Sunrise, pigs, shooting, cards, baptism, jetski

So after all the hype about Jason not being able to eat solid foods, he had no issues with the surgery and was able to eat normal the next day.  Since he was feeling normal, he decided he was good enough to go salmon fishing with some local fishing friends, and here's a couple pictures of the sunrise from the boat.

And here's Mt Rainier with the sunrise too... although the sunrise is behind Jason, so the mountain is still somewhat dark.
When Jason got back from fishing, we headed to Moses Lake for the weekend.  Saturday morning looked like this for Jason:

Herding pigs with Dayna and Ben and getting them ready to be sold... I just took pictures. ;)
Nicholas also came to say hi (as well as Kelli).  This is one of his new favorite things to do... at least that day it was.
Saturday afternoon was REALLY hot.  It was record heat, or maybe just really close to record heat, but either way, it was HOT.  The guys decided to go shooting... "the guys" included Jason, my brother Ben, my uncle Chris, and my cousins Kit and Alex.  They shot close to 200 clay pigeons with several different guns.  My cousin Lisa and I were planning on shooting with them, but it was too hot for us, so we just let the guys go.  Here's Jason and Ben:
Ben and Jason with Chris looking on:
Jason and Chris.
Alex and Kit.
Jason actually ended up with a bruise on his right shoulder from all the shooting, and a little bit of an agitated jaw, but not too bad considering he'd just had his wisdom teeth out 2 days before that!

We also got to go over to the Hochstatter's house for pinochle.  Jason and I don't really play pinochle, but there was food and people to talk to there, so we went anyway.  Jason was really tired because he had been awake since 5 am (to help with the pigs), but Nicholas still managed to entertain him for awhile.
Nicholas also entertained plenty of other people there... including himself.
Sunday was our niece, Thea Annelise's, baptism.  Her godparents are Chad Hall (uncle) and Amy Davison (aunt).  From left to right: Dayna (Thea's mom), Danelle (big sister), Shane (Thea's dad), Chad, Amy, Thea, Pastor Lund, my dad, (my mom behind him), Renae Hall (Shane's mom), and Keith Hall (Shane's dad).
Dayna, Danelle, Shane, Chad, Thea, Amy, and Pastor Lund.

Thea being baptized.
The baptismal candle.
Nicholas also saw his Great Papa at the baptism and was pretty excited about it!
After the baptism at church, we had a get together at my parents' house for bbq, cake and talking.  Thea decided the whole day was too much and passed out. ;)
After the get together, Jason had the opportunity to go jetskiing for the first time.  My cousin Brian has a jetski and tube to pull behind it.  It was a great way to cool down from the hot day, and they even managed to talk me into going... even though I ended up getting pretty good whiplash and still can't turn my head all the way to the right.
Jason getting ready to go.  Those chairs were pretty nice to just sit in while the others were tubing.

Jason wiping out.  If you look close, you can see his body to the right of the tube.
Ben getting ready to go... he's just pretty darn big for that tube!
Jason got to drive too...
Look at the spiky hair from speeding so fast... oh, and the life jacket that's a bit small. :)
Jason had spiky hair too... and if Brian had any hair, his probably would have been spiky too.
All in all, it was a good weekend and Jason and I didn't leave until sometime between 7 and 8 in the evening.  We had a nice light show going over the pass because there was a pretty big thunder and lightning storm in the Cascades.

For those that would like ALL the pictures I took this weekend, you'll have to wait a bit. ;)  I'm going to put them all on kodakgallery.com eventually, but I've posted so many pictures online today that I'm going to wait and do it later.  :)

4th of July

I'm finally caught up on my blog posts now.  I just had a lot of pictures on my camera that I needed to download.

Jason and I headed to Moses Lake for 4th of July.  On our way over, we stopped at the Wild Horse Monument in Vantage.  

Yes we hiked to the top because Jason really wanted to.  It was 1130 am and probably close to 90 degrees.  Poor little Taco was so exhausted, I had to carry him back down and then he drank a TON of water once we got to the car... but the view was nice!

Proof that Jason really was up there.
We had steak for lunch when we got to my parents' house.  Taco really liked the bone Ben gave him.
Jason and I shot our handgun too.  Here are our targets (pop cans).
Jason shooting.
Here's a pop can that I hit.  Notice the entry on the bottom of the picture and the exit on the top o the picture.  I thought that was pretty cool.
Me shooting... it doesn't look as natural as when Jason does it!
Yet another thing we did... we went mini golfing.  I'm not usually all that good at mini golf, but for some reason I did really well.  We played 3 games this weekend, and I beat Jason on all three.  He even got a hole in one on the ant hill and I ended up getting it in 2!!  I also won a free game from the clown nose at the end of the course.

On the 4th, after getting the news in the morning about our new niece Thea, my sister-in-law, Kelli, had a BBQ at their house.  Nicholas was enjoying his food here... and yes, he's only wearing one shoe.
Nicholas likes climbing UP the slide.  Grammie and Papa Boo (my parents) were enjoying spending time with him in the nice grass.
Uncle Jason and Nicholas bonded.
Nicholas likes anyone that gives him food! :)
Jason decided we should go bowling, thinking maybe he could beat me.  The closest he got (in about 8 games) was tying me.  Here are some of the scores.



Kristen came and played this last game with us.  It was fun to see her again and catch up!

It was a good week of fun in the heat.  Jason learned how to kill pigs for the Mexicans that come to get them, and he had fun doing it too, I think.  I didn't get any pictures of that though.  He was also put to work again by mowing mom's lawn... but he likes to keep busy.

The next post I make will probably be FROM Hawaii... or else after we get back... definitely excited though!

Ok, I need to go made some dinner!