Catch UP

Okay, bare (or is it bear), anyhow bare with me. This is a catch up Post.

Beginning of May:

Greg and I went to Montana to visit The Alkires. They have a new addition to their family of 3: Nathan. Beautiful and very strong, of course! And it was fun to see the dynamics of 2 children. All I have to say is that I need to start working out again to keep up with them! We had a great time catching up with them and even attempted some trout fishing.







White Water Rafting in the Wenatchee River:
Yes, Greg and I attempted this. "Do not try this at home" This was on the hottest day in Seattle and the snow was melting like crazy, which meant very strong rapids. In fact, I lost my sunglasses, but no worries it has been replaced by another Awesome one. Oh we also stopped by Stevens Pass on the way there.





Matilda's and Ian's Wedding: It was on Memorial Weekend. Located at Normandy Cove, which was a very beautiful day for a very beautiful wedding.




Now it's June and we head South to the Bay Area, where I spent 2 days with Grandma watching Indian Movie, while Greg had a meeting just North of San Francisco before his Conference in downtown SF. We were able to squeeze in Alcatraz before we arrive back to the gray weather in Seattle on Tuesday.


Golden Gate Bridge





Hyatt Elevators



Grandma, Cousin Terry and his girlfriend Icee.

Just another Weekend

The last razor clam dig of the season for us. Since we had to be on the beach digging at 5:45am, we decided to camp overnight instead of driving down at 3am. We had a great time, despite the HAIL! Yes, hail on the beach and on us. But we had a GREAT time!

Seeds of Compassion

Photo by Rod Mar/The Seattle Times/Sunday, April 13, 2008

Greg and I had the privilege to see the Dalai Lama speak at Qwest Field this past Saturday. He talked about making this Century the "Century of Dialogue" and to focus on teaching children compassion.

What is compassion? According to Wikipedia, "Compassion is often characterized through actions, wherein a person acting with compassion will seek to aid those they feel compassionate for. Acts of compassion are generally considered those which take into account the pain of others and attempt to alleviate that pain."

How to practice compassion? The Dalai Lama said, "Daily" and it starts at home. Through daily practice and choices, these accumulated actions will create change in our life and in our society.

Special thanks to Andrew Westmark for the tickets.