The Bankert Family Journey continues.......

The Bankert Family Journey continues.......
We are now back in California and loving being near family and the SUN!!!

Wednesday, February 21, 2007



Wild, mossy Washington.......you can just smell the furtile soil.

See most of you soon! Our next adventure should be Marla's 60th Birthday Bash onboard the Norwegian Sun! We can't wait!!!! For those of you that aren't going: it's not too late and rates are pretty darn good so just DO IT and be part of an amazing memory that you will cherish a lifetime! Can't wait to see and hug you all in New Orleans!!! Laissez le bon temps rouler!



Cassidy talking with her beloved Auntie Jenny......in her cute sweater from her wonderful Auntie Helen.


Sing along now, "M E R........L O T.....M O U S E!!!!!!!" Gotta love this shot of Bates hamin' it up at Roy's farewell dinner! It's our new favorite shot and after the week he went through last week, it goes with a toast of "NO BAG!!!!" Yeehaw and thank you Jesus and thank you family and friends for all your prayers!

We love Uncle Roy! We miss him already.......One of our last "hoorahs" before he left the area. Doesn't he look great in my farm-chick hat?? We pray that many blessings are coming his and Corey-Walker's way.
I've been taking lots of pictures of the Sequim area. It has always been a farming community and is struggling to hold on to the small farms that are just marvelous! Old farm equipment and barns are just everywhere molding into the ground as Mother Nature covers them with moss and takes them over.


Cassidy loves-up her soft, squishy bunny from Uncle Ocey!


Sunrise on Da Farm......just another gorgeous view from our home in Paradise.
"My blood runs cold (clap clap), my angel is a centerfold!!" Didn't we leave Vegas for this very reason??? Ha Ha Ha!!!


Nonnie and Cassidy kickin' it by the bay.......she points to Lois and tells everyone that she sees that this is "Non-Non".......too funny!

We're hoping and praying that her other grandma will be moving here soon also......................:)



It goes from white and snowey, to green and gorgeous in a matter of days.....We've never lived anywhere like it! Here's our little movie starlette posing on a sunny day. We went to the nearby John Wayne Marina and had a nice, long walk and then a picnic by the bay. Can you tell that there are ducks here? (The clue be on the little shoe!)