Nana's Work Picnic

 Yesterday was Nana's work picnic. They went all out and got some fun blow up toys. 

 It was 95 degrees out so everyone was glad there were some water toys. Lauren LOVED the dunk tank and was the dunk girl most of the party. She wants to have a dunk tank at her next birthday party. 

 Fun water slide!

 Wee!

 Trying to get Lauren dunked!

 Success!

 They had a food truck and an ice cream truck- so fun!

Thanks for the invite Nana- we had a blast! 

Staying cool

The kids have been camping out in our room the last few nights since our room is the only one that has AC. The temps upstairs have been in the high 80's! 

Dino Ben

 Last night Ben came down in this dragon costume. He said to me, "I still can't fly really good but I'm getting better," and he kept trying to "fly" off the couch. It was cracking me up. He really believes the wings on this costume make you fly! Too funny. 

Zoo

 Kelly came down to spend the weekend with us. Saturday night we got in some fun girl time down in Kirkland. Sunday we took the kids to the zoo. 

Pretending to be gorillas! By the end of the weekend I was ready to leave them there with the gorillas:) 

Ski Boat

 On Saturday our neighbors invited us out on their ski boat. The kids were pretty funny- it was their first time on a boat other than Nana & Pa's and they were confused why it didn't have a bathroom & a kitchen. 

 They were also total wimps and didn't like going fast at all. 

 Lauren & I went on the tube, I thought she'd love it. 

I was wrong! She hated it and cried & screamed the whole time. When she got off Kevin & I went for a ride and then it was my turn to cry and scream. I haven't been tubing in years and apparently I was a lot braver in my younger years:) 

I don't think a ski boat is in our future. Bummer. 

But it was fun to spend the day out on the water in the sun! 

Phone Pics from the Week

Lauren with her swim class, berry picking with the crew, Hadley, Lauren & Sadie pretending to be Olympic swimmers, cute Carsie, and Lauren & Ben leaning on a fluke sculpture that I realized was $53,000 and quickly made them move away from!

Last T-ball game

Tonight was the last night of t-ball!

Our pet orca

Lauren really wishes she could have a pet orca. Since that's not possible this is her solution. Wonder how long it will be living in our counter? Love our whale obsessed girl!

Fun weekend in Bellingham

Baby Lauren

Lauren has always had a thing for squeezing into clothes that are too small but today she really took it to another level. She asked me to get her baby clothes out and she came out like this! Both are size 3-6 months. She's a funny one!

Buddies- then and now

 Lauren & Wyatt were born about 5 weeks apart. I took this picture of them last week and it was fun to look back at the pics of them when they were newborns and babies. Now they are big 6 year olds- before we know it we'll be posting their high school graduation pics!

 I think Lauren was about 2 weeks and Wyatt about 7 weeks here.

This was in November of 2006, so about 6 months and 7 months. 

Summer

Last week we went swimming at Cottage Lake pool on one of the fabulous 75+ degree days. We all had a blast.

 This girl would live in the pool if I'd let her. After 2 hours of non stop swimming she is still mad when its time to leave. 

 Though it most definitely tires her out, I found her on the couch like this shortly after we got home. 

 Having fun playing t-ball. 

We went to Farrell McWhirter Park for a picnic on Friday with Nana, Carson, & Hadley. 

I love these 4 crazies! 

9 years

 Lunch at the Tav, one of our old favorites. They even had gf burgers, fries, & beers. Loved it!

 Where we met- in the summer of 1999- that sounds like sooooo long ago! 

We celebrated our 9 year anniversary by going to Ellensburg for the night and pretending we were still in college. The 2 day hangover I've had from that night proved to me I am not still in college;)