Moses Lake

Retired July 31st, hit the road August 2nd and headed to Moses Lake for the first couple of weeks.  Will be spending time with the grandkids.  

John and Cole made an arsenal of weapons out of braces and sticks, bows and arrows, hand spear, and then had to try them out.

Cole also loves fishing, saw some great big fish, and had some on the hook, but didn't bring any in.

At the end of the lake there are some great sand dunes.  You can drive over them if you have a 4 wheel drive, right down to the beach.  The beach is sandy and a great place to swim and play.

It is also a great place to go if you have quads!

This was really fun, we spent many hours here just enjoying the warm weather, the water and the kids dug holes in the sand for hours!

 

We spent one day riding our bikes into town, let the kids play at the park for a while and then we had lunch at a great local hamburger place called Woody's.  Just a couple of blocks from the local City Water Park.

If you are in town with kids, the city water park is a great place to go.  The cost is just $8 for kids and $10 for adults.  Here are a few pictures from our time at the Surf and Slide Water Park.

Ethan and Cole tried the wave machine.  Pretty Fun!

Ellie jumping off the diving board.

Stephanie, Ellie and Bella

Cole and Ellie have gone home now and Ethan and Bella are hanging with Grandma and Grandpa for a few days.  

Grandma and Bella riding.

Ethan taking full advantage of the BMX Park

We went to Ephrata where E & B's other grandparents are camping and played a round of golf!  With and Bella both got a whole in one! 

Bella's hole in one!

John and Ethan got some Elk calling whistles and learned how to call Elk!  

I don't know when they are going to go hunting, but they were having fun!

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August 11th, the kids have all gone home now and we are on our own.  We will be headed to Kennewick to visit some relatives and then on to White Bird, ID and Hells Canyon for a Jet Boat Ride!  Can't wait, we'll post some pictures when we get them.

Stay Tuned, More to Come!

Retirement Party!

July 31st - Retirement Party!

July 31st, my last day of work.  It is still hard to believe after working over 39+ years.  It will feel strange not to have a job to go back to.  Or, more likely, it is going to feel GREAT!  Or so that is what I hear from everyone who has retired before me.  I spent the last 16 years at the Attorney General's Office, and they gave me a really nice send off party.  I felt blessed that there were so many friends and family who came to help me celebrate the end of this era of my life.   And, for those of you who put this great party on for me, Thank you again, it was really really nice. Enjoy the pictures.

Laura, Tracy, Erin and Pam Skinner, my boss!

Laura, who made my favorite cupcakes, Boston Creme Pie!  Thank you Laura!

What great decorations and theme for the party, 

can't wait to visit all the places recommended.

Our wonderful daughter, who is always so helpful and supportive.  

Thank you Stephanie Postier for all you do for us!

My wonderful husband of 39 years and my traveling partner.  

We are both so excited to start this next new adventure.  

We have been planning for a few years now and have 

been savoring the adventures to come.  

I love you John Zirkle, you look really happy!

 

Ready for the festivities!

Shirley Battan, retired Deputy AG and Pam Skinner.  

On the far left is Jay Wood, my first boss with the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.  Thanks Jay for taking a chance and hiring me.  You were a GREAT Boss and a great community leader.

My dad in the blue shirt, Jim Frost, what a great dad, thanks for all your years of encouragement, words of wisdom and prayers. 

My brother John Frost and his wife Cheryl Frost, and Stephanie Postier.

Dean Willows, Judy, John Zirkle, Phyllis Frost, Tracy Robinson & Laura.

Tracy Robinson, thanks Tracy for the 16 years working together!

Enjoying some of those Boston Creme cupcakes!

Melissa Brearty, what a great co-worker!

Kim Siebs, what a great friend and co-worker.  I will miss you.  Thanks for all the go-to-meetings, consulting sessions, and sharing the Legal Assistant Class Study with me!  We did good!!  

And dear Jasmine, my right arm, or should I say left (since I am left handed), she is always there for me,  always has what I need at the ready, calms me down when I get anxious, and helps me get organized!  I will miss you much.

All in all it was a wonderful day with a lot of wonderful people helping me celebrate retirement!

Now let's hit the road!!

Lake Chelan (June 26 - July 6)

For the last 5-6 years we have been spending our anniversary (June 26th), John's birthday (July 3rd) and the 4th of July at Lake Chelan.  We have really enjoyed our time over there.   You can mostly count on good weather and this year again did not disappoint.  In fact, it was rather warm!  We had temperatures over 100 most days.

A couple of years ago, we met Barry and Kathy Bilderback at Lake Chelan on one of our annual trips.     We have a lot in common with them and became fast friends.  They also make Lake Chelan an annual trip, so we have met them there for the last 3 years.  Again this year we had a great time with them.  We went motorcycle riding, we love to go up to Winthrop, have some lunch and walk through the stores, we spent a lot of time out on the boat on Lake Chelan just cooling off, we tried paddle boarding, which was great fun and we also had some of our grandkids with us.   Here are some pictures of the fun times we had:

Kathy & Barry Renee & John on a road trip up into the hills.

Lunch break on our road trip in the hills.

And of course our annual trip to the Slidewaters Water Park.  Kids love it!!  Parents have fun too.

Showing off their fake tattoos

For John's birthday we got up at 5:30 a.m. and rode to the top of the hill overlooking Lake Chelan on one side and the Columbia river on the other.  It was a really fun (but scary) ride up there on the motorcycle, but so worth the ride.  John loves exploring on the back roads and this was a real treat for him.  We saw the sun coming up and since it was early it was a cool 72 degrees which was really enjoyable.  After the ride, John treated me to Starbucks!!

This is where the hand gliders take off from.

The sun coming up!

The Columbia River

Yes, we were really up there!

John and his Adventure Bike looking out over 

See that line on the side of the hill?  That's our road down!

Lake Chelan

Birds eye view of Lake Chelan

Back by 6:30 a.m. for our morning coffee!

We had a great time with our friends and their granddaughter, Kadison, out on the boat for the day.  We rode down to Kelley's Beach and had some ice cream and stop a few times along the way to jump in and cool off.  It was over 100 degrees!

We had some visitors at the Park, they weren't shy either.  There was a baby bird that even jumped up on John's hand for a minute.  But I didn't get that picture.  I think these squirrels were chewing up our table cloths at night!

Another successful trip to Lake Chelan!

Now, home to work for 4 more weeks and then 

Retire to full time vacationing!

Stay tuned for more adventures.