7.15.18

Happy birthday Keagan! I can’t believe he’s 19 and leaving for a mission soon!

Tonight was a fun night. After church, we had his girlfriend Makayla and her family, the McCracken’s and my mom and Thom come over for dinner and cake and lots of fun visiting.  They all just barely left. We really like Makayla and her family and might be a little sad if this all doesn’t work out in a few years. ;)

This week it has been super hot for Washington. We got to have our yearly lake party with the youth at the Warning’s house and Friday night Ray and I got to go out on the boat with my mom and Thom. 

Being out on the boat and seeing all the beautiful scenery is really my happy place. I love the wind in my hair and the smell of the salt water. We go out in the sound near their house in Shelton and go almost to Tacoma. We saw the narrows bridge off in the distance. The sun was setting in one direction and Mt. Rainier was in the other. Heavenly Father gave us such a beautiful world!

The waves are from the boat. It was pretty calm out there. 



This is to kind of show you where we took the boat. We started in Arcadia and went around Anderson Island, that is what the red line is around. (I was having a hard time making the red line go to the correct places..)

This week we also went to go visit Dick and Noreen Kay. They live in Bonaventure in the Alzheimer’s wing. She is going downhill fast. She knows that she knows us, but doesn’t know our names and sometimes gets confused how she knows us or what age she is. At one point she was flirting with Ray. This made Brother Kay and I laugh so much... 
She has a hard time talking now. She will get 3-4 words out in a story she’s going to tell, but she will keep on talking and then her words will slur and then just be jibberish.  Those of you who knew her before know how much she loved to talk, so in one way it does make me smile that she just keeps on going. It is really sweet to see Bro. Kay love her and just be patient and listen to her. 

And of course Hazel is always making us smile and laugh! She wanted Melissa to lay beside her. She’s a good mom! What a goof Hazel is! That thing she has is a back scratcher. 


There is someone named Melissa Denton running for office in our area. So funny. Melissa says she gets pictures of this sign all the time from people. Who knew that there could be two Melissa Denton’s from the Olympia area. 

This week is trek for our stake. I’m excited to hear Keagan’s stories at the end. 

Lots of love to everyone!
Sis Shoop