Blueberries

We had a great time picking blueberries with Aunt Lindsey yesterday. After gathering some yummy berries we went swimming for a bit and then headed home.

On our way home from Chelan we saw two fires outside of Orondo and Wenatchee. We stopped and watched a helicopter get water from the Columbia River and drop it on the fires. We were close enough to really get a good view, which was interesting. Luke & Elise both really enjoyed watching this, although the fires are a bummer.

Luke & Elise brushing teeth and getting ready to head to bed!

Happy Summer!

Here are some photos of our latest adventures.

Luke is in his 3rd week of swim lessons and he's doing great, we've gone strawberry picking out in Carnation, spent time in Chelan and at the cabin in Twisp over the 4th, enjoyed some of Keith's mountain bike races on Wednesday evenings, and tomorrow we're heading back to Chelan to pick blueberries with Aunt Lindsey and go swimming in Amma and Papa's pool.

The rest of the summer plans have us going camping up on Mt. Rainier with Janel, Todd, Brooke & Trent, visiting Grandma Sylvia in Eagle, ID, more time down at the beach in Lincoln Park, and as much time as possible spent with friends and family.
Enjoy the photos and this video!!!

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Luke took Elise sledding while we were at the cabin on the 4th of July!

4th of July parade in Twisp
The parade was wonderful. Luke & Elise collected a LOT of candy, saw a cowboy on stilts twirling his lasso, gave a high five to a real fireman, and watched some Twisp hippies dancing down the street - fun was had by all!

Luke, Audrey & Mason are trying to make Liam smile - it worked!

Luke practicing dunking his head and holding his breath at Colman Pool in Lincoln Park.

Luke, Keith & Elise at one of Keith's mountain bike races. Luke is living for the day that he can race right along Keith's side....or should I say IN FRONT of Keith!
WE LOVE YOU ALL!!

The Octopus and the Tutu

Luke the Jellyfish

Luke has been obsessed with octopus lately. He draws them, talks about them, and frequently asks to go to the Seattle Aquarium. Well, last Friday Keith took him and they had a great time. It was nice for the two of them to spend time together and enjoy the aquarium. While they were there the octopus put on quite a show. Normally it sits curled up in one of the corners of the tank, but during their visit they watched it chase after the wolf eel, which is Luke's 2nd favorite marine animal. Keith snapped some great shots!

Luke and the octopus!

Elise has discovered her pink tutu that she got for Christmas from Grandma Sylvia. Just last night as we were reading Angelina Ballerina she made the connection that she too has a pink tutu just like Angelina and wanted to put it on immediately. She did some dancing for us, which was so precious. She even thought she wanted to sleep in it, but that was short lived because it was, "Too big," in her words.

Kitty Sweater & Flower Hat

Elise is quite the silly girl. She absolutely loves pink. Anything and everything is better if it's pink! We were in the grocery store the other day and in a very excited, almost hysterical voice she yelled out, "Pink juice Mommy! Pink juice!" Sure enough, there was pink juice.

This photo was taken this morning by Keith as they were getting ready to leave for school. She is wearing her summer hat, which is sized for 7-14 year olds and almost fits her! She also has on her kitty sweater with kitty buttons and a beautiful kitty on the back. Our next door neighbor's mother knit it for Elise and she LOVES it. We asked her to knit another kitty sweater because Elise has almost outgrown this one.

Luke's favorite colors are green and blue, which he refers to as "boy" colors. From time to time, in true brotherly love, he will choose to drink from Elise's pink cup just to spice up our lives and totally annoy Elise!

No Training Wheels

Luke has been trying out his bike without training wheels
from time to time and here's the proof!

It looks like he's crying after this crash,

but he's just laughing - silly kid!

Memorial Weekend

We've had a great Memorial Weekend so far. The weather has been great, which was not predicted, so a nice little treat for us. We've spent time at the new park by our house, played a little backyard baseball, and taken dolly on the swings. We're hoping to make it to the beach tomorrow to catch a low tide and explore some tide pool animals.

Elise enjoying some time on the swings

Luke with his new baseball mitt

Hot fun in the sun

Today was our first really nice day of warm weather here. The day was spent at soccer in the morning, lawn mowing, t-ball in the backyard, some fun in the swimming pool, popsicles, a great BBQd dinner and two tired kiddos.

What's better than your ATV in the pool and a popcicle on the swing set?


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Luke has gotten very into his Legos the last 5 months. We have progressed from Keith and I building them exactly like the directions say, to morphing the designs to create a quick build for him, to Luke building his own, to him losing the Legos for a few days since he wouldn't clean them and left them scattered all over the living room floor, to finally Luke creating some pretty neat cars, space ships and his name....


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Finally...
When we were in Chelan in April
we went down to the lake to throw some rocks
into the water after we spent some time at the park.
We found this great rock arrangement while we were there.

In case you can't make it out, it says,
"WE LOVE U!"
Which of course we do.
Have a great day!!