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

Click this link to view the tour:

http://picasaweb.google.com/JulzNW/TwilightVacationJuly2009#

Lowest tide of the year - Edmonds Beach with the EHS gang & our kids

June 23 was the lowest tide of 2009. So a bunch of us former EHS peeps grabbed our kids and headed to our beloved Edmonds beach for a daying of exploring. Low tide was a -4.1. Enjoy the photos!

From the Album: Low Tide at Edmonds Beach

An Edmonds Kinda Day with Bob & Austin

Enjoying the 75 degree weather at Sunset Beach on May 2, 2009!

Observing October

October came in with the first wind storm of the season. Bob had to go out and cut a big dangling branch off of a tree in our backyard. He rescued my bench too, which later was moved to our back porch for safe keeping.		We had a belated birthday celebration for Jesse. He was gone most of the summer feeding the fire fighters in Oregon and California... so we were not able to celebrate his birthday in August.
Amanda made it onto the Dance Theatrics Junior Company at Barclay Shelton Dance Centre in Edmonds. When she is at rehearsal... Austin and I go for walks in Edmonds.		Bob, Austin, and I went to the pumpkin patch in Snohomish.
Then, we had some pumpkin carving fun with Amanda and Austin.		Halloween was fun at the Rice house. I decorated our front walk and doorstep for the trick-or-treaters. check out the kids costumes. We had some fun visitors too.

Sensational September

This month we sent the kids back to school, Amanda to 8th grade and Austin to 5th. Then we helped Miss Laura West celebrate her 30th birthday. Amanda and I went to see a friend in the play, "The Wizard of Oz." That was a lot of fun and Amanda enjoyed being in the audience, since she is usual on stage. I got some time in the garden and spruced up the yard now that fall has set in. And, of course, the kitties were captured doing what they do best... being cute & sleeping. Austin and I get to explore Edmonds three times a week now that Amanda is back at Barclay Shelton Dance Centre.

Trip to Seaside, Oregon

This summer we ventured out of Washington to the land of Seaside, OR. The weather was a little rainy at first but turned to beautiful sun. We had fun visiting the sea lions at the aquarium, walking in the rain on Broadway, checked out the shops, rode the carousel, and played miniature golf. We ran into Rob Thompson (my cousin and Bob's friend from school). Small world, eh? The next day we had a sunny day and walked the Prom and played at the beach. The last day I got up early and took a very zenful walk on the beach!!

Camping at Kalaloch in July!!

We went on our annual camping trip to Kalaloch on July 27 - 29. The weather was nice but we were rained out the last day. We woke up the last day to pouring rain and packed up as fast as we could. Enjoy the photos: