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This picture is out of order, thought I had this posting thing figured out :) Here's me and Sarah at Pikes Place with the Seattle skyline beind us.
Robbie, Jake, and Sarah have been in Seattle, WA since May selling security systems. They are leaving for Houston this week and we haven't seen them all summer. So Robbie surprised Rob and I with airline tickets and a rental car for this past weekend so we could have a little fun together in Seattle. It was so much fun...THANK YOU ROBBIE! This is our first day having a little breakfast at IHOP and then off to Lake Washington for a TEAM activity with the rest of the ICON gang. Not sure why Jake looks so short in this picture :)
The day was beautiful and started off with some sand volleyball. You can see Robbie in the blue shorts and Rob in the dark blue shirt. The game was bound to be very competetive and sure enough it was...almost good enough for the Olympics I'd say.
Rob and Sarah on the dock at the lake. So cute.
The 2 Lawrence Robert Readers :) I sure love these guys!
Then off to Pikes Place. What fun!! There are beautiful flowers everywhere for sale. This entire bunch was only $5! It smelled heavenly with every kind of flower you can imagine, and then some.
We found some fruit flavored honey sticks. We had mango and watermelon, cherry and cinammon. So yummy. You bite the end of and suck the honey right out of the straw.
Pretty Sarah with more wonderful flowers. She carried her ICON notebook all around so that she could be with us while we we were sight-seeing and still work.
This is the famous Gum Wall down an alley at Pikes Place, kinda gross but interesting. By the way, we are not really touching it!
Late that night when some of the team got back from selling we ate at Olive Garden.
We went back to Pikes Place again the next day after we called our good friend Diane Lefrandt. She used to live in Seattle and told us that we needed to go back and try some really yummy food that we hadn't even seen. We started out at the Doughnut Company. They have delicious little bite sized doughnuts that you can watch them make right there.
Then we found this place...oh wow...so incredible. It's called Crepe de France. They have all kinds of crepes and you watch them make your crepe to order. We had the spinach with provalone and mushrooms and topped it off with a fresh peach crepe with vanilla cream and powdered sugar. Honestly, Rob and I and Sarah felt guilty eating it because it was so good and Jake and Robbie weren't able to go with us that day. A pure delight, mmmmm.
Rob and I couldn't believe how green everything was there. These gorgeous flowers hung from street light poles all over the city, unbelievable!
Me and my favorite guy.
Another picture of the Seattle skyline.
This trip was such a perfect get-a-way for Rob and I.
Sarah and I were lucky enough to get to go to church with this group of handsome men!!
After church Robbie took us to the neatest Sushi restaurant called Oean Sushi (I think). The food comes by you on a conveyor belt and you choose what you like. There are so many dishes. First you'll see a little sign describing what dish is following and each dish is covered on a color-coded plate. The colors indicate the price of the dish. If you see something you like you just take it off the conveyor. When you are all finished, the server comes and counts up the empty little plates at your place and totals it up for you. It was delicious and so fun! I really would like to go back again because there are so many places we didn't have time to see. It was just such a good time to hangout with our kids and play. Thanks again Robbie!
Tonight for Family Home Evening we went bowling. Dallas came with us and so did Westin and his friend Paige, but they had to leave before we took our picture. The high score of the evening went to ME!! 180 baby! Paige won the first game and gave Westin a slice of humble pie :) We bought the family pack and they gave us popcorn and soda while we bowled. Rob started us off with a short lesson and a prayer before we started so I'm sure that's why I bowled unusually well. So fun. I'll have to photoshop Paige and Westin in here, if only I knew how!
hee hee, this picture is out of order but oh well. This is Rob at Barro's Pizza holding a gift from my sister Kim and her husband Richard. They were in Washington with Michael visiting his mission and they found a hot sauce store so they chose a fun sauce to give Rob for his Collection in his office. 
My brother Paul and his wife Marisa had their sweet little Ashlyn sealed to them for eternity at the Mesa, Arizona Temple on August 9. It was such a wonderful day to have our family there together in the sealing room and watch this beautiful family be sealed. Ashlyn looked like a little doll when they brought her into the room in her pretty long white dress. Not many dry eyes. I'm very sure Mom was there and it felt so good to feel her near. What a blessing the restored Gospel is.
Paul and Marisa treated the WHOLE family to a delicious all you can eat lunch at Barro's Pizza afterward. It was great because we were in the back room with all the toys and tv's for little kids so everyone was entertained, full, and had a great time celebrating our new addition, Ashlyn :) 
Westin decided he'd like tint on his truck but didn't want to pay someone to do it. So he went and bought the tint, hired some cheap labor (me...very cheap), and went to it.
We actually had a really fun time doing it, even though it was really hot in our garage.
Our little "commercial" :)
Kelsey and Dallas at the parade in St. Johns for the 24th of July Celebration.
We went to St. Johns and the Whiting Homestead this past weekend for the 24th of July and a Benson Reunion. This picture is of Rob and me and Westin with my Grandma and Grandpa DeSpain at the parade in St. Johns.
Westin and his girlie friends, lovin' summer!
Rob got this beautiful new suit for Father's Day- it was long overdue. He looked so handsome! Rob is a loving, involved, fun, and endearing father. He loves to be "in the know" with all the kids activities and their lives. He makes EVERYTHING fun and memorable. When we get together as a family and remnisce about old times, there are always lots of fun Dad stories. I am so thankful we found eachother 27 years ago! :)
Yesterday Pat and Amy Shipp took us out on their boat to Lake Pleasant. We played all day and then at night they had their huge Fireworks show. We just anchored the boat near the dam and watched it. It was so nice and cool and it looked like a little city on the water from all the boat lights. It was the most fun we've ever had watching Fireworks on the 4th (well the 3rd). Thanks Shipps!
"Captain Pat"!
Westin is thinking he'd like to be a helicopter pilot! So, of course, Rob jumped right on it and found out what needed to be done to get started. He arranged for Wes and the flight instructor to have a test flight and see if Westin likes it and if he has a knack for it. Westin did amazing. The instructor told Rob that he's never had a better first flight with anyone- no surprise to me- Westin is great at this kind of thing. Guess all those years of riding quads and motorcycles are coming in handy. Good Job Wes! Westin thought it was fantastic :)
