Camping

This weekend the Joneses went camping, with Chris and Dara Tremblay to celebrate his birthday. . Funny thing is, this was not just our first time camping with Sierra, but Chris and my first time camping with each other.

We had a great time. We headed up to Lake Cushman, just outside of Hoodsport. For Washington, it was great camping weather. It wasn't too cold and it did not rain. By not too cold, I mean nothing that jeans and sweatshirts couldn't take care of.

Making Music

Chris bought a guitar a few months ago. This weekend he hooked it up and started playing around. Sierra thought that it was great that Daddy was making "music". She went to her room and grabbed one of her instruments and then hung out with Daddy making "music". As you could see, she was also in her super special party dress (a tutu from a friend's birthday party). Needless to say, she was a VERY happy girl.

A Night at the Drive-In

A couple of VW clubs got together at the drive-in to see Wall-E. It was a great evening. There were more than 60 VWs there. The movie was fun. Sierra loved it. All the "buses and buggies" and the "b-bot" movie. She enjoyed herself so much that she stayed awake for the entire movie. The next time that we go, we will be taking the camper bus, so that we can watch the movie "in bed", so that Si might fall asleep.

Seattle Summer

Many of you seem to think that it rains in Seattle all the time. I will give you that it does for most of the winter; however, we have some of the most beautiful summer days. This last weekend was gorgeous. We went out with some friends from college to play on Puget Sound and Commencement Bay for a few hours. It was great to hang out and relax with friends and enjoy our beautiful areas.

Sierra was thrilled to be out on the water. She kept informing us that she wanted to go swimming. Chris finally humored her, by dipping her in the water. (Literally holding onto the back of her life jacket and lowering her into the water.) Keep in mind, that the Sound never really warms up. The look on her face when she hit the water was priceless. She came out of the water saying, "Mommy, mommy, mommy!! Water chilly, chilly, chilly!" However, 30 minutes later, she was asking to go back it.

Cooking

I was making scones on Saturday. As soon as Sierra heard the Kitchen Aid, she came running over to "help". She was very excited to be cooking. When we started forming our dough, Sierra thought that we were playing "Patty Cake". She started singing, patting the dough, and trying to "Mark it with a 'B'." It was great.

The Buses

As promised, here are pictures of the buses. Our 1st bus was the blue one - 1967, 21-window, rag-top. (Also, referred too as "Daddy's bus".) Our "new" bus is the tanish bus - 1966, camper (or "Sierra's 'lello' bus").

The camper has been a Jones for 2 weeks and has already received a lot of TLC. He's cleaning up well. We will get pictures up showing his transformation.

We're not sure when the inaugural camping trip will be. We're still waiting for summer to arrive before we make any plans. (It may have arrived this weekend, but the jury is still out.) Chris and Papa Joe are discussing going to explore Nez Perce Trail Road/Magruder Road Corridor

(http://www.northcentralidaho.info/cgi/TPL03.php?ID=122_503_999). However, the 1st family trip may be the 1st week in August to a local lake. Who knows, maybe we'll just get spontaneous one weekend and take off.

Happy Father's Day

Hope that all of the Dad's had a great Father's Day. It was nice that Chris was home and able to be spoiled. The day was full of surprises from Sierra. She started with camping and grilling stuff and informing him that he wasn't to work on his bus, but could work on hers. As stated earlier, in Sierra's mind, The blue, 21-window bus is Chris's and the camper is hers. Chris put the kids cot up and let her try it out a few days ago (This is a canvas cot that is an original piece that fits about the front seats.), she wasn't too excited about this. However, she like to sit and watch Daddy work on her bus.

My parents, Nana and Papa, were able to come down for dinner. The best type of dinner guests, they brought everything for dinner and helped cook. So we were able to spend part of the day with both Daddy and Papa. Sierra hasn't seen Papa in a while, so she seemed very happy that they were able to join us.