Mold be Gone!

As of today, we no longer own the Beige Beauty. Our old, moldy, broken refrigerator is gone. When I pulled it out today, I couldn't help but laugh. Apparently someone else wasn't smitten with the beige color either, because at some point in time someone tried to spray paint the fridge black! I guess after one can of paint they wore out and just decided to push that side against the wall. Even as the nice Sears guys hauled it away, it oozed brown liquid from the back side. I think it was crying, saddened by the realization that its long tenure in this home was over. The new refrigerator looks great. The kids are so excited, you'd think we bought them a pony. We'll enjoy the newness while it lasts.

Silly kids got a new Flip! Video camera. More video to come I'm sure!

Best summer yet.

No complaints this summer. We've been out in nature every week. Hiking, biking, canoeing, camping. The northwest is just one big playground during the warm months. We've climbed to the top of the world, splashed in pure snow melt in the canyons, and found our inner peace with being dirty and dusty.

Wedding Weekend

We joined with family this weekend to celebrate my Uncle Gary's marriage to Daniela Ivanova. The setting was gorgeous, and it was really fun to reconnect with the Nyberg family, as well as meet Daniela's lovely family who had just arrived from Bulgaria. Appropriately, we stayed at a Swedish, hilltop lodge, and the celebration was all Bulgarian song and dance. Lots of dance! It was great to have all five Nyberg cousins together for the first time in 20 years! We are, left to right: Nathan, Bridget, Elissa, Mildred, and Christa. The complete set. Fun. Cheers to old family and NEW family. Congratulations to Gary and Daniela!

The boat

We got a boat!

> Trying out this 18 1/2' canoe for our new family boat. It's a kevlar
> Sea Clipper. We're all quite excited, and it gets really good gas
> mileage. ;)

> Going to test it this weekend at the lake in Washington.