The Collings Family

Last fall Eden brought home some information on Locks of Love and has been begging ever since to cut and donate her hair. Yesterday I finally gave in and took her aunt Makay. going... going... Gone! 7 whole inches!

Posts from my mother...THANK YOU for such a fun fun trip! Believe me or not, the rain stopped for a weekend so we decided to go to the beach at Seahurst Park in Burien where we searched for creatures and enjoyed the beautiful scenery. Our adventurous group; Tucker, Bianca, Liza, Makay, Isaac, Addi, and Grandma behind the camera Two things Liza loved to do at the beach were, 1 - wade in the water with her shoes and clothes on ...and 2 - eat sand, yummmm Pals out to discover The Catch of the Day; little crabs, what fun! I call this the 'BiDoo'

We happened along some garage sales on Friday in a nice area and found great treasures! Best of all was this mountain bike that Luke had been desperately wanting for quite a while and it was only $20! Saved me a couple hundred. Luke was thrilled (as you can tell from his expression). Luke in action Liza decided, "I deed a bike" tooo

Saturday morning was super weather, the best so I got on my new Trek Hybrid bike and my mom borrowed Becky's mountain bike and we took a 22 mile bike ride down a dirt path along the Lake Wilderness trail to the Cedar River trail. The scenery was spectacular beside the river and past pastures, farmhouses and pines. We Northwesters are lucky to have this beauty in our backyard. There is nothing like it (that is if it doesn't rain!!!) the Cedar River The bridge under construction we had to sneak across

I just got the final bill in the mail today for Liza's high chair incident (see previous post.) We spent 2 hours in the ER and that hospital bill alone came to $5,300. The ambulance and home care was close to $2,000. Needless to say today I am extremely thankful that we have health care coverage. Can you imagine paying $7,300 just to ensure that your toddler that fell out of her high chair didn't have head trauma? The total bill for her birth (not out of pocket, but total) was under $2,000. Something is messed up. On a lighter note ~ Luke sure knows how to make me laugh. We had several very interesting conversations last week. I am sure going to miss him when he is gone all day next year :) At lunch one day: Luke: "mom, how much of our food is locally grown" Mom: "not sure" Luke: "can you take a guess?" Mom: "maybe a couple of things" Luke: "that is terrible. the more local the better. Did you know that your food rides on a truck fo