Summer Time!

My oh my, I love Seattle summers!! The weather is gorgeous, and we just want to spend all day outside. Love, love, love it!

We've had a fun, busy summer so far, and there's still a lot to do. Here are some somewhat random pictures illustrating some of the goings on over here.

Here are the guys...Justin, Spencer and Jeff (nice face, Jeff!).

Here's sad Charlie with his injured foot. And he's wearing Weston's sock.

Katelyn and Justin and Daddy day in Kindergarten

Hike to Twin Falls!

We got to take the older kids to a pre-screening of Despicable Me 2

Kid's Day in Auburn!

We had the Millerbergs stay with us the night before they moved to Utah. We had to do smores! We miss you Millerbergs!

Strawberry picking!

Lindsey making her "star watermelon kabobs"

We love swimming in the back yard!

Charlie decided that the towel was the warmest spot!

Dylan setting new style trends

Love this messy face!

Weston is getting too big already.

Weston laughing at the kids during dinner

Uh oh, post-dinner wrestling tournament starting!

Pretending to sleep

Weston has been long over due for a hair cut. Here is Brandon helping him hold still....

All done!

The Last Days of School

The kids have enjoyed school this year, and they're all sad to leave their teachers and their friends. But I think we're all ready for a break and some summer fun!

Brandon and Katelyn created this cool castle with the neat magnetic building blocks Justin brought home from work for the kids. They love them!

We went to Katelyn's graduation from kindergarten. She's grown so much this year!

They sang 2 songs and said a poem and she smiled like this through the whole thing.

Very proud girl!

And here are the big kids with their carpool friends Makayla and Karissa on the last day of school. They're DONE!!! Here we come summer!

We love Mrs. Krause! Brandon and Lindsey have both been so lucky to have her!

Lindsey will miss her!

And Brandon has done great in Mrs. Cavalieri's 4th grade class. He has become a super reader, and I'm so happy for him! Can't believe he's ready for 5th grade!!

June Shenanigans

We've had some beautiful weather lately. And we've tried to go outside an enjoy it as much as we can.

Even in our pajamas

Gosh this handsome boy is getting big. We took this picture for the poster he made to run for ASB (vice president)

It think it turned out great! I helped him with the picture, and he did all of the words all by himself. He gave a speech in front of the whole 4th grade and was competing against 17 kids for 4 spots. He wasn't elected, but I think it was a great experience for him. He wrote his speech all by himself and was totally self motivated. Great job Brandon!

Dylan thought that this hat was quite hilarious on Weston.

I sure love having this happy baby boy around!

Charlie went to the groomers to get a trim for the summer and they sliced the bottom of his foot accidentally. Poor dog! He went to the vet, got antibiotics and a stitch in his foot and has to wear this cone on his head until it heals. It's been painful for all of us. Poor Charlie!

Lindsey designed this new post-shower do with the towel. It's a traditional twist and flip with a knot tied in front to make it extra fancy.

Lovely!

"The hat that I  ------>  made up! (Lindsey!)"

Dylan has had so much fun doing a play group with friends from church this year. Here's his little friend Sadie.

The kids and their Father's Day ties!

I'm in love with those baby blues!

Daddy and Lindsey trading glasses

Everyone loves new sun glasses! It must be summer in Seattle!

I had so much fun going to "tea" at a tea house with Amanda and Tahlia. The food was amazing, and we got a tea pot full of the best hot chocolate. Yummm! I want to go back for another high tea!

Brandon's last dance concert

We had a great time watching Pacific Ballroom's last performance of the season. Brandon was able to do the Samba this time, and he did a great job! We loved watching him, and he's improved a lot this year.


Here's a  picture of his shirt backstage. He was super excited about the big ruffley sleeves! He really wanted to keep that shirt. Silly boy!

Ready for the show!

Here's a video we took of his dance. We'll get a much better video of the whole concert soon. At the beginning, Brandon is on the right side towards the back. After they do the circle thing, he ends up front and center with his partner. Then after they do the train line thing, he ends up at the front on the left side. He did such a great job! Make sure you click on the full screen button at the bottom right. It's much easier to see when it's big!

Proud sisters

And friend Makayla. Sorry about the poor quality pics. Justin's phone did the best it could, and I forgot my camera!

Thank you John for teaching Brandon this year. He had a lot of fun!