Snow in Spring 2008

The picture on the TOP was taken MARCH 28, 2008. That's right, springtime. The picture on the bottom was taken January 5, 2008, wintertime. It's still between 30 and 32 degrees at 1:40 p.m. Pretty weird weather for this time of year. And we hear that the West side of the state is also getting pockets of snow. I'm listening to the scanner and Snoqualmie and Blewitt are all backed up with semi truckers jackknifed and cars and trucks stuck. Hopefully we'll see spring sunshine coming soon. Enjoy.

Holden's Choir Program March. 2008

This is an edited video of Holden's Choir Program in March of 2008. He went to the Lakewood High School for an all day music program to learn more about Choir. They got to do one song with just their school then the second one included the the entire Lakewood schools plus visiting Everett High School Choir. You'll see, in the first part of the video he is not that happy looking but later he seems to be enjoying himself. Susie took the video, which was Veryyyyyy long, so I had to edit it down to fit the Blog. It's also not as good of quality, as I would have liked, either. It's still fun!! Enjoy.

New Hairdo for Susie

FINALLY!!!!! Susie decided she was going to make the big move and have her hair cut. She has been debating for quite a while. She surprised everyone and just did it!!!! I think it looks terrific!! I think she will really appreciate it this summer when it gets warm. And she says it's easy to care for. She's going to let the bangs grow out more but, WOW, doesn't she look about 40 years old, now?? Well, maybe 45!!! Enjoy.

Columbia Tower 'Big Climb' for Leukemia

On March 16th, our Susie and her daughter Kristi, participated in the Big Climb for Leukemia. The climb involves heading up the fire escape stairwell at the Columbia Tower in Seattle. There are 69 flights of stairs, 788' of vertical elevation and 1,311 steps. And they did it on the timed stairwell. Kristi competed hers at 11 minutes and 8 seconds. Susie did hers in 17 minutes and 8 seconds. Susie was 3rd in her age bracket of 55-59 female. Approximately 5000 participants took part in this yearly fundraiser. We don't yet know how much they raised. Susie and Kristi were a part of a team of friends who raised over $3000. I did the climb last year, not timed, and made it in 28 minutes. So, you can see - they were FAST!!! Enjoy.

Christmas 2007 Williams Family Visit

This is a Christmas video taken December of 2007. Kevin, Sherri, Jerad and Alyssa came to NaNa and PaPa's house to celebrate. Rick had just come home from the hospital after the FIRST bout with pneumonia and could not travel so some of the kids decided to come and visit. This video is of the Williams visit. Little Alyssa had a great deal of fun with her gifts. Enjoy.

Holden's Video of Alyssa's Visit 2008

This is a video that our grandson, Holden, took at his house in Arlington. Susie was visiting her daughter, Kristi ,and Holden for the weekend. Holden's cousin, Alyssa, was visiting for the day. Susie thought this would be a good kids video for our Blog. Hope you enjoy.

The picture is of our Susie, back in 1977. She drove this Unlimited Hydroplane for a promotional thing for the radio station. Since it was a sanctioned run of a 1 mile straightaway, it be came a World Record as the fasted woman on water in a propeller driven boat. She clocked the run at 163.043 mph. The record will likely never be broken as the sanctioning body does not want to run any risks and assume any liability for this type of record, as we understand it. Maybe the APBA would have another answer. Anyway, if you look in the Guinness book of world records, it's there for July 27, 1977. Her name was, then Sue Williams, nick name Seattle Sue. We are all VERY proud of her. Below is a video of the record run - a little grainy but pretty cool. Hope everyone enjoys!!!!!

The bottom picture is of our 'autographs' on the overhead center beam that is being put up at the Wenatchee Regional Events Center. The top is of the events center construction taking place. This is across the street from the Walla Walla Park. It will be a 4300 seat hockey arena the can also be converted to have concerts and other sporting events. Completion date is set at Sept. 17 of this year. It should be done, then as there is some stiff penalties if not. the video is of some of the ceremony that we stayed to enjoy. As you can see, lots of people were there for this 'top-off' ceremony. This is a $20 million project and is supported by Most of the people living in the Valley. It's very exciting.

In the early morning hours of Monday, Mar. 3rd, Ecoterrists from ELF set off incendiary devises in new homes in the Maltby area in Snohomish Co. Fire District 7 firefighters initially responded and called for more help. As many as 5 multi-million dollar houses were burned to the ground. The picture, at left, are some District 7 firefighters. From left to right, Chad Berg(our son-in-law), Lt. Rob Fisher(a good friend of ours & Chad's boss), and firefighter Shouse. The picture was copied from CNN news. You might be able to view the sight at the following: http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/03/seattle.fire/index.html#cnnSTCPhoto . we are very proud of our Firefighter family and all they do for the good of the citizens.