Flying Horseshoe Ranch

 me. again. need to work on improving me in these selfies. 
lunchtime walks with nice friends. loving the trees changing color along the golf course.

 On Tuesdays, we go to Math Buddies at the library. it's an hour of playing games with high school student volunteers.  This year, we were thrilled to find our friend N got involved. 

Primary activity to the temple, here constructing temples out of toothpicks and marshmallows.

 love my friend who gets me out for weekend runs.  view of Rainier from Seward Park was awesome, though of course this photo doesn't do it justice.

 Flying Horseshoe Ranch with our violin studio friends.
we have a great teacher, who comes up with lots of fun ways to get the kids playing and keep it interesting.

Red Dragons

 One of the nice dads from soccer is a professional photographer.  He shared these great shots.

Fort Flagler with other friends

 E is coding games using Scratch.

 i have an awesome view of the golf course from my office.

 A second weekend trip, this time women only, to Ft. Flagler.  We walked out on the spit first thing.  It wasn't as windy this time and we lucked out again with no rain. a beautiful way to end the summer camping season.

 lots of deer around.

 walking before dinner was great, but again meant we prepared food in the dark.  delishious little potluck. Ms. C's vegetable marinara, fresh pasta, salad.
Ms. E rocked the menu with her dutch over.  she baked a fresh nectarine/yellow cake mix/butter cake for dessert and then cinnamon rolls for breakfast. So amazing to have hot baked food on a camping trip.

on the way home, we stopped by the Japanese Internment memorial on Bainbridge Island.  I'm glad we did. it was so interesting. 

here: The Japanese Americans endured with gaman, the practice of bearing difficult times with patience and dignity.  They were sent to California, then Idaho for 3+ years.

 :)

Fort Flagler with friends

 relaxed Fall evening practice.

 pajama recital.  E played Chorus from Judas Maccabaeus, by Handel.

 squeezing in a camping trip before fall, after Ms A. finished her summer job managing the outdoor pool.
E and i got to the ferry about 5 minutes before them, which put us on different ferries.  We arrived with 1.5 hours to explore before they came.

 blowing a grass horn

 i'm a lucky mom.

 we took a walk before dinner, which was lovely, but did result in preparing dinner in the dark.  Not a problem as we planned simple meals.  loved Ms. A's idea to use her griddle for making simple chicken/cheese quesadillas and hot dogs.

need to improve this selfie posture that i always take. put hair down. wear makeup. those things would help.

 we lucked out with the rain.  had some showers while we were sleeping, but they ended by 7am.  K's shoes got wet though, so C rigged her up some plastic bag/plastic bottle makeshift coverings that worked until her shoes dried over a fire. (and yes, got a little bit damaged)

 i was intrigued by the low tide and this spit that almost reached another spit.