Nephew Richie's Birthday--Party at the Zoo!

June 7th--We went to the Seattle Woodland Park Zoo for our nephew Richie's 3rd birthday. It was a blast! The Tuppers--including Emma (2 1/2) came and had an enjoyable overcast day with the Weldon clan. We were there from 9:20am until 4:20pm...then a few more presents to open back at Richie's house in Kirkland.

(Pictured to left is Emma feeding a bird and above, Richie on a metal elephant.)

June 14th, Saturday, we went to Kirkland again and visited Shaun's Dad for father's day and spent the night at Motel Tupper (our friend's house). Then we drove to Seattle Sunday morning, picked up Lindsay's sister Laurel and headed to Covington to surprise Lindsay's dad for father's day. We made him an Indian dinner, watched a movie/slideshow, opened gifts, made cookies. Lindsay's dad even helped out in the kitchen!! He did great.

In other news, Lindsay took Shaun's hunter safety class and passed with flying colors. Her dear friend Emily Pool joined in on the class as well. She passed as well. (Yeah Emily)

Also, we have a place to move into in August...just down the street with a family in our ward (church) named the Booths. We're excited to have such fun neighbors!

Anyway, that's the catch up!

Hunter's Safety Lesson Anyone?... Shaun's first day of teaching.

Shaun taught his first part of a class yesterday on conservation. He has this interesting story to share about gun barrels though.

A Real Summer Day

I has been beautiful and WARM in Bellingham today. Joining me on the road are plenty of motorcyles and bicycles. Ya know--I don't have a bike. Shaun has a bike, but I don't have a helmet---and Shaun's head is too big for me to borrow his. (It fits his enormous brian.)

So, Shaun went to the Hunter's Safety Teacher's Training last weekend and started joining in on classes this week. This is nice because he's doing what he enjoys.

We also put our 1993 Jeep Wrangler up for sale in hopes of finding a more economical vehicle for Shaun to commute in. If you know anyone who looking for one--tell them ours is only $5,100 with 165,000 miles!

We are planning on moving out of our apartment complex and somewhere new at the end of July. We hope we find something awesome. We have 1-2 prospects...but we don't know if they'll work out yet. We're excited because our complex is getting a little trashy and the rent is only going up. And besides, I love decorating new homes! (I'm the daughter of a gypsy...what can I say, I like to move.)

Take care. Have a great weekend everyone.

Tulip video of Emma

Stake Dance or ...Pirate Paradise?--A little of both.

Tonight Shaun was working, so, Lindsay went to the Stake Dance with her best friend, Emily Pool. They didn't dance much--but Lindsay did get to do the "twist" with an older friend in her ward, Mike Dickey. (It's a fast dance.) The whole gym was decorated like an island, complete with a shipwrecked boat. It was a nice opporunity to talk with some friends.

Shaun came home from work after learning how to sell a gun (at a sporting/hunting goods store). Basically, it's a lot paperwork and a phone call. He seemed to enjoy the education!

By the way---it SNOWED today...in April! And...it hailed...and it was sunny. It was weird.

That's all for now!