Our Vacation, Thy Creations, and Our Relations- Part 11

July 10 was Don't Step on a Bee Day and National Kitten Day. Creativity took over.

Jeremy's sister came to visit that day. It was nice to catch up with her.

Jet uncovered some slugs in grandparents' backyard. They weren't banana slugs but one was a leopard slug.

 

July 11 was Blueberry Muffin Day.

Road Trip!

When we went to Mount Rainier we saw where the Nisqually River came from the glacier. We wanted to see where the Nisqually River emptied into the Puget Sound so... Nichole, Jeremy, and I headed to Nisqually Wildlife Refuge. We love Nisqually Wildlife Refuge anyway. It's one of the places we always try to visit when we're in Washington.

 

Some highlights of this trip:

Bald eagle hanging out in what people told us was its usual spot, where we could walk right up to it... or right under it.

From its spot, we could look out and see seals sunning themselves on a sandbank. They were so fun to see. Adults and youngsters.

We also saw seals swimming in the water. There was a mama and baby swimming together that were so cute. Baby kept climbing on mama's back.

There were so many great blue herons out that day, both adults and juveniles. So many.

We went all the way to the end of the boardwalk, about a mile. 

From there we looked back at Mount Rainier which we had visited just two days before. So we went from where the Nisqually River started one day to where it ended another day. 78 miles.

As we were walking back through the forested area of the refuge, we stopped at a pond to see if we could find a frog. We found a frog then another then another. There were so many. I loved it.

We found out while we were there that this year was the 50th anniversary of the refuge so we just had to get a souvenir mug as it is one of our favorite places to visit in Washington.

I'll share more of our wonderful vacation later.

Muffin Night

I'm too tired to post about what a great day I had yesterday so I will let you know that tonight we had Muffin Night again. It's been a while and I keep canceling it when I have it on the menu plan but we finally did it tonight to celebrate National Muffin Day on February 20. Yay.

The kids helped so we were able to have a good variety again and we got some good use out of my new muffin tins. Yay.

And there are so many leftover muffins. Yay.

Blueberry Muffin Day 2021

July 11 was Blueberry Muffin Day. I made blueberry muffins, normal sized ones for most of us, mini muffins for Jet. He devoured those things.

Since it was also Cheer Up the Lonely Day, Jr. tried to convince me to let him play video games because he was the only one that didn't get candy or a treat at church. He was all alone in that. Sniff Sniff. He hadn't earned it so I let him watch me play since I had earned it. Bwah ha ha.