A TpT Friend and Vacation Pictures

I was logging into Teachers Pay Teachers the other day and I saw that a friend of mine was mentioned on the homepage!  Jennifer Siderius used to go to my church a few years ago, but has since moved to the east coast with her hubby and they just had their first baby!  

Click on her picture to go to her store and check out her cute goodies!  She works in a school library so if you are a librarian or know one who is looking for materials, make sure you check her store out!  

She has these adorable bookmarks in her store too!  Click the picture to go download them!

We are at the beach this week, but on our way here we stopped to visit a couple historic cities and took some tours.  We rode on this trolley and it was so fun!  It was air conditioned too which was wonderful on that hot day!!  

We like to go to Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives restaurants from the show on the Food Network and this was one of them.  It was definitely one of the nicest ones we've been too and the food was delicious! 

And here is a picture of our beach from the pier down the road.  My two year old nephew has wanted to see a dolphin since we got here and last night we got to see one up close!  It was swimming right by the pier near the shore.  It was so cute seeing my nephew so excited!   :) 

We are now headed to that beautiful beach for another day of fun, sun, and sand!  We are celebrating my other nephew's first birthday today and then some friends are joining us at our house this weekend!  

I'm off to the beach to enjoy my last couple days of vacation!!  :)

Home Sweet Home...with Pictures!

There is no place like home!


I am finally back home from vacation.  It was so fun, but it's good to be home.  


We flew out of Portland at 5:30 am Saturday morning, but didn't get home until after midnight Saturday night because of layovers, delays and the time difference.  


Since we had to be at the airport so early on Saturday, we didn't get a hotel room Friday night.  Instead we stayed out sightseeing as long as we could and then went to the airport and spent the night.  Just to let you know, you don't get much sleep in an airport!  :)


Needless to say, I was beyond exhausted Saturday night when I got home.  


I think I'm still suffering from jet lag.  Yesterday was a blur.  


Tomorrow, I'm back in the school groove!  I have so much to do, I'm starting to get nervous!!  :)


Before I go, I wanted to share some pictures with you.  I absolutely LOVE the west.  I'm very jealous of those of you who live in the Rockies.  They are amazing!


I've only posted a few so I'm doing you all a big favor because I took A TON of pictures....like over a couple thousand!!  I go crazy with my digital photos.  I think I'm a digital photo hoarder!  :)

This is Crater Lake in Oregon.  The water is sooo blue.  It's just beautiful.  And, yes that white stuff is snow!

Crater Lake Lodge where we stayed.  Our room was the manager's suite and was very nice.  

The only picture I got of the Washington state sign, my 48th state. 

Near Mount Baker in Washington.  This was taken July 23 and they were still plowing the roads.  The summit of Mount Baker got 6 inches of snow the night before this.  

San Juan Islands in Washington.  I LOVE the rocky coast.  

This is off Cape Flattery, the most northwestern point in the US.  Again, I LOVE the rocky coast.  

And these beautiful caves.  We never saw them, but could hear lots of bats inside.  

This is Rialto Beach.  I've not read the Twilight books, but there were all kinds of stores and signs advertising  the Twilight Series.  

Here is a tour bus at the beach.  We also went to Forks, Washington.  They were proud of their fame!  :)

Well, I'm off to finish my laundry and maybe take a nap.  I'm still so tired!  We drove thousands of miles around Oregon and Washington trying to do and see as much as we could in a week.  

I need to rest up for all the back to school fun I have to get ready for!!