The Stapley Family

The Stapley Family

Thursday, August 30, 2007

A ten hour tour...


Yes the rumors about a boating trip gane bad are true. Last week I enjoyed the company of my best friend and boyfriend as we took a boat out to sea, well the puget sound. We had taken a similar trip just days before with much success! On this particular day we started off again in the early afternoon to go crabbing and possibly fishing. We launched the 14 ft aluminum boat at the Mukilteo beach as usual and headed for our crabbing hot spot just past the ferry docks. The water was a little rough but managable and the wind felt good in the beating sun. We set our traps behind an old oil pier and next to the new boeing shipping pier. It was a nice place to crab because the waves were being broken by the oil pier so we felt very protected. Hours went by and we kept busy catching three crabs and eating some pretzels and PB&J's (the favorite food of fishing trips). Before we knew it the wind had picked up. We decided to go pick up our traps and head back to the boat lauch. We pulled up the anchor and headed for that first pot. We pulled it just fine. We headed for the second one which was farther out, we got close but the waves against our boat were choppy and we decided it wouldn'e be safe for someone to stand and pull in the conditions. We headed back behind the pier where the water was safer and achored again, only to watch our 2 remaining pots bob in the water. All the small boats around us had gone in and it was still light out. The water was still really rough so we decided to wait it out. We beached the boat on a fenced off sandy beach for about 10 minutes to go to the bathroom and jumped back in to see if we could get around the pier. WE tried and tried but it was just to rough. the water was white capping and the swells were about 2-3 feet which is big for a boat like ours. So now what? Well I'll let the article tell the rest of the story...



Yep so we called Joel's mom to ask for advice and she called the coast gaurd for advice and well before we knew it the captain of the Kittatas ferry called Joel's cell Phone and well we were saved. The guys that came to save us were hillarious. Was the whole thing frightning you ask? A little but not so much.... mostly embarrassing. Especially when the ferry is shing a huge light on you so everyone can see you, and when it's delayed for 1 hour because of you and all the passangers waiting to get on are at the dock watching you get towed in. But lesson learned. I was told it was in the Seattle times too but I couldn't find it. Anyways we were on the boat a total of 10-11 hours and when we got off I really did want to kiss the ground. We all took showers and celebrated our rescue at about midnight with crab and sparkling cider. YUM YUM!

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

The Adventures of a One year-old



Cooper is turning one on Saturday and everything is an adventure! I wanted to share some of his most recent experiences:
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Click on the link to watch a cute slide show of hm on the slip and slide


He figured out how to escape my chair barracade I make for him in the living roomwhile I am mopping the kitchen floor! The Great Escape!


He has also learned to feed himself with a spoon or fork and he loves every minute of it!



And today he learned to drink from a soda can!




Happy 1st Birthday Cooper!

I'm sure we have many more adventures to come.....

Saturday, August 11, 2007

Kelli and Duffy and Family come to Seattle!!!!!!!

Kelli and Duffy and family came to Seattle for Dad's Birthday. Unfortunately, Brinley and Cooper threw up all the way here and Brinley had to lay down most of the time they were here. This is Cooper right after throwing up all over Grandma. Kelli and I spent a long time cleaning the van and we threw away Coopers baby seat and had to go get another one. It was pretty ripe!!!!!!!!
Kendall managed to stay well, until the day they left, Grandma and her got it that day and Kendall had a long long drive home. NOT FUN!!!!



Finally the last day here we got to go on a Ferry ride across the Sound to Whidbey Island. It was fun just walking on, going across and coming back.


Kelli and Kaci enjoyed just sitting and talking and playing with Cooper.
Brinley, like usual was meeting new friends.

Cooper enjoyed all the attention he got from all the family, he's growing so fast and is such a cute little guy. He has Grandpa's eyes, which is really fun to see.


While picnicing on the beach 4 Blue Angels came flying by and did some circles over head. It was Sea Fair that weekend so they were just coming back from doing a show in Seattle. It was fun to watch them.




On the beach looking for cool rocks and shells. We saw a lot of things there, the good year blimp, a lighthouse, boats, trains, some cool kites, Blue Angels airplanes, Ferries and a bunch of other things. On the way there Grandpa showed us the Boeing plant and the airplanes parked ready to test fly.




Also the adults, except mom, went to a Mariner game. Grandma stayed with the kids and we watched it on tv with popcorn and drinks. They lost!!!!!!!!!!!! But we had a ton of fun, Brinley was still not feeling well and Cooper fell asleep on us early. We watched a video and had a great time. While at the game Kelli took some great pictures but we downloaded them and something happened and I lost them. S O R R Y , they are on my computer but I couldn't copy them, the file is lost. They had a ton of fun though.

NEXT TO COME......... Kyle and Laura, which they have some fun plans in Leavenworth, so stay tuned for the blog.