Priest Lake 2008

This past week I went to Priest Lake with my family & the Moates. Unfortunately Greg had to work. My aunt Cat also came as well as my 4 year old nephew Joey. The weather was great and we all spent the time swimming, boating, playing games and just reading and sleeping down on the beach. Joey ended up catching a couple of fish and Pepper even went swimming when he jumped out of the boat while in motion! On the last day there we took a 3 mile long hike over to Hills resort. We found out that Hills has a Starbucks coffee stand so we set off on the lake trail to get our coffee fix.

Fun in the Sun!

On Tuesday Greg and I took Pepper for a hike on Tubbs hill and went swimming in the lake. We brought Greg's mom along with us. The weather was hot so it felt good splashing in the water. Pepper even went swimming. Afterwards we went to dinner at Red Lobster. Pepper was so exausted he slept the entire way home.

4th of July Celebration!

For the 4th Greg & I headed over to Coeur d'Alene to a BBQ on Fernan lake. We brought the jet skis and had some fun scooting around the lake, swimming, and eating yummy summer foods. The weather was great and everyone had a great time.

Palmer Family Reunion

This weekend we drove down to the Tri-Cities for my aunt missy's pinning ceremony/graduation celebration. My cousin Seth graduated from college as well. The theme of the party was Mardi Gras. We had a catered dinner of New Orleans cuisine and even had a live jazz band playing. My entire family was there down to cousins I haven't seen for years. The weather was great and everyone had a great time. The first picture is a reenactment of my aunts picture that showed up on the front page of the Tri-City Herald the day after graduation.











The entire Palmer clan
My aunt Missy & I


All the boy cousins

Spring Wedding & more yard work

In May Greg & I ventured over to the other side of the state for a wedding. My good friend Toni from nursing school was the lucky bride. The day was very long as we left at around 9 in the morning & didn't get home until 1am the next morning. The wedding was very small and beautiful. It overlooked the ocean. The reception was at salty's restaurant & the food was excellent. The entire wedding was beach themed down to the cake with white chocolate seashells on it.

A couple of weekends ago Greg planted four maple trees in the front yard. His parents were also there to help out. He removed the two dead trees not surviving the winter & added two more. It looks so nice. He also installed path lights leading up to the house running all the wire under the dirt & replaced the old ugly porch lights with new ones. The good thing for me was that it was my weekend to work so I slept all day while he was working outside. The temp was also in the 90s. I think he did an excellent job. The next weekend when I was off I worked in the backyard planted some flowers & started our first vegetable garden. Come August we will be dining on cucumbers, green beans, corn, carrots, & cantaloupe. I also planted sunflowers & pumpkins for fall. We are very excited to see how it turns out.

Back Yard BBQ & yard work

Last Sunday, after working all night, I came home, headed right back downtown for Bloomsday & then came home & planned a BBQ for Greg's Birthday. We couldn't have asked for better weather & we were all able to hang out in the backyard & even played some badmitton. Here are some pictures from the party. We also spent a couple of days this week working out in the back yard. We removed all the old bark, added edging and planted grass seed to give us more grass & less area to weed. Take a look at the before & after pictures.


Greg's golfing birthday cake

Greg enjoying the sun

A friendly game of badmitton
Before the yard work

After the yard work

Award & Seattle

A few weeks ago my mom was awarded with the Horace Mann award for teaching exellence. She was one of only 50 people in the country to get this award. She gets to go to Illinois this summer to study Abraham Lincoln. We were all present when she was presented with the award. Congratulations Mom!


Over the weekend I headed to Seattle to visit my good friend Toni & her fiance. It was a nice relaxing weekend spent shopping ( I was a good girl) sightseeing, & eating good food. I even helped her make her wedding invitations. On Sunday we went to our first Mariners game of the year. The weather was good this weekend & the rain even held off until the 5th inning of the game (thank goodness for the retractable roof)! I get to head back to Seattle in 2 weeks to watch Toni get married. We are so happy for both of them! We love you guys!