50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration

On July 6th the Duty family hosted at their home in Black Diamond, WA a 50th Anniversary Celebration for Mom and Dad. Family, relatives, and friends enjoyed a great afternoon. The family presentation by the kids and grand kids relating a number with a fact or memory to all 50 years was a hit. A catered dinner, and video memory dvd were among the other hi-lights.

Baseball, Baseball, and more Baseball...

This years high school baseball season was a great year for Taylor and had him starting as varsity sophomore pitcher and shortstop. Hi-lights from the season saw him hitting a left-handed opposite field homerun his first at bat, pitching a no-hitter, a 1-hitter (only to lose to a no-hitter pitched against us), and a 2-hit game. Was named to the Greater St. Helen's All-League Team as a pitcher.

Taylor and friend Drew who catches will being playing for a team based out of Federal Way, WA this summer. Lots of driving and late evenings but it's an opportunity to raise their level of play and see how they measure up against other players in the Seattle area... The team web site can be located here. Here are links to Taylor's Player Profile and Photo's from the Buzz team this summer.

Our Home "It does snow here"

Our home on a rare moment with snow... most of the time it rains, but it was enough today that it canceled school! Everyone totally freaks out here driving in the snow so it doesn't take much to shut things down.

Christmas in Mexico!

For Christmas this year we celebrated Mom and Dad's 5oth Wedding Anniversary in Mexico... They flew and hosted all our family's at the Marival Hotel & Resort (all inclusive... food, drinks, and fun in the sun) in Nuevo Vallarta for seven days. The pictures speak for themselves, we had a great time. Here's a link to our Photo Album at Google's Picasa.