A Visit to the Property

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Tuesday 10 am movie? Why not? We’re on vacation, right? ;) We took the kids to see the Minions movie this morning so after our healthy breakfast of cold cereal, we bought popcorn and soda and snuck in red vines for a mid morning snack. Yikes! We are seriously off the bandwagon right now! But we threw in a good run this afternoon (I ran 4 miles and Jeff ran 8. I’ve stopped trying to keep up with him), so we’re good, right? ;)

Later we drove out to Nana and Papa’s 15 acre property in Anacortes and Papa showed the kids how to run the excavator and the tractor. We all took turns moving dirt around with the giant excavator and going for joyrides around the property on the tractor. Even though I had no idea what I was doing on a tractor, I gave Kira and Calvin their first lesson on driving a stick shift and they got to drive the tractor. I do know how to drive a stick shift, I’ve just never driven a tractor before. Kira decided that whoever invented the automatic transmission was a genius!

We finished the evening with a beautiful steak dinner with Grandma and Jeanne. What a great day!

Isn't my parents' house (the house I grew up in from age 10 on) so charming and beautiful? They've done such a nice maintaining and improving this nearly 100 year old home! It was originally built in 1917 when Edison was a bustling logging community. It was built from a Sears and Roebuck "kit."

My Mom does such a beautiful job with the flowerbeds and potted plants on her porch. It's always so pretty and inviting. It looks straight out of a movie set. You are amazing Mom!