Oh the joys of Spring!

Ariel View of the new medium security expansion at Coyote Ridge Corrections Center. We are currently expanding from a 600 bed minimum security facility to a 2014 bed medium facility. In the end we will have a total of 2600 offenders give or take a few. We will be the largest medium security facility in the state!

Some friendly elephants at the Woodinville zoo.

Spring is a wonderful time of year for Eastern Washingtonians! Farming is getting underway after a long sleepy winter. Gardeners are abundant in their neighborhood taking care of their carefully manicured lawns. We start having the spectacular thunder storms were I can sit on my porch and watch the lightning dance across the sky. But the best thing about spring...The one thing that I enjoy the most...Is SPRING VACATION!

This year Kat family broke out of the norm and decided to spend spring vacation separately. Normally we all take a trip to the Oregon coast. Kat and I decided that we would take Kylee to the zoo. We headed out Thursday morning down the Columbia River Gorge for Troutdale. Last year Kathleen found a great sale on children's clothes at OshKosh Bagosh. This year the sale was still on and Kylee now has an extensive summer wardrobe! She is at the height of fashion this year!

We also decided to spend the weekend with Jeff and Steve. They have a great house in Redmond/Woodinville. We enjoyed spending Friday evening with their friend Tom and three lovely dogs which Kylee really enjoyed. She was fond of their cat until it scratched her. She tried to mend the tift between her and the cat, but I don't think the cat was having anything to do with Kylee. Tess loved Kylee! For the most part Kylee loved Tess! Until he became too friendly and licked her a lot. Kylee would follow the gentle advise from Uncle Jeff and would say "Tess...Tess". After some coaxing from Jeff Tess would comply.

Saturday was a beautiful day in Seattle. The problem was everybody in Seattle thought so to. There was a lot of traffic, and a lot of people. At that point I was ready to get home to our minimal traffic issues. We eventually made it to the Woodinville zoo. Kylee loved the animals! Especially the elephants and the orangutan. All in all it was a good weekend and were are truly grateful to uncle Jeff and Uncle Steve for being our taxi service and such gracious hosts!