The Scrabble board is out and they are all laughs at this point. But wait a few rounds and the words will begin to fly
I hope niece Hope will not be scared when this is over. Katy, Christy, Hope and Julie (Tori and Olivia are helping Julie to balance out the power)
I don’t care what those guys from MN say, the lakes in WI are so much cooler.
Samuel after eating his lunch insisted he was not tired and just wanted to eat snacks. Kids aren’t as smart as they used to be.
well we woke up to the big sky. The lakes and mountains are so great. Didn’t sleep the best. Amelia crashed on two seats while Christy and Samuel took another pair. Elliot and I rustled all night and got up at first sun.
At the Spokane stop we got our seats with power and now are figuring out what movies to watch. Anything to drown out the couple behind us talking about the same thing over and over.
Our Amtrak adventure is costing us $1050 for the tickets. Many have asked if we would be getting a sleeping car. Our response has always been it doesn’t pay to get a sleeping car. You could fly and get a car for cheaper. So we are going coach…or is that couch? Either way you don’t get this type of space or legroom on a plane.
Settling in for the night I am just thinking to myself that I could have paid more…but why. This gives you the experience and a good story. My story might change in the morning, but for now I am glad to be embracing the dark of the eastern washington sky on these tracks.
Well we are off. Got onto the train with no problems. After a bit of chair shuffling we got settled in by Monroe WA. The two oldest are together and Christy is with Samuel. We have cracked the homemade carmel corn we got from the Corwins and we are mixing it with beef jerky. Christy spilled her drink on her lap..so she will be a bit sticky.
Also just found out there is only one plugin by us…right behind us and a really big man is currently using it. When he falls asleep I will come in with extension cord.
This is poetic justice. The summer weather is finally here as we are leaving town. I had to turn the chicken lights off because they were getting too hot. Tin roof and all.
takes up the whole wall
After many ends of the summer with us saying, “we wish we would have done that” and “dad we didn’t do much this summer”, we started our summer to do list last year. With much success we decided to take it on this year. So with easel paper on the wall and the cherubs assembled we took on the undertaking. Posted on the wall for all to see when they enter we came up with a list of 82 things we would like to do. We then put tally marks after the item after we do it, so some items will be done multiple times.
Here is our list.
