Second Installment of Margo Visit...

 I wonder if you can see grandpas cat ears on his hat?? This dreamy look is Mo stroking the soft feathers on her cheek. She Loves This!

 Margo is having her first swim lessons, and she is soooo cute  going after the Rubber Duckie

 Just having some fun with Grandpa

 This is her first set of wheels and she is lovin' it!

 Grandpa and Margo at the Nature Center inside of a cool tree.

 Amateurs with a Selfie Stick! This was very cool and I will use one of our shots for Christmas Cards this year.

 Mo showcasing one of her many leaves found and saved at the Nature Center.

 This is a shot I got after being home. Taken at church behind the family center.. looking toward Crescent Beach and the yellow aspens. Look in the top of the lone pine to see the Heron that was resting! Beauty everywhere.

Our Margo Visit...

Well, it was named Margo on our flying Itinerary... but really it was a Family Visit. And I have so many pictures that I will have to spill them over a little at a time... Let's get caught up...

 First of all the backyard was awesome. What a cool swingset and great fenced in area with nice trees and a workshop for Daddy. The weather was so nice, lots warmer and drier than home.

 But Mo loves books too and boy did we have some fun reading them. She rarely tires of them and so there is always fun to be had.

 Grandpa had fun with Mo on his iPad.

 Barb and Margo getting dressed up for fun! We had gone to Mo's preschool for Trunk or Treat that morning... I can see her candy Jack o Lantern on top of the grandfather clock!

 Liz and Margo having a bit of a rest from all the Birthday activity. Margo needed to get rested for her birthday cake.

 Smooches from Nana

 This is Mo as a Jaguar at Trunk or Treat. It was a very fun time of parading with other preschoolers by the trunks of decorated cars and getting treats.

 Sukey did not want to be left out... Well, maybe she did?

 Margo LOVES her DADDY

 All the Grandparents and Grandkids. So hard to get everyone together and looking the same way.

 Happy Birthday to you....Barb starts us singing

 Margo has not a clue. She is not a grabby baby with food.

 So the best way to let her eat cakes was in small bitty bites. It was so cute to see her Orange tongue from her "candy corn cake" that Mommy, Daddy, Mo, and Grandma made.

 Trick or Treat later that evening. Daddy dressed up like his next door neighbor, Mo the Jag and it was a fun neighborhood event with many small contained bonfires and happy neighbors.

MY SISTERS CAME TO THE PARTY! Can you tell I was excited. It need to last so much longer than an afternoon visit. Ellen, Bunny, Rick and Colleen and I went out to Solomon's Island to look at gift shops, sip coffee and stroll our day away. I know Rick has other photos so I will have to get my hands on them but this is a start.

The Tulip Festival: A Pallet of Beauty and Color

 We have lived in the Pacific Northwest for over 25 years now and today was the first day we left the island, on purpose, to Just Go to the Tulip Festival.

 I remembered feeling sad last year that we had missed it. It is easy to get too busy to take time for rest and BEAUTY.

 There were lots and lots of people there. Tons of parking and lots of space to spread out in fairly quick once we got inside.

 Angie was able to join us and I know she enjoyed all the gorgeous colors and varieties like we did.

 Angie said that the purple grape hyacinths are supposed to be the river flowing through... lovely.

 I fell in love with all the different pinks.

 Some looked like star shaped roses.

 The endless rows

 One color to the next

 Just a bloomin' rainbow.

 It was impossible to pick favorites after a while.

 Rick loved the "fluffy red ones".

 This is a beautiful area with the mountains in the background.

 sneak peak

 Ooohhh the salmon color

 The doubles looked like peonies.

Hope you enjoyed your mini glimpse of the 2015 Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. You can order bulbs too. I got 3 varieties that will be shipped to me in November.

Food and Fun in South Korea

 So I know I should eat authentic Korean food in Korea... but we were craving Thai food. The above was fresh spring rolls. They put that sauce on them and it was tasty, but had a fishy aftertaste so it was nix for me.But look how lovely even the "side" lettuce looks.

 My veggies were superb and my teddy bear rice was almost too cute to eat. Such good food.

 Jenny took us to a Vegan restaurant that had this poster  of Famous Vegetarians at the entry where you take off your shoes. We got to sit on the floor and of course eat with chopsticks Korean style.

 We were very tired in the afternoon... who knows which day and then we met friends in the subway. Who knew I could use a little music from a sweet piggy? And of course Rick has always had a soft spot for cats. He too loved finding fun along the way.

 Now a little mexican food went a long way. Loved it. I think this was Rick's last meal before going to the airport to go by byes.

 We were trying to imitate Mo's picture of drinking hot chocolate. We were not drinking hot chocolate but it was fun pretending. Puroro is my Korean little penguin hero.

 They always laughed if I looked at the vending machines... But in the red case are gas masks always at the ready for when the enemy may come. Also notable is the availability of recycle bins. Very conscientious.

 Who knew they made chocolate candy in the DMZ? I had a little piece... don't worry Switzerland, nothing to worry about.

On Jenny's big day with her ROK fellow officers. They respect Jenny and honored her with equivalent promotion "bars" and a great photo of all the ROC Army soldiers Jenny teaches.

We had our first Bubble Tea. Strange sensation to suck fruit through your straw and then chew it up. I had coconut in mine.