Montana Visit

We had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend in Bozeman visiting Peter, Naomi, Kale, and John. They are all doing well. Peter is busy with work, Naomi is busy learning various construction devises for when Kale asks "what's that" on every walk/car drive. Her little baby is growing every day...it is so fun to see her pregnant! John Roth is doing well also. He just moved into a house with a couple of roommates after living in the dorms all year. We got a chance to visit his house and take a tour of the art department at MSU. We thuroughly enjoyed the vacation, sunny weather and visiting with family. Bellow is a ton of pictures from our trip!


We thought based off of the bugs displayed on our car there would be great fly fishing in Bozeman...unfortunately the rivers were blown out so we didn't get to test our theory.

If you hide under the table no one can see you do your "business"

We had a little fun watching Kale while mom and dad were out one evening :)

Kale loves to be read to and ask "what's that?" as he points to pictures on the page.

We got him a dump truck with large Legos...he loved it!

The helmet and bike carrier was a new experience for Kale...he loved it though!

Johnny and I took Kale to the park one evening...it only lasted about 5 minutes because it started to get blustery.

Uncle John's walking

Kale does as we began to call it his "Tyrannosaurus rex" pose while he walks

"what's that?"

Getting ready for bed

Uncle John sandwich!

Bomford-Moore Visit

Mike, Kiersten, Liam and Elena came to visit us in Bellingham during their vacation to Canada. It was wonderful getting to catch up and see Elena for the first time. Elena was full of smiles and Liam was full of knowledge, repetitive "why" questions and tons of joy :) It was a terrific weekend visit!

the girls

Elena stretching

Liam loves to help!

Elena's many smiles

Liam's first salt water taffy...kinda chewy

There happened to be a kids parade down our street for the annual ski to sea. While Mike and Johnny made dinner, Kiersten, Liam and I watched the parade.

The days were full of visits to different parks

Some slept at the park

Lunch at the park

attempted family photo :)

AK mother's day surprise

It was a perfect mother's day surprise! I had my last day of work at the hospital on Saturday and bought a millage ticket to surprise my mom for mother's day on Sunday. She had no idea (even though just about everyone else knew!) Dad Roth picked me up from the airport at 9:30am and when I got home mom was sipping tea in bed, when I walked through her door she sat straight up and kept saying "No, no, no, are you serious!" It was a terrific surprise. I was able to be there for about four day and we filled it with lots of walks and hikes and good laughter. The weather could not have been better. It was about 59 and clear skies everyday. I had a wonderful trip! Here are some photos from our time together.

Call us rebellious, divas, or even the words from my dad...aboriginal...call us whatever you want but we braved it and we got mother/daughter nose piercings! Just a little stud, nothing fancy. Anyhow, that was our adventure!

Deception Pass

We had a warm sunny day today and decided to go down to Whidbey Island to hang out by the water. We came across a company doing boat tours so we decided to try it out.

Deception Pass Bridge

On this cliff is a bat cave that used to be an old mining camp prison.

Great view of the Olympics

VDV (Vitamin D Vacation)

We had a wonderful time in Arizona visiting Jeff, Noelle and Addysen, as well as our friends Adam and Erica. It worked out really well flying right out of Bellingham and straight into Mesa which is only about five-ten minutes from both Jeff and Noelle and Adam and Erica. It was fun to introduce our friends to Jeff and Noelle because they live so close and actually go to the same church, but had never met. Here are some pics from our much needed vacation!

Johnny, Jeff, and our friend Andrew (who traveled with us) all enjoyed a day golfing

Putting around before they tee'd off

I drove the golf cart for about a half hour while I waited for Noelle to pick me up

Addysen sure enjoyed her uncle Johnny

It is so fun to play with Addysen now, as she is very active end enjoys interacting with her toys...or just putting them in her mouth :)

bath time!

We got to see a pre-season Mariners vs. Rockies game (Johnny and I's rivalry teams)

6$ seats on the grass!

We rented a boat on Saturday with Adam, Erica, Andrew, and Erica's friend Jaime...it was a blast and the scenery was amazing! We went in and around the canyon and explored.

Johnny found a rope swing on the bank so we anchored and he and andrew swam to shore and tested it out

Jaime and I were the brave ones to try the tube out first

here we go

A snap shot of Johnny riding the tube, I decided to leave the thrashing through the waves and getting thrown off the tube part out, out of respect for our parents :)

driving the boat

not a way you want to end the day...getting towed back to shore by strangers because our rental boat decided to stop working. We weren't sure if it was the battery or if the starter got too hot... but after flagging this boat down they were kind enough to bring us back to the docks.

Thankfully this burrito stand was closed on Sunday, because the boys were on a mission to find an authentic taco stand.

An evening walk with Addy

It was so fun to spend time with friends and family!

LPN pinning

Monday was my pinning ceremony for LPN school. It is hard to believe that this chapter in my life is finished.

Fellow classmates

I felt like I should have my dad's on either side - the only other time I've walked down a center aisle dressed in white

Getting the pin of nursing over my heart

It was wonderful having my mom come for the celebration! Aunt Sally, Uncle Dale and one of my cousins, Tim came as well. For not having family in town, it was really special that they all came from afar to celebrate!