Red Sky in the Morning, Sailors Take Warning

So this was our greeting from God this morning. Not too shabby, huh? We woke up with Matthew around 6am and the sky was just on fire. So we loaded up the baby and some coffee and went to the park at the mouth of the harbor and took some absolutely stunning shots of the mountain and the water. If you're interested, I'm going to load them into snapfish, so email me (CherylTaylorNNP@hotmail.com) and I will send you the album.

Yesterday, we went to the salmon hatchery in Issaquah. It was really interesting. They have two huge holding tanks with about a thousand Coho and Chinook salmon that should start spawning any day now. Matthew was mesmerized while watching all the fish in the tank. Here's kind of a neat shot of it....


The creek that runs through the hatchery has a big waterfall that the salmon were trying to jump to head upstream. It was fascinating to watch. There must have been hundreds of salmon in the creek, some at least 30 pounds (definitely bigger than Matthew). It was an experience I would recommend for anyone visiting Washington in the fall.


This past weekend we loaded up Matthew and went to the coast for the night. We stayed in Ocean Shores, WA. Unfortunately, we got into to town after dark and when we woke up the next morning it was raining like crazy and the wind was really blowing. So we drove onto the beach for a while, but decided that it looked like the tide was coming in, so we should probably head out. So not much time spent at the ocean, but still a good trip. We got home in the afternoon and were in the middle of unpacking when we heard what we thought was thunder and then had a power surge. We heard another burst of thunder after that. We both looked outside and found it funny that the sky was absolutely clear. So at that point we just chalked it up to the cats chasing each other around the house. However, after we turned on the TV a few hours later, we found out that it was a propane tank that had exploded at the foundry in Tacoma. I guess it was pretty dramatic with debris flying onto the freeway (they had to close WA16 and US5). Amazing that we heard the explosions all the way in Gig Harbor.


Matthew continues to be a joy. He started rice cereal last week and the jury is still out on his response.


Other exciting events in his life include, attending the Puyallup Fair....


and hanging out with his new friend Tia...

So life is busy for Mr. Matthew. (and his parents) Well, that's all for now. I hope all is well. Take care.

Cheryl