What I did on summer vacation

Carol White – Waitsburg: My husband and I built a deck this summer.  It’s quite unique as the railings are made of driftwood and have some artwork burned into corner posts.  I also spent a lot of time with my super-most-awesome grand-kids! We got our hippy on and made tie dye shirts and bags.  It was a great but very short summer vacation.

Rebecca Wilson – Waitsburg: This summer was the summer of travel.  Shortly after school was out, I went on a trip of a lifetime with the Kirkman house (Joan Helm, etc.) traveling to Ireland.  I met some fantastic people from Walla Walla and other places.  We experienced Ireland learning about its history, people, geographic points of interest and political standing in the world. Coming home I had a short stay and turned around to take a trip with family to Hawaii to celebrate my daughter Holly and Joel’s ten-year wedding anniversary.  I seem to be having a hard time adjusting to time.  Ireland was nine hours ahead of me and Hawaii was three hours behind.  So if you see me walking on Waitsburg’s Main Street you might remind me what time it is.  

Kristine Warren – Dayton: I took a group of Dayton High School students on a cultural exchange to Yokohama, Japan for two weeks.

Stephanie Hinchliffe – Waitsburg: We had a lot of adventures this summer!! At the beginning of the summer we took our camp trailer and did some camping, our favorite place we went was Joseph, Oregon!  We also took the boys on a trip to Florida.  While we were there, we went to Disney World, Cape Canaveral, Daytona International Speedway, and made it to the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean.  We closed our summer travels with our annual trip to Priest Lake with my mom and dad. Something we look forward to all year.  In the midst of all of that we spent lots of quality family time. I’m recharged and ready for my new group of FABULOUS FIRSTIES!!!!

Sarah Reser – Dayton: Clint and I are looking forward to going back to the classroom.  Our one big trip this summer was to head to Lake Tahoe to watch my cousin get married.  We stayed close to the lake and loved it; everything was so beautiful.  The wedding had a fun photo booth, which we had tons of fun with.  

Linda Henze – Waitsburg: Neil and I spent the last week of June visiting with family on the Washington coast and stopping by Gresham to visit with Samantha and Ben on our way home.   I also took a long weekend trip with Sarah, Stella and Elise Pearson back to Gresham in early August where we spent a day at the Oaks Amusement Park in Portland.  Fun was had by all.

Bani Gonzalez – Prescott: I had the opportunity to go to Guadalajara, Mexico to visit my family for two weeks!

Susie Payne – Dayton: The highlight of my summer was the wedding of our daughter and son-in-law in Bend....6 days of family, fun and celebrations!

Shannon Turner – Dayton: My Summer was filled with lots of adventure, camping and travel! It started in the Idaho mountains in the Can-Am (side by side) exploring new roads, trails, lookout towers, lakes, waterfalls and wildflowers. We did a lot of camping.  My Faorite trip was at Lake Coeur d’Alene with our kids and grandson. I traveled to Three Forks, Montana and spent time with my daughter and grandbaby for a few weeks. And still had time to go boating, pick huckleberries, golf, and enjoy lunch dates catching up with friends! Thankful and blessed for a relaxing and fun summer! 

Denise Winnett – Waitsburg: We became grandparents to Wesson James Beeks, 7 pounds 4 oz.  

Pam Alexenko – Waitsburg: On one of our trips this summer our family went to Rice Washington to witness the beautiful wedding of James and Leanna Lehr. One of our first trips in our trailer.  We also spent four days at Wallowa Lake with Zac and Hailey.