Friday, September 30, 2022

Pacome 2022 Beach Day- 2nd Beach




 We headed out to the coast for a day and spent the morning at a beach near Forks then headed down to 2nd Beach. It was over 80 degrees and the sand was perfect for playing some sand volleyball. The girls even swam in the water. We got in to our knees and were plenty cooled off. It was an amazing day and we even followed it up with some pickleball after dinner. 

Pacome 2022 Olympic National Park Sol Duc Falls













 We got a couple homes in Sequim for our home base and spent the days exploring around the area. This day we went on a hike, Sol Duc Falls or Lovers Loop hike. It was fun to walk through the ferns that were taller than Phil. We were having a heat wave so it was over 85 degrees even in the rain forest near the coast. It was over 100 degrees here at home. Cannon didn't come with us because he was working. We missed him, but had a great time. 

Sunday, August 7, 2022

Combs Family Reunion 2022






 After a few years without a family reunion due to covid we made it happen this year. It looked a little different because we decided to just get together during the day and do an activity and have everyone go to their own homes (or airbnb) each night. On the first day we went to Wild Waves for the day. It was just me and Nona because everyone else in our family had something going on. Lyla was at EFY, Miya had to complete her paperwork to work for the City, and Cannon and Phil were working. Day 2 we went bowling again just me and Nona, but we had fun. The last day we did a beach day here. Phil was able to take people out on the boat, we got 2 jet skis from the Behms and the Grows brought their boat over for us to use all day. It was a little cooler that day so the lake was pretty quiet which was amazing. We had good food every day and kids had a great time hanging out with cousins. 

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Young Women's Camp 2022





 I was asked to be a cabin mom for young women's camp this year. I said yes, but I was not excited about it. This kind of thing really stresses me out. Then I was asked to be the 2nd year cabin mom and I really didn't want to do it. We had a couple of girls with special needs and it seemed really hard. It was a long week and I was tired by the end, but I did have a great time. It was great to be with so many amazing young women and to see them all interact. Paige did an amazing job of planning each day. We were able to go over to Anderson Island one day for a service project, hike and swim in the lake. I got to see bits of Lyla and her friends and we had a lot of great food. I also got to be cabin mom's with Lydia and Caren Hunter and they were both great. I did keep saying to myself "I can do hard things". The weather was amazing, Nisqually was fun. We did the polar dip, archery, hatchet throwing, service, hike, games, singing...so much, testimonies, dance party, Bishop's night, trust fall and so much more. 

Thursday, July 7, 2022

Phil's birthday








We were up in Driggs for Phil's birthday. He spent some time on the golf course with my dad and then we headed to Teton Thai for dinner. Miya was able to be with us and Cannon and Eli showed up late after a rain filled hike. Phil is so easygoing that he didn't care what we did to celebrate, but we had a good time being together with more family and freezing in the rain and chilly weather Driggs wanted to give us this year.