Watlands Fall Update

The summer flew by as we worked most of the time so did not have much else to report on the blog.

However in August we snuck away to Bend Oregon with our friends in Portland to a Corvette show. Had a great time spent 2 days in Bend and 2 days in Portland.


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September was just working and seeing the childrens when ever we can before we head south.


Then on October 16th we had a family get together to celebrate all the October birthdays. We do have a few.



Can't believe these kiddies are growing up so fast. They really were having fun playing out in the back yard. Our backyard has grew since the association put in the new fence and moved the fence closer to the sidewalk.
Noelani the youngest grandchild and Nevaeh and Kavan the greatgrand children.


Well after dinner Teresa and Barb decided it was time for ice cream cake. So here we are cutting and serving this yummy cake.

Well here are the ones that all have October birthdays. Good time was had by all and the barbecued dinner was succcessful also at least there was little food left maybe everyone was just hungrey haha.

That pretty much takes us up to date for the fall.

Rainy Month of June

The month of June started off on the 1st Day of June our Anniversary! Drove the corvette to Bellevue and had dinner. It was a 75 degree day which was very surprising so we could even have the top down.

Then on June 2nd it is Noelani's birthday so Kim come to Auburn and we had a little party for her. Noelani turned the big two years old.


Papa and Nana got her a wagon so her and her mom can go to the park. Noelani thinks she is to big for the stroller.

Papa got her a ice cream cake and she is trying to blow those big candles out.

The next celebration was fathers day. Jerry and I both worked but Kim and Noelani come over on Saturday and had dinner with Jerry. Then on Sunday Barb took Jerry out to dinner.

There was another nice day in June and we were able to drive the Corvette to Buckly for dinner at the 60's Drive Inn.

The rest of the month flew by and it was a rainy month at that. We both are working this summer so the month really went by quickly.

The Month of May Unpredictable Weather

Wow where did this month go? Why does time fly by so fast Barb thinks we just get to busy to stop and enjoy the moment.

The first part of the month is always Mothers day and this year Teresa had us all over at her house for brunch. Steve her brother and Kim her step sister planned the menu and it was yummy as usual. Barb is so blessed with such wonderful children.



Teresa is making us all Starbucks coffee her favorite coffee.




Here we are all together Children, Grandchildren and Great Grand children. We are missing one grand child as she was taking a nap.


Here is the cooks but they wouldn't let Barb contribute but they let her be in the picture. Teresa, Steve and Kim picked out the best gifts for me they got me a Ipod so I can listen to music while I excercise at the gym and also a great cutting board that fits on the sink that has a colander on one side.


Jerry started his summer seasonal job so he didn't get to join us. But on Saturday evening before Mothers Day we drove our Corvette with the top down to Bellevue to dinner. Barb drove it to Bellevue and Jerry drove home. Such fun it was.

It stared raining the following week and has rained the rest of the month.

Barb's cousin Steve Bullington and his wife Jennifer had their baby on May 9th which was Barb's grandmothers birthday Ruby Bullington she died in 1984 at the age of 98. This was such a blessing.


That pretty much wraps the month of May.

April Madness

Guess I forgot to post in my blog for the month of April. It was a busy month. We celebrated Easter at my sisters she fixed a great dinner.

We finished up working at Spring Training in AZ and then we started to prepare to come back to WA.

Jerry had been looking on the Internet and found a great deal on a Corvette that we both have always wanted. Of course our neighbor and good friends from Oregon have one so that got us the bug also. However this is 7 days before we are to leave AZ. Of course we want to bring it back with us so we decide to tow it. A couple of Jerry's car buddies all from Oregon that have street rods and have towed vehicles come over to help us.


This is our new toy and it is SWEET! 2002





Here it is going on the trailer. It towed great and we made it home safe and sound. We arrived back in WA on April 10th. Good to be back at least I say that. I do miss the golfing and bowling and our friends in AZ.

Kim and Noelani come over to visit after we got home I guess papa and Noelani are taking a rest looks like they have played two much.

March The Month of Spring Training

Well the month of March flew by and Spring was a long time coming. Spring training began and Jerry and Barb worked for Ovations company in their merchandising store. Jerry did security at the exit door to direct people to where the entrance was to the pro shop. Barb did cashiering and helped in the store restocking and putting things back where they belonged. Customers tend to change their mind and just drop stuff where it is convient. All in all we worked 15 games and earned a little cash so all was good. The only problem the weather was iffy several days. One game got rained out and another one probably should have been. Lots of days it was cold and windy.

Barb and Jerry managed to get some golfing in with their favorite neighbors. Barb's bowling team ended the winter season and their team took 3rd place.

The garage remodel was finished we now have a golf cart garage door so that was a good project to have over. The house was repainted.

Special Month of February

The month starts off with Barb and Teresa having a birthday. Sadly we don't get to celebrate it together. Barb and Teresa use to before Barb retired spend the day together shop tell we dropped and then have lunch.

Jill Wilson (Barb and Jerry's hair dresser) come to AZ to surprise her father on his birthday. She agreed to come to the house and color and cut hair bless her she brought all her stuff with her. Well in the process of putting the color on Barbs hair the towl the bowl of color was sitting on, at the table slid off and guess what half of the color is on the floor. Jill is frantically scooping up the color as this is all she has with her, Barb is frantically getting wet paper towels to wipe up what is left on the floor. Guess what the two guys are doing in the picture below NO they are not praying they are frantically wiping up the floor. It was one of those group efforts. All in all you see in the one picture Barb still has her hair colored and a new cut so all turned out ok. Barb cooked dinner and a good time was had by all.

Also this month Jerry and Barb decided to take the window out of the garage and put in a golf cart garage door and drive way and make better use of the garage. Many others have done that with this model home. It turned out great. But then come the decision what to do about the paint as the painter said the new garage door would look different than the original because of the age of the paint so we might want to paint them both. Then we really like the new concept which is to access the trim around the doors and the window and arch way by the front door with a different color. Now the decision is to do we paint the whole house or just the new addition part. Fianally after a couple days a decision was to paint the whole house especially when the plan was to do it in a year or two anyway.

Also we made a decision to take out a tangerine tree in the back yard as they were not good eating and very messy so a landscaper come by and took it out. Well for a cost of course. But it all worked out well as we had extra dirt that had to be put someplace because of the new drive way in front so made use of it by making a mound in back where the tree was and we put some new small catus in there. The picture below is our new area where the tree was.

Here is the finished product of our house. All in all we are very pleased with the outcome. One more thing has to be done and that is the coating on the drive way and side walk to the back yard. It can't be done for 30 days as the cement has to cure.

Also this month Barb joined a new golf group of 12 ladies that golf on Thursday afternoon. The group is called Giggles and Hit and we have a lot of fun. We are all out their to have fun and try and improve our score but if it happens great if it don't well we will try harder next time. Then we go to the club house restaurant and have a beverage of choice and free pop corn. They also call it their meeting which it consists of as a lot of laughing and finding out who can play the next week.

Jerry and Barb played in their first golf tournament it was a invitational by a group here called the Bandits and Jerry's cousin Lydle & Jill invited us to be their guests. We had a great time playing golf with them. Then afterwards it was dinner on the patio of the club house. Lydle fixed 7 prime ribs and the group served prime rib sandwiches and etc for dinner.

That wraps up the month and a busy one it was oh I forgot to mention we have had WA weather down here for the month also. I guess they need the rain but we heard that Flagstaff, AZ had the most snow of all the large citys in the US.

Bye Bye January 2010

Wow a month has already flew by in the new year. Guess that means we are keeping busy. We have had interesting weather this month. We had the worst storm that AZ has seen since in the 1970's. Rain, Snow, winds and tornado watch has been what our month of January has been.

We managed to hit one Friday that was sunny and warm and have 4 couples over for a get together. We all had a lot of fun chatting and drinking strawberry Margarita's .

Barb is doing the usual, bowling, and golfing. Jerry and Barb golf on a couples group every other Sunday which helps to meet new people where we live.

Jerry had the opportunity to work security for the Barrett Jackson collectors car auction in Scottsdale, AZ. It was a tiring task as he worked 8, 10 hour days and one 14 hour day. However he was inside the tents so he did not have to work out in the worst weather we had. He had to drive in it but at least he stayed dry.

Barb helped her sister Diselle paint one Saturday and it was a great success. Barb and her two nieces and her sister covered alot of wall space.

Until next month hope this finds family and friends well and happy?