GIRL'S WEEK

While the boys were at the summer Boy Scouts Camp a couple of weeks ago, Amanda and I had fun doing a variety of things. We took a trip over to Tacoma, spent the night and toured the city, hitting the mall, REI, and several other places of interest. I took her to Olive Garden, a place she decided had to be her favorite restaurant now. On our way home we stopped at Snoqualmie Falls, kind of by accident looking for a place to take Maddy for a walk. There is a beautiful lodge that sits at the top of the falls and a nice 1/2 mile trail one way down to an overlook. However, just buying water there was expensive, so from now on if we stop again, we will definitely remember to bring our own beverages. Tuesday morning was a morning of leisure as we traveled downtown Moses Lake to a cute coffee shop and had pastries with coffee and juice. Since all the shops were opened due to it being a weekday, we took the time to explore more of the town in which we live. Having put in a few hours, we returned to have Caesar salads and watch Anne of Green Gables. Wednesday found us laying around the house in our pj's enjoying good food and watching those movies we never get to watch when the boys are around. We decided to take a trip up to Leavenworth on Thursday and took a friend with us. Therese and Amanda had quite the fun trying on hats in the hat shop. Artists had their paintings and photo studios set up on the main street, horses carried sightseers throughout the town, and lunch next to the river all added to the ambiance of the day. Swimming was on the agenda for Friday, so we went to Moses Lake where Amanda hooked up with some friends and spent most of the day in the water. I got to read a book and enjoy the sunshine. Of course chores were let go most of the week so Saturday morning found us scurrying to clean up the house just a bit...how messy can two girls be?...and then we welcomed two extremely tired boys back home Saturday afternoon.