The end of July

We definitely packed a lot of adventuring into the last couple months we lived in WA. Jeremy was busy working down in CA much of the time so the kids and I tried to find some fun ways to keep busy.

We spent the night with the Chambers family on our trip to B'ham. The kids enjoyed their nighttime stories! And of course played non-stop before that but I got no pictures of that.

We were able to get a quick trip to Leavenworth in to take in a show. The older two were able to go with us this year and we saw Sound of Music at the outdoor theater on Ski Hill. It was great and they enjoyed the show.

The Chambers swung by on their way camping and the kids got to play for a bit.

Lots of cribbage was played. Jaydon manages to pull a number of really good hands.

I took the kids to the butterfly museum in Bremerton after leaving Grandpa and Nana's, before hitting our cousin's 1st birthday party (which I didn't get any pics of - bummer) and then heading to Auntie and Uncle's place for the rest of the weekend.

Some boating time with Uncle and cousins.

 Then we even got to go tubing on our last day. What a wonderful way to end July!

Lots of things

 We hosted Asher and Knox for an overnight - a movie and popcorn were a must

 The girls did some dancing

 Higgins got some lovin'

And we introduced our kids to Inspector Gadget (they watch both the original and the new version and enjoy it quite a bit)

Show time

 After another fun but busy holiday season we are relaxing with some show time before Lucy has gymnastics.

Peter and the Wolf

 Grandma and Gram took Jaydon and Lucy for a fun outing to lunch, the beach and then they saw a musical performance of Peter and the Wolf that had an opportunity for kids to play with a bunch of instruments afterwards.  Jaydon and Lucy both enjoyed the entire event and especially liked playing the instruments.

Leavenworth Weekend

We went to Leavenworth to hang out with Aunt Mary and Uncle Phil.  They always invite us over to partake in a summer theater show, this year Jeremy and I went to The Drowsy Chaperone, it was very funny.

The kids were pretty tired after adventuring at Auntie Jenny's all day and then being up waaay too late a couple nights in a row, finally this is how we found them crashed out around 11pm.

Family photo time with Aunt Mary and some thumb sucking

Keeloch and Bailey joined the photo

Then we got Uncle Phil to join in.

A view from their back porch where we enjoyed many meals in an amazingly lovely setting

Lucy wanted to try the sling-shot tennis ball tosser for Keeloch!  You can see by the video I did a really great job helping her :-) (Bummer, on my page I can see the video but when I looked at the blog it is a blank space, I guess I still am having no luck with videos)   We had a wonderful visit and look forward to going back for a few other weekends throughout the year.

Happy Mother's Day

We had a wonderful Mother's Day celebrating as a family!  We went to a kids theater showing of Snow White and then enjoyed a lovely lunch out with Grandma, Gram and Auntie Jenny.

Lucy walking the wall

Jaydon running the wall

Big jumps for both

Walking into the theater

The stage

Eagerly anticipating the show

The kids both enjoyed it a lot and had fun going to get some autographs on their programs

Posing with Snow White

The ladies and kids!  Thanks to my awesome family for making Mother's Day so special.