beautiful day for biking

Yesterday was 79 degrees, 79% relative humidity, calm..... ideal conditions. Emily (the talented photographer) took this shot of me just before I started my ride. I needed a photo to put in the updated bio for the Burke Alumni website.

Next week is the 40th reunion of the first graduating class from Harry S. Burke HS. Still trying to decide if I should travel up to Omaha for any of the events.

Animated Baby Countdown

Check regularly as cartoon baby will grow too

Full Weekend

Well you saw Emily's blog about the drag races. Oh and did we mention it was loud. We may not be gearheads but we did have fun. The day started with pugging. A group from the studio work mixing and bagging to reclaim over 500 pounds of clay. As soon as we finished, we loaded up to take art over to a yarn shop in Delano called the Twist. Jill is the featured artist this month so we had to set up samples of heer work for display. Eric and Gene, studio members, helped hang the art including framed drawings and pottery.










Then on Sunday morning I road 60 miles on my bicycle in the Mowbray Metric. This is an annual event that since 1983 takes place each July in McPherson, KS. Along with 97 others, we started in McPherson a town about an hour north of Wichita, then road through Hesston and Moundridge then back to McPherson for lunch. Good thing we finished before the sun blazed up over 100 degrees in the afternoon. Since it was so hot, we needed to be inside where it was air conditioned. So Oma, Opa and Sheila took Allison and Kent to see Kung Fu Panda (Wall-E was sold out).

Bowling in Wichita

Here are some photos from Shawn and Sasha's visit to Wichita. We were lucky enough to have them for a week and Opa took us bowling. The girls got pooped out and laid down right on the alley. DaRonn, I got the high score of the day at 128, Ali bowled a 76 by herself (with bumpers).

Drag Races Saturday Night!

Dad, Kent, Allison and I (Emily) enjoyed some great racing on Saturday night! Terry introduced us to the races but because of his knee could not join us :( Saturday was the Summer Nationals - the biggest event of the year! We saw Pro Mods, Top Fuels, and Jet Cars. If you don't know what they are, don't worry, I didn't either until I met Terry but now I'm in love (with Terry and the races). Here are some photos from the fun, fast, fueled night.

Terry's Surgery

Hey Fam! I just wanted to fill you in about Terry. To catch you up if you don't know (in a nut shell): he paints cars, he was standing on a stand painting the roof of a suburban when the stand collapsed, he fell to the concrete floor and hurt his knee, elbow and back. This happened May 22nd and it has been a tedious process working with workman's comp and getting to all the right doctors. Today he had surgery on his knee. They went in with a scope and scraped down the torn meniscus and some damage on his knee cap. We arrived at the surgery center at 7:00 am and were home by 12:30 pm. He was knocked out for it and is now in bed doped up on meds. Wednesday he goes to physical therapy and should be weight bearing then. Please keep him in your prayers as his knee mends and during the procedures to look at his back and elbow. He has hired a lawyer to help him handle the workman's comp people, they were a pain to deal with. He has been off work since the accident two months ago. Workman's comp is paying while he's out but he is still stressed about his workplace and the feelings toward him and about money. We are happy this important step is done (surgery) and pray for a smooth recovery. Thank you. I love you all!

fireworks in Omaha

While we were in Omaha, Oma, Opa and Kent watched fireworks with Shawn, Nick and Sasha.

Olympic Swim Trials

On the 4th of July Jill and I watched some of the swimming at the Quest Center in Omaha.

Happy Birthday Sasha!

Happy Birthday Sweet Sasha! I pray that you are blessed on this day that you are two.

Much Love,
Tia Angie

Happy Birthday Dad!

Dad, I am so glad that God gave me to you. You are a great dad.

You are also a fun loving kind of guy. So I thought I might suggest a party game: a variation of 20 questions. Simply put, I ask you 20 questions and you answer them (smile).

You can answer them here in the comments, or make a whole new post with them or send them by email, or whatever. I just had some things I was curious about to get to know you better.

I love you!!!

1. What is your favorite birthday memory?
2. If you could relive one year of your life with the knowledge and experience of 'now', yet the body and opportunities of 'then', which would it be?
3. How old were you when you learned to ride a bike?
4. Who was your childhood hero or idol?
5. Do you have any heroes in your life now? If so who?
6. What is your dream vacation?
7. What is your dream vehicle to drive?
8. How old were you when you met mom?
9. What was your first impression of mom?
10. What was mom's first impression of you?
11. What is your favorite time of the year and why?
12. What is your favorite holiday and why?
13. If you had to choose between a career as a cyclist or a photographer and you were guaranteed success and a huge salary which would you choose?
14. What do you think people will remember you for?
15. What is your greatest vacation memory?
16. What is your greatest 'date with mom' (even if it was before she was a mom) memory?
17. Who was your first friend that you can remember?
18. If you could cure any disease which would it be?
20. What are you most proud about?

Photo Request

Hello Family!

We are now in the birthday rush of our family. Most of the birthdays are stacked one after the other from May to December. The only months we skip are January and April. We have been blogging as a family now for a year and a half. I thought it would be fun to do a different sort of photo collection on our side bar. Let me know what you think, please.

Here is my idea. I thought it would be fun to put up baby pictures. I know that this will require some digging for some of us. But even if it is a snap shot of a snap shot I think it would be fun to see as we are flipping through the birthdays.

Also - I think that it would be fun to have wedding pictures posted by our anniversaries. Scanned or whatever.

Let me know what you are thinking and if you are all for it. You can even start emailing me the pictures so I can post them to: angielwashington @ gmail. com

Oh - and before I sign off I had one more request. Please don't forget to post about your Fourth of July and birthday festivities. Thanks, it means alot to me!