July

 We rented to jumbo paddle board at Juanita Beach with friends and had a great time! 

 Pre- 4th of July fun at the boat with Nana, Pa, Ryan, Megan, Hadley, Carson, & Bob. 

 The kids are in the brochure! 

 Dinner party at the yacht club. 

 Carson the dancing machine:) 

 And Bob and Megan the dancing machines:) 

 So much crab!!! 

 My 4th of July dessert display. 

 Lauren's team was in the parade again this year. 

 The cousin crew came to watch!

 Getting ready for our 4th of July BBQ. 

 SO excited to be reunited!!! 

 The Sweaney's arrived back in the US just in time to celebrate the 4th with us all. 

 Our neighborhood had a 4th of July block party with fireworks and dessert. 

 Me with Christie and Beth

 Me with Kelli & Katie

 Lauren and Lizzie having fun with sparklers!

 Lauren and Lilly in their matching jerseys. 

 These two were SO excited be able to play video games together again! 

 Playing Ninja warrior on the park. 

 Having fun at our new fire pit!

 Mary, Lilly, & Lauren at McMenenamins Pool. 

 The cat whisperer. 

 Kids got a kick out of these GIANT chairs at Big 5. 

 We took the girls ReFit at Evergreen Church- it's a fun dance exercise class. We had lots of laughs. 

 Grownups had a night out at Purple Cafe and Mark Ryan winery- lots of fun reconnecting! 

 Our first Sounders game! Ben was supposed to come with us but then he got invited to a party that was at the game too (how crazy is that?!) so Lauren brought Lizzie. 

 The Sweaneys had tickets a few rows behind us! 

 We had a great time, super fun atmosphere- lots of good energy! 

 Luke & Lilly wanted to go find Ben with me. 

 So many flags being waved in the crowd, was a really cool sight. 

 Roasting marshmallows with Luke & Lilly on their last night with us. 

 Last day together- So hard to say good-bye to their friends. 

 The kids and I hiked with our a few of our neighbors to Cherry Creek Falls out in Duvall. It was so beautiful! 

 Kevin was excited to take the kids to see the BFG since it was his favorite childhood book. It was a cool movie, definitely brought the book to life! 

 We spent 4 nights in Seabrook in mid July with our college friends and had such a good time. The kids were excited to make homemade ice cream our first night there 

 The first day there was a bit chilly but the rest of the time was sunny. Either way it is such a beautiful area. 

 Family Selfie:) 

 Gymnastics on the beach!

 Love all the shapes in the sand created by the water. 

 The long stairway down to the beach gave us quite the workout each day!

 Ben had fun playing in the sand with Wyatt. 

 We rented skim boards 3 days in a row and the kids spent hours learning how to do it. They got really good at it, it was quite impressive! Even the owner of the rental shop was impressed! 

 Kevin learned to skim board as well! 

 Lauren and Vianne had lots of fun together just being silly! 

 The dads having a drink on our balcony. 

 The house the Murphys stayed in had a mini hot tub- the kids loved it. 

 Kevin & Collin, college roomies. 

 Jodi, Me, & Aimee. 

 So much fun roasting marshmallows- our FAVORITE dessert! 

 The skim board pros! 

 I walked to the store to buy a bottle of wine- Aimee thought it was a good photo opp:) 

 Just can't get enough of the view!

 Vianne insists on wearing beautiful dresses at all times, even to the beach! We all got a kick out of her 3 year old style! 

 Father/Daughter bonding on their ipads:) 

 I spent hours walking on the beach looking for sand dollars- reminds me of Grandma Charlene and our summers at the beach. 

 I found this driftwood covered in mussels, it was really cool to watch them all move. 

 View of the stairs from the beach. 

 Kids had lots of fun playing in the pool in the morning when it was still overcast and cool. 

 My finds! 

 Cutest boy on the beach!!! 

 Selfie:) 

 Someone was a bit grouchy one day and spent some time under the towel pouting...can you guess who it is?

 Love all the cute touches in Seabrook- everything there is just darling! 

 We went out to eat our last night there at the Mill and had delicious clams! 

 Had to take some pics before we left, was hard to leave such a peaceful beautiful place. 

 The Koks

 The Palacios' Family

 So long Seabrook!

 The kids and I rode our bikes to Starbucks- the ride there was great, the ride home was rough- steep hill and 80 degree weather is hard! 

 We got new carpet and Ben and I had to spend the entire day outside. We played Monopoly for hours (Lauren was at a friends and Kevin was working). 

 Of course the day we decided to go up to the boat the weather turned cloudy and cold. We still had lots of fun kayaking and crabbing with Nana and Pa and Carson and Hadley. 

 It was Lucy's first time crabbing- she loved it! 

 The girls saw lots of seals and were pretty excited. 

 Cutest nephew ever!

 I had a blast at the Kenny Chesney concert with my parents. 

 He puts on such a great show!!

 I had so much fun I had to buy a shirt:) 

 Holly came down to visit with Jodie and Nancy for a night. We had a great time playing at Juanita Beach. 

 Of course we had to get popsicles at the beach!

 Nancy loved laying in Lauren's bed- she would just lay in there and giggle. I think she felt really grown up. 

 We went to the zoo and had a great time. We babysit Jodie when she was a baby so it was really fun to get to hang out with her now that she's 4. She is really grown up and Lauren couldn't believe how "mature" she is. She really is a great kid!

 So serious reading the map. 

 It was Jodie and Nancy's first time on a carousel and they loved it. 

 The bear was so close to us, kids loved it. 

 We said good-bye to them at the zoo and they headed to the ferry. 

 The kids and I got ice cream and stayed to explore a little longer. 

 The orangutans are one of my favorites, I can't get over the way they look at us and make eye contact. I swear they are begging us to set them free. 

We had a fun beach day with our neighbors the Axons.  

 Kevin and I rode our bikes to Redhook and met up with my school BFF Stacey and her husband Erik. We ran into another teacher there too! 

We had another rainy day in July and I took the kids to see the new Ice Age movie. It was cute...but the seats were so comfy that I fell asleep:)