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Sunday, September 11, 2011

More High Adventure Pictures from Aug 2011

We just received some pictures from Brother Hatch that shows more adventures of Landon at his High Adventure.  I wanted to blog it so I can keep it in this one place.
Enjoy Landon and the Ward at their best!




 Brother Jeremy Koontz and Glen Harston - young men leaders...






Landon and Andrew were so connected during this event, that they became known as "Landrew"....funny stuff...gotta remember that one!







 Brother Jon Erickson is on the left in front, another young men's leader



Labor Day at the Sand Art Exhibit

On Labor Day Tami, Eldon and I went to view the Champion of the Champion Sand Art in Federal Way.  Following are some great pictures of the Sand Art!  It's hard to believe that some people make a full time career doing this.  They travel around the world.  Most are also involved in Ice and Snow Sculptures as well.  They allow 28 hours for completing the sculptures and their winning are only about $1,500.00 for first prize.  They cannot use any power tools of any kind.  It was interesting to learn of their simple and how very few tools they use.  It was wonderful to stop and observe about a part of art we rarely even think about.  Enjoy the pictures!








After we ate hotdogs and had some kettle corn we headed to Rodondo Beach Boardwalk to enjoy some sunshine....We even found a park there and enjoyed chips and salsa...
 Skipping stones along the beach.  Eldon finally got one to skip 5 times!



Great day, great company and good food.  Couldn't ask for much more than that!

A Relaxing Day in Anacortes, WA

Eldon and I spent a very relaxing day in Anacortes, WA.  Anacortes is located just west of the tulip fields, which is in Mt. Vernon....just know you drive thru the area we go to enjoy the tulips and there ya be~
I loved not having any schedule and relaxing in a new place we hadn't been to before.  We found the small town alive and filled with exciting activities!



This was our favorite large ship.  The Oceana which was about 72 feet long. And it was taking off while we watched.  The docks were just filled with boats going in and out.  It was so much fun!
 All over the town were these art life size people that were part of the town years ago.  We enjoyed walking through the town checking out the "who's who" of Anacortes.
 At one of the Anacortes events, we saw this great "Music Truck" that had TONS of CD's and Disney characters on them.  The literally had instruments attached all around the track. You could see a number of kids playing on the truck, I have no idea where the owners were, but I'm sure they're used to seeing children flocking to their truck....
 ...more town characters....
 this guy was actually a prop used by one of the food stands at a pirate and boat race event...
 The one bike to use when you're not sure where you're going.

 More fun art found all through Anacortes.
We finished up the day by going to see a movie and relaxing through the day.  We loved being with each other and not having any plans to get back to.