End of Summer

We had a very eventful end to the summer. Here are a few highlights:

Brandon's 11 year old scout camping trip to Ensign with Justin

Justin and I went on a really fun date to Seattle for our anniversary....starting with a trip around Lake Union in a boat. Here I am not doing a very good job at paddling around.

Cindy came to visit us! We had so much fun with her here. We tried our hand at the Xbox...

We went on a really neat hike to Rattlesnake Ridge

This is the lake at the bottom of the trail

Here is a look up at where the trail leads....yup....on top of that ridge

Here we are at the top of the summit! Whew! We made it! And it was worth it. Gorgeous views...

We did fondue

And we did a day up in Seattle at the Chihuly Glass Museum

And had lunch at the International Fountain

And said hi to the gum wall

We made homemade doughnuts

And played at the park

We played games

And we ate ice cream in cantaloupe! (It's a Maner thing.)  :)

Smores!

Smore on the foot.

Painting shoes with friends. Yes, that is a thing.

Picking blueberries

We had a Ward Smores activity at the church

The girls sold lemonade and cookies for 25 cents each. Their friends came out to help too...

We finally let the kids do what they've wanted to do since we've lived here....and that is to trim back some blackberry bushes to create a little fort behind our fence with the neighbor girls

Swimming lessons!

Science experiments

And one last fling with friends at the splash park before school started

Weston was very curious about everything and made quite a few messes...

Here's Dylan's car we made him

And here are some pics from our fun family day trip on Labor Day up to Fort Casey and Deception Pass!!

We took our van on a ferry ride over to an island

And drove to Fort Casey

Then we went down the steep hill to the beach and had lunch. What a gorgeous day!

Awesome fort out of drift wood

Then on to Deception Pass and a walk over the super tall bridge between islands

And as an extra special treat, we went to the new Cafe Rio on the way home....too bad it is 1 hour away from us! But it was on the way!

YUM!