Marc is home!

Early Wednesday morning Marky and the touring Boys Choir landed back home.  I can breathe again.  :)

The last two days of the trip were fun.  They went to Tacoma and Seattle.   Mt. Ranier overlooking Tacoma-

The last concert of the tour- at New Hope Presbyterian Church in Kent.  They sang with the Ranier Youth Choirs and had dinner with them. 

Then Tuesday they finally made it to Seattle!

They walked passed the "gum wall"-

And they enjoyed going up in the space needle-

 

They visited the Chihuly garden and glass museum right next door-

Saw the troll under the Freemont bridge-

They had lunch and walked through Pike Place Market-

I had to relax my "we don't take selfies in this family" rule for the trip because I wanted to see his sweet face!  So we would say "good morning"-

So he could say "good morning" back.  :)

Their wonderful leader, Mr. B, and his wife did not fly back with the boys, but stayed on to do a Canadian tour for their 40th anniversary.  The boys all hugged them goodbye.

And as always he prayed over the boys-

They left Seattle at 10:45 p.m. and flew all night.  I think they were supposed to sleep, but I don't think they did.  :)  At least Marc got to see the sunrise from the plane-

This was a marvelous trip- and our boy's first time traveling without a parent.  It all went seamlessly. 

P.S. this is Mount Saint Helen's without cloud cover.  


So happy you got to go on this tour, Marky!  We are proud of you!

This and that and Mt. Saint Helen's

Marky continues to have a wonderful time in the Pacific Northwest. 

They have had beautiful concerts-

They may get dressed up and sing like angels, but they are all boys and play hard!

They visited Vista House at Crown Point-

While inside they sang a few songs like the National Anthem-

And "How Lovely is Your Dwelling Place"-

The second largest waterfall in the United States- Multnomah Falls-

They toured Portland's Pittock Mansion-

Today they saw Stadium High School.  This public school in Tacoma looks like Hogwarts-

And a huge highlight yesterday was seeing Mount Saint Helen's! 

Marky said, "These mountains make the Smoky Mountains look like hills."  This is Mt. Hood.

Meanwhile back at home all is well.  Tucker loves seeing "Tuckerton" on the New Jersey map at
Jersey Mikes.  :)

I had to run by Michael's to get some containers for organizing and Tucker said, "Yay!!!!  Michael's- I love Michael's!"  We weren't in there two seconds before he had spelled "geography" with the metal letters.  Mr. Crafts is always creating. 

A few Sunday pictures-

BB and Poppy had us out Sunday afternoon to help pick blueberries.  They have so many they welcome help in picking.  I think we picked three gallons.  We brought boots to avoid any ant issues.

One for me, one for the pie....

Tucker picked a tomato as well.  :)

We enjoyed feeding the fish and turtles-

Mr. Snugglebug gave BB some good hugs-

And we picked a cucumber!

And now we wash and dry five pans of blueberries before freezing them.  :)