today, we took our oldest son to the Helvetia Tavern before he boarded a plane back to the USMC in NC.  It is a quaint little place with a limited menu that is delicious!

Here is a tree that is ready to bloom in our front yard.  It typically is in full bloom when the row of pink roses are also. 

Yesterday was another training hike (8 miles)  in the Tillamook State Forest.

Busy Weekend

Quilts, Hike, Eagle Scout Court of Honor, Church, Star Trek…  Whewww

Here is my son’s Eagle Scout Quilt (front and back).   I made two for Scoutmasters and one for our Committee Chair also.  My son’s Eagle Court of Honor was Saturday and we also made a Quilt of Valor in honor of his achievement and my brother who was with the 82nd Airborne for four years.  It will be “jumped” at Ft. Bragg.

Here are some scouts before the Court of Honor watching the “Live Stream” production.

We had Flat Stanley over the weekend and he hiked Dog Mountain on the Washington side of the Columbia Gorge.  That’s Mt. St. Helens to the right.