Blackberries.... YUMMM 8/21/2008

look out little red riding hood here comes Esther to pick blackberries

and the big bad.. uh wolf?

Candy.. very excited about blackberries!

Blackberry deliciousness!! YUM!

our hands...

Esther & Steven with LOTS of blackberries in the pitchers...

Candy with lots of blackberries in her tummy!! YUM!

Our Port Orchard Bible study 8/20/08

Most of our Wednesday Bible study

Steven, Gary, Arlen, Bradley, Adrian, Wayne
Candy, Nancy, Jessi, Esther, Jenn, Martha
Elena, Paige, Ryann, Anya, Kedron

not there... :(
Morris & Yvonne

The newest addition... Paige

Saginaw #1 in Oregon 8/14/08 - 8/17/08

A beautiful sunset on the way to Saginaw on Thursday evening

Our little campsite

Some of the trees, tents, hills...
the crazy hilly campsite at convention

Steven 'cleaning' out the tent... or communicating with outer space.... :)

Steven, Candy, Julia & Rick

One of the worlds cutest couples!!
SOOO much fun to be with!

our first anniversary
Steven in his wedding clothes!

The dip kiss... one year later

'the dip stick I mean dip kiss' - Julia

'Julia's Dad' (aka Eddie) walking... :)

Alissa, Andrea, Candy

The newlyweds
Sharman & Kyle (Shar-ky)

Sarah & Carmel
People thought they were twins..

Leah showing Brett who's boss! Go Leah!

Brett, Leah, Kyla, Mark

It was suppose to be a shocked picture... but the guys ended up looking at the camera and the girls look like they might bite!

Brett, Leah, Kyla, Mark

Craig & Shereen
Alen & Lisi

Craig went to meeting in Big Timber for a summer, before he was married...

Brett & Leah
I'd say Valerie is getting to Leah!!
They were part of the sweeping crew...

Nikki and her mop bucket

Brandon & Nicole
the mopping/sweeping slave drivers
This picture is a whole new take on the 'American Gothic' picture... :)
honestly they were good bosses!

Olympia 1, 8/6/08 - 8/10/08

Olympia Convention....

most of the appleman kids were there

Steven, Candy, Carmel, Bryan, Dewey, Bradley, Esther, Darren, Mircea

Those not there... :(
Dad & Mom
Craig, Christine, Kip, Karena & Clark
Porsche

All of us in the above picture plus Fallon

Some of the kids that sat in the row in front of us
Shanney, Fallon, Dewey, Ben & Cayde

Cayde, Jenni Lynn, Fallon

Dewey & Fallon

we noticed that his shirt, hair and the moss on the tree kinda matched... not sure what the snarl is for!

Darren & Cea
Cea was well loved/mauled by all her uncles and aunts

young people picture

we have a picture by this same tree from two years ago when Steven came out to see me


After convention a bunch of us went out to Red Robin for ice cream

Our table
Steven, Lisa, Holly

familiar faces!! :)
Dan, Brett, Andrea, Tia

a picture down 'the big table'

Dewey, Ben & Bryan + a lot of others

some girls and Carmel


and when we got home from convention there was a package with GORE HILL SHIRTS!!
Thanks Fred!!

Thumbs up for sweet shirts! :)

Silverwood with Kyle & Sharman 8/2/08

Friday after work we headed over to Northern Idaho to meet up with Kyle & Sharman

SILVERWOOD! The theme park

I will get pictures on here from the day at the pack.. as soon as I get that film developed

After meeting Sharman & Kyle with her grandparents
Mick, Naomie, Sharman & Kyle

Us! :)

Welcome to Washington!

A beautiful sunset near Allyn, WA

COOKIES! 7/31/08

Esther & Candy went over to Porsches to make cookies for Bruce's bike ride (oops, I thought we were making them for his birthday) and convention!

We made SOOO many cookies! :)

Then Steven came over and we stayed for supper.

Esther making more cookies and Porsche putting them into bags

A few of the cookies

Porsche & Cea

Bryan... in a series of photos.. this one is just funny

Cea... a super cute kid! :)