01-29MAR22 - Sultan, WA

Sunday AM, 05MAR, off to state fairgrounds in Puyallup for “The Revolution” Brazilian Jiu Jitsu tournament; a two day tournament in which Raymond, Jaxson & Mason are competing.  Yesterday Raymond won his bracket (unfortunately we could not attend his day).

Today was the grandsons brackets; won’t go into all the details but everyone made it to the podium.

The Revolution - A Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Gi and No-Gi Tournament - Puyallup, WA (thefair.com)

Then we grabbed the grandsons and took them back to the house.  After dinner was fire in the family fire pit, but because of darkness, we didn’t do smores.  But had “indoor” prepared smores afterwards.

Monday AM, due to avalanche danger, no snow activities as planned with grandsons.  So off to Mukilteo with grandboys to explore the beach area; unfortunately lighthouse closed.

Lunch at Ivars.  Then to St Edward St Park in Kenmore; finally back home to repack the truck to take grandkids to Edmonds ferry to get them home.

Saint Edward State Park | Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission

Rest of month spent on routine activities: more vaccines we got our second shingles shot in addition to the four shots already for covid; car maintenance (including replacing cabin air filters?); Corrie preparing garden for spring and summer; Dan gets first haircut since covid restrictions; some skiing; one of Corrie’s teeth breaks off - will require major dental repair soon; one more girls’ day out with Jan Formisano.

Finish the month stating Sunday 27MAR, by getting ready for next weeks RV trip to rendezvous with Rebecca & boys in Crescent City, CA.  We move RV out of shop/RV garage building & take it for test drive (since it has not moved for months).  Rest of day spent packing RV, & some mowing in late afternoon.

Monday AM Dan does partial day of volunteering at food bank; Corrie all day with medical appointments.  Tuesday great weather and big effort getting RV ready for tomorrow’s departure; test run generator also, then hook up toad.  Some re-learning of how things work, because of long time since last RV travel/operation.

01-28FEB22- Sultan, WA (not much done or happened)

As usual February was shortest month in the year, but for us it was also especially quiet!.  So very few “events” to note; and very few pics taken.

One big newsworthy change was our son Joe changing his “status” on facebook to Married to Bethany Chiasson🥰  Formal event for family and celebration to follow!

To keep “busy” during the month, we spent some time not doing much:

>Dan continued to volunteer at the Sultan VoA Food Bank in town.

>Corrie had another girls’ day out with her fiend Jan Formisano.

>Dan got in some great spring skiing at Stevens Pass with Coast Guard Academy classmate Paul Iremonger and Paul’s son Dimtri🙃

>Dan celebrates valentine’s day by having a routine colonsoscopy☹

>But no babysitting the grandboys (Jaxson & Mason)as is usual & very much enjoyed by us, in support of Rebecca & Raymond.

01-31JAN22 - Sultan, WA ( grandson jaxson is ten 🎈)

Saturday (first day of the new year 2022), wake up to still freezing temps.  Rebecca & Raymond pack-up to head home with their boys (Jaxson & Mason).  But first they let the boys play/sled one last time in the snow for two hours.  Then we feed them lunch & send them on their way.   Finally, we collapse and become couch potatoes (Corrie starts new year feeling under the weather☹)

Sunday temps start to warm-up and rain arrives mid-morning.  Finally we can see the snow that has been on the ground for over a week start to get smaller/disappear😊  But that night temps dropped & rain turned into wet snow.  Monday AM wake up to two inches of new snow.  Areas where yesterday’s rain had removed snow from some cleared areas (like shoveled decks, tire tracks in driveway) now had snow cover and driveway was very tricky to use, especially on non-level areas☹  Tuesday weather still around freezing but at least no new snow.

Not much done, can’t go to Jaxson’s for his tenth birthday, because of road conditions. Big event of January was grandson Jaxson’s belated tenth birthday on the 29th of January (almost three weeks late) at DEFY (same place Mason’s b-day party was at on 24SEP).

The Ryan RV Express: 01-30SEP21 - Sultan (🎈grandson mason is eight)

DEFY Silverdale | Washington | DEFY Trampoline Parks

To keep “busy” during the rest of January, we spent some time doing:

>The Sultan VoA Food Bank in town was closed for first two weeks of month because of ice & snow conditions on roadways.  Dan continued to volunteer in last half of month.

>Corrie had girls’ day out with her fiend Jan Formisano.

>Dan got in some great skiing at Stevens Pass.  All that snow last month was a good thing for skiers/boarders🙃

>And lots of babysitting the grandboys (Jaxson & Mason) in support of Rebecca & Raymond.  Often combined with watching their indoor soccer games, & jiu-jitsu practices.