Camano Island Pool Party - Ross Mansion

Lance & Reba hosted family and friends for a day of fun in the sun in the cool pool.

From the album: Camano Island Pool Party at the Ross Mansion

A perfect place to be on a hot summer day!

Our Hostess, Reba. Our host, Lance... and nephew, Garet A view of Puget Sound and the Olympics... lots of happy swimmers! Bob is bobbing along in the pool staying cool

Jasmine floating and enjoying some relaxation

Amanda and Austin... my little fishies

Austin... being cool, as always

water ballet with Amanda

Ella & Me posing for the camera.

Colleen takes daughter Mikaela for a fun ride in the pool

Larry checks out the scene

See all the photos and fun videos by clicking on the photo below: Camano Island Pool Party at the Ross Mansion

Raccoons in our Cherry Tree

A mama raccoon brought her three babies to our backyard for a treat.... fresh cherries from our cherry tree.

Hello mama raccoon!

Here is one of her babies

And here is another baby

A snuggly pair of cute raccoons

Watch this fun video footage of the raccoons frolicking in our cherry tree! So cute!!!

Alison & Amanda @ the Mill Creek Festival

Amanda accompanied Alison on air guitar while she sang a Beatles song at the Mill Creek Festival. Click the play button on the video below to see them in action!!

Uncle Jim Turns 77!!

Cousin Cari & her business partner, Carole, opened up CC's Cafe for a special celebration...Uncle Jim's 77th birthday. We are so blessed to celebrate another birthday with this fabulous guy!!!

I was very pleased to find that they baked my favorite cake for this special occassion... CC's most awesome Coconut Cake, which became everyone's favorite today. Sorry.... no leftovers!!

After cake, Uncle Jim opened his gifts... and there was an extra special one from us, thanks to Amanda and Amber. Click the play button on the video below to see what it was!!

Too see all the fun pictures from the festivities, click HERE!

Mill Creek Festival at the Community Stage - Hosted by Applause Studio

A fun and entertaining day at the Mill Creek Festival Community Stage. Applause Studio did an amazing job of hosting and entertaining the steady crowd of folks!

From the album: Mill Creek Festival 2009: Community Stage Hosted by Applause Studio!

It was a treat to have Sid & Alison perform one of their very fun numbers.

The Applause Performance Team dance troup put on their 45-minute show, "Pulse"

There were many other Applause vocal soloist, who all have so much talent.

And especially entertaining was the 45-minute version of the Applause Players musical, "The Princess & the Pea - A Twisted Tale"

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A day in the life at "Wintercreek Place" on Camano Island (aka Ross McMansion)

We love visiting Lance & Reba (and the Chihauhau's) at their lovely home on the banks of Camano Island. Reba served up Margaritas all day and we enjoyed Lance's home-made spaghetti for dinner. Yummo!!!!

From A day in the life at "Wintercreek Place" on Camano Island (aka Ross Mansion)

Jasmine Turns 25!!

We Celebrated Jasmine's birthday at our house with the family. Bob made his killer spaghetti and I added my famous meatballs. Yummo! Baskin Robbins provided the delicious mint chocolate chip ice cream cake. Click the photo to view the album.

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Rice Family Twilight Vacation - July 2009

The Rice Family headed out to a Twilight adventure in Forks and La Push Washington. Travel with us as we see all the sites from the famous book, Twilight!!!

Twilight Vacation - July 2009

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Visiting Lance & Reba at their home on Camano Island

We had a fabulous day at the Ross Mansion (also known as Wintercreek Place) on Camano Island. Reba served up Margaritas all day while we enjoyed the pool & hot tub with a view and eagles soaring through the sky above. They served us a yummy dinner too!!!

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Mango's Paw Dance

Mango must dance before we let him into the house. Let's cheer him on, folks!!