The Bus!

School is only a few short weeks away. Madeleine & friend Audrey took a tour of the bus and learned all the rules. Braden had a blast running around! Madeleine seems excited to ride the bus to school!

Vashon Island

We visited Vashon Island for four peaceful days and loved it! Our good friends live there and let us stay at their house while they were away on vacation. We tried to repay them by taking good care of their kitty cats and watering their beautiful garden.

We stopped in West Seattle at Bakery Noveau for a delicious treat on our way over. We caught the ferry with five minutes to spare. The ferry ride is quick...about fifteen minutes. 

We had a great time. We played in the backyard, went to the pool, explored every playground, went to the Farmers Market and even had a babysitter come over so we could have a date night. Nothing on the Island opens until 8am each day so it forces you to relax. We did! Jeff did some crabbing and caught enough for a yummy dinner on our last night. We had a fun family get-away!

Sporty Sportster!

Miss Madeleine is playing lots of sports right now - t-ball & soccer! She hit 3 balls without the tee last week! She has fun playing because daddy is her coach!

We also started soccer! The two sports only overlap for a month. She loves soccer! 

Camping Trip #2

We headed out on camping trip #2 to Cle Elum with Jeff's dad & Suzette. Another fun filled weekend of sun and exploring!

A very nice lady outside Owen's Meats let the kids try out her harley - so cool!

 This is a must on your way to Eastern Washington! Owen's Meats has the best beef jerky and pepperoni sticks! I used to stop here with my parents when I was little and I have the exact same picture with Madeleine on her first camping trip!

Chillin' at Suncadia, doing some wine tasting - kid & dog friendly!

School Supplies

We headed out to Target for our school supplies because Madeleine is off to kindergarten next year!!!

It was kind of stressful! I couldn't find some of the stuff on the list...our school seems to ask for more and different items then the other schools in the district. But, Madeleine was so excited to pick her monkey lunch box (she will eat lunch at school twice a month), pick her pink pencil box, special folder, and I even let her get a little "journal" :) She is VERY EXCITED!

Braden's 1st Camping Trip!

Papa & Mimi drove up from Texas with their RV and we met them in Deception Pass at the end of July for Braden's 1st camping trip! We had so much fun! We also camped with some of my old highschool friends and their kids. Andrea & Jonny were there with their boat and took us out to catch crab. At the end of a sun-filled day, we had a big crab feast and enjoyed the beautiful views!

Madeleine & Braden were so excited when the tent was set-up...it was their little indoor playground! The actually slept in the RV with Papa & Mimi though which was much warmer and way more comfortable! They slept great! 

My dad drove up for the day and hung out!

Andrea & I on the beach...hoping to make this a yearly tradition!

A baby seal was on the beach ALL day. The mama seal was out gathering food for it. We were told to stay far away and the kids listened very well. It was neat to see.

We headed out to Fort Casey the next day and stopped for ice-cream - delicious! You know you are on vacation when you eat ice-cream before lunch!

Fun game of Rat-A-Tat Cat with Papa!

Sad to leave but we got this last shot before we left...

Blueberry Picking

We met Katy & Carsen for some blueberry picking! Madeleine was finally able to come along. We got a lot of blueberries - yum!