TENNIS

Check it.

http://enumclaw.patch.com/articles/ehs-senior-doubles-team-leads-charge-in-another-strong-season#photo-5807071

heck ya. looks like my vertically challenged self doesnt need more height to be a winner!

:)

Our Most Vertically Challenged Daughter

At Andrew’s Regional Church basketball game this week we met 7 ft. 5 inch Will Foster. He was a “ringer” for the Bonney Lake Men’s Ward team. In my day, I recruited some good ringers for our church ball team but nothing like him.

When he sat on the stage his legs touched the floor of the gym. He stretched in warm ups against the backboard. He ducked to get through any door in the church. He was also a good basketball player. He was drilling three point shots in warm-ups (It reminded me a bit of Manute Bol). Will played at Gonzaga a few years ago.

I told Rebekah that we should get a picture with her and Will. He was very nice about posing with our most vertically challenged daughter. She immediately posted it as her profile photo on Facebook. Does she look 2 feet 4 inches smaller than him?

Tulips Galore!

Yesterday, Rosie and I made our annual bike trip to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. This has become one of our favorite days of the year as the brilliant colors of the literally millions of tulips is a feast for the eyes. This was our best year yet as we caught the flowers at their peak and were lucky to get a gorgeous day as well -- a rare thing in western Washington this time of year.

We took our dear friends, Glen and Diane Harston with us and they seemed to enjoy it as much as we did.
We always do this trip on our mountain bikes -- we drive to Mount Vernon and bike from there. It is a great place to ride and we avoid the traffic and hassles of parking a car. In addition we can ride our bikes through the tulip fields. Can you imagine a more beautiful setting for a flat bike ride? (For the record, I would still prefer a beautiful mountain pass)

We ended up riding about 25 leisurely and very enjoyable miles.Every once in a while a different colored flower will show up in the uniform rows of color. Note the lone red flower in the sea of yellow.
At one of the fields we found an excellent impressionist painter who was finishing up two weeks of work on this tableau.
Note the snow capped mountains in the background on the picture below.
It is hard to choose which color of tulips is the most beautiful. For me, when the brilliant crimson and gold are next to each other it is stunning. It is also inspiring as I had the others put their hand over the heart in honor of the Logan High Grizzlies school colors.
I almost burst into the Logan High School song "Neath the crest of Wasatch mountains..." with this backdrop. Of course, Rosie could not find any blue tulips that would match the Sky View school colors as blue flowers are extremely rare and generally found in very high altitudes.Join us next year for this unforgettable experience.