Sequim, WA

At the time of our visit Sequim, WA was hosting it's annual lavendar festival. We had fun walking through the fields and gathering the fragrant stems. After that we went to the Olympic Game Farm where Ben proudly got slobbered on by many curious beasts!

Port Townsend, WA

After visiting Uncle Steve and Aunt Kitty in Port Angeles, we stopped off in Port Townsend to see the beautiful old Victorian homes. Here are some of Lisa's dream homes... and one of them is for sale!

Summer Vacation in Washington

For the second year in a row, Lisa and Ben have spent two weeks in Washington visiting family. One of the highlights this summer included our trip to the desert (who knew!?) to see the Grand Coulee Dam. We enjoyed the lazer-light show that explained the history of the dam. The kids got to see how much electricity they could crank up in the visitor's center. The photo shown here is taken from up near Aunt Terry and Uncle Lenard's property.

Introducing... Kaladhi

The Peckham family has a new doggie addition. Kaladhi came to us in pretty bad condition and in need of lots of TLC. After major surgery she is a new dog! She is a beautiful brindle pitbull-sharpei. She has an endless supply of energy and surprisingly has bonded with our older dog, Penny-11yrs. When the two of them get too rough, Scout comes in as referee. She has settled in very happily and has even taken over our bed!

Lake Recreation

While waiting for Daddy to come back with the boat, Ben decided that he would just do a little wading. He went out further, and further, and before he knew it, the water was over the tops of his boots. Oh, Well! If you're this wet why not go all the way! Later, Lori took the boys for a canoe ride and they all wanted to go swimming. We had them strip down to their undies...are those not the cutest little knobby knees you've ever seen?!

Family Camp

The close of summer is celebrated over Labor Day weekend at our congregations Midnight Sun Bible Camp. It is a time for families to get together for a weekend of fun, food, and fellowship. It was also a fun time for Ben who got to take rides in Daddy's Zodiac and a canoe.

July 4th 2007

Every year on July 4th, the town of Seward is host to the Mt. Marathon race. Runners see how fast they can run to the top of the mountain and back down again... hopefully in one piece. A tamer version of the race is the Mini-Mt. Marathon for the little ones. Having already run in the Zoo Fun Run, Ben was ready to get started in his second race of the season. Maybe staying up until midnight to watch the fireworks wasn't the best idea. He was pretty tired and lacked some of the enthusiasm of his previous race, but it was still fun.