The View From Here: June 2005

That's One Good Read!

The Bentley Properties Handbook is finally complete! Brian has worked on it for months (and definitely put some blood, sweat and tears into it). The boys ham it up here...but we all have to say: Great Job, Brian!

Heaven Sent

Here's what friendship over 16 years (through thick and thin and jobs and kids and everything in between) looks like! It all began when Jan Johnston and I were hired at the same time, for the same jobs, at Eddie Bauer in 1988. Now we just meet for a loooong lunch at Olive Garden every few months. (Jan is one of God's greatest blessings in my life.)

The Temple of Doom

Spent a few hours in the torture chamber, er, I mean, the dentist's office, on Tuesday getting a temporary crown wedged in my mouth. Which means I have to return for the permanent crown in two weeks. I kept telling myself it was all part of the preparation for our year in Hawaii...

Two Peas in a Pod

Joe and Allan are all smiles on the first day of Baseball Daycamp. Play ball!

Doing the Tourist Thing

Saw the life aquatic at the Seattle Aquarium with our friends the Murphys (that's Troy, Suzanne and Jordan) today. Got a reminder of the tropical fishies we'll be swimming with in Maui (you know, Nemo, Dory and pals). Splash!

Underwater Ballet

Jordan practices her moves with "Luseal" at the Seattle Aquarium. Looks like future Swan Lake stars, hmm?

Joe Cool

Nothing like new threads and a sweet pair of shades to bring out the Style. Started out the day helping our friends the Campbells move into their new house (yea!) and ended the day at the best pizza joint in the Northwest, Pagliacci. (Half cheese, half Hawaiian, of course.)

Ride On

Joe, Allan and Max: school's out for summer! The three dudes went wild at the Kirkland Skatepark (and elsewhere) on their first full day of freedom...

80 Days

That's where we're going, yeah! Joe and dad shoot some hoops to celebrate the last day of school! That's a FOURTH grader you're looking at, yessiree! (The one in the blue shirt, that is.)

Aloha, Jill!

The three musketeers with the best principal in the world, Jill McLeod, who retired this year so that she could move to Maui and be Joe's volunteer tutor for a year. (We wish!)

Thanks, Coaches!

Gavin, Bill and Jeff: you made it a great season!

Orioles Fly High!

Our champions, the Bellevue East Orioles. Great season, guys!

We All Scream For Ice Cream

Ms. VanHamme's third grade class, high on ice cream sundaes. Three days til school's out for summer!

The M's Mashed the Mets!

On Father's Day with a sold out crowd. You gotta love it! (That gal in the red shirt was a vocal Mets fan; we were all secretly glad her team lost. Put a sock in it! We won!)