Where are you Summer?!

Don't even get me started on the weather so far this summer.  I'm very disappointed.  With the lame winter we had I thought for sure we'd have a nice hot summer in store for us.  I was wrong.  But.....I can't complain!  We've had some good times so far this year even with the unseasonable weather.

27th Birthday
Andra and I turned 27 on June 26th.  Thankfully, that fell on a weekend so we were able to get out of town and really celebrate.  We decided we wanted to go camping with the whole family (minus Damion who's in Utah).  Unfortunately, Aaron's lame boss made him fly to Kentucky or something right before the weekend.  If I ever meet that man, I'm gonna kick him in the shins for pulling that stunt at the last minute.
Everyone else made it including Mom and Dad!
We got one of my most favorite campsites out there, right on the river with a beach that has 15+ hours of sun exposure a day.

Dustin, Jaime, me and prego Andra wishing she could ride.

Dustin, Jaime, me and Brent about to go for a ride.

View from the campsite on the Little Naches River.

Jaime and Dustin playing in the river.

Boys doing their firewood thing

Our sunbathing area

Dustin and Jaime racing sticks down the fish ladder.

Little fire ring on the shore

Little snake.  I got him with his tongue out! Super macro focus...he was so tiny!

Jaime and Dustin being bored and making up things to do. They drug this tree over to the river to make us a bridge.

Uhhh...that didn't work.

Hinckley's love hanging out in the sun.

Heaven on earth.

Hanging out on the beach

Brent, Andra, me.  Andra is about 7 months pregnant in this picture

It was a great successful trip!  I crashed my dirtbike pretty bad and got my arm pinned between my rear tire and fender.  Burned my elbow on the exhuast pipe and some other bruises.  However, I was thankful my arm was pinned there because it held me up on the trail.  I was dangling off a steep rocky slope that fell way to a cliff.  Gotta love those Naches trails!

4th of July
I am so mad at myself for not taking more pictures!!  I carried it around in my purse the whole time and only took it out once or twice.  The day or two before, Andra and I got to have a "raft day."  This is when we blow up the raft AND the double tall queen air mattress and then spend the day on Lake Wilderness swimming, talking, eating, chilling, reading, etc.  Twin time......These days are the best.

Me blowing up the raft

Me doing all the work while Andra stands around being pregnant. =)

Our sweet set up.  We oar across the lake and tie up to a log.

My festive 4th of July sparkle toes

On the night of the 4th, we had a BBQ over at Kevin and Christie's.  It was pretty awesome, especially because the neighbors all compete to have the best firework show.  So we just sat back and enjoyed.  While Andra and I were at the lake, Jaime, Brent, and Aaron went to the reservation and spent a bunch of money on even more fireworks.  I swear we have enough to last us for next year too.

Andra and me playing catch

Aaron nailed this picture. It's my favorite!

Big seal bomb! Those shook the ground.

Jaime recklessly shooting rockets.

Amazing shot Aaron took with moon and palm tree firework

That's all for now....I'm tired.  I've got quite a bit more to update, so stay tuned.

Chad Reed is amazing

This is incredible....to say the least.  I still cannot believe this and I've watched like a thousand times.  And he gets back up and finishes the race?!  This is yet another reason why he is my favorite rider.

Beemer photo-shoot

Aaron and I headed up to Mt. Rainier at 3am to watch the sunrise.  But the main purpose of our trip was so Aaron could take some awesome photos of my BMW.
On the way up there, it was still dark and there were a few spots along hwy 410 with huge elk just standing by the road.  Pretty scary since I've hit a deer before and knowing elk are like 3x bigger than deer.  At one point, we slowed to a stop and saw a huge bull elk with like 10 points on each antler.  I've never seen an elk that massive!  He sat up and watched us for a few seconds and then off into the woods he went.
Further into Mt. Rainier National Park, we saw a black bear!!!  I've never seen a bear in the wild before so I was pretty excited. (Thankfully I was in my car or else I would've been scared out of my mind).  Aaron got some pictures and even a video!....which I will have to post at a later date.
It was surprisingly cold up there and I was very glad that I wore a hoodie, gloves, and shoes.  I almost left the house in my normal summer footwear.....flip flops.  I would've been very upset with myself.  Anyways, the sunrise was very pretty.  Not a cloud in the sky!  Thankfully not many crazies go up there at 3am so there was no traffic and I was able to park my car in the middle of the road for pictures.  Here's a preview of what Aaron's done!  I can't believe how awesome they turned out.

This one is probably my favorite

Me and Mt. Rainier

Aaron taking some pics of the mountain

I think he should sell these to BMW or something.  Too bad my car is considered "old" so they'd probably have no use for them.  Kudos to Aaron for the amazing pictures.
Click here to see more of Aaron's Beemer pictures
I've got some other blogs to catch up on!  We've been very busy so far this summer.

Pawsi the wildcat

Pawsi has been meowing his head off everyday when I get home from work and standing by the door.  This means he wants some outside time.  (He's not an outdoor cat because of his breed, Pixie-Bob, his wild instincts will take over and he'll most likely never return. So if he goes outdoors it has to be on a harness/leash.)

I don't like to take him outside too often because he turns into a little prick.  If you get near him, he hisses and growls, even at me and Jaime.  He just wants to sniff everything and be a "wild cat."  I've learned from experience to always wear long sleeves (biting and scratching) for when I do have to pick him up and bring him in the house.
Anyways, I took him outside after work last night since he was annoying the living daylights out of me with his constant screaming.  As soon as he saw me go for his harness he stopped meowing and just starred at me waiting for me to put it on.  He had a great time outside exploring all the summer scents. It wasn't until it was time to come back inside he started getting all crazy, so I took out my phone and caught a few good photos.

This one is my favorite!!  He looks SOO crazy & mean! What a tough guy.

Another good one of him being cranky

 Here's a sequence of Pawsi and "Baby Feast" who is a feral cat that roams our neighborhood....which I feed so she's in our backyard very often.

What a jerk! That's no way to treat a lady.

Once he's back indoors, he immediately turns back into the lovey-dovey, cuddly cat that he truly is.

Cuddled up with Jaime

Lexus, our other pixie-bob, likes to stay indoors.  She is the textbook "scardy-cat" and would probably have a heart attack outside.  She just likes to watch from the window.

Wow, I'm a nerd....blogging about my cats.  Maybe one of these days we'll actually have kids I can blog about.

My stalker

It's come to my attention that I have a stalker.  I've seen him that last week or so at the same time after work watching me from the backyard.  He used to try to stay hidden and was very timid at first.  Now he is getting more gutsy about being seen out in the open.

Here is my cute little stalker watching me as I do dishes, waiting patiently for some food scraps.

He waits patiently on his perch until I come to the sliding door with some food.  He likes chips, bread, crackers, and he hates hot dogs.

Smiling

 Posing