There may be heat waves all over the country, but we sure aren’t having any in Western Washington! We’ve lived in the northwest more than (gasp!) 20 years, and can’t recall a summer so cool, rainy, and disappointing. But that’s not to say we haven’t had any decent days, there have been some. In fact, July Fourth was the prettiest day all year.

It’s been a fun and busy summer so far, with visits from Uncle Scott and Nana & Grandpa, dinners with friends, birthday parties galore, picnics in the back yard, a garage sale, the Nordstrom Sale, and lots and lots of walks and bike rides.

Kieron reached a big milestone just after he turned fourteen months. He started walking, and as expected, this spells trouble. He’s now into anything and everything, and that helmet is coming in mighty handy these days!

Uncle Scott came to visit the last weekend in June, here’s our attempt at a pic with him


Avery loves homemade banana nut bread with Constant Comment tea (yes, tea in July)

Kieron – very close to walking


Having a ball at the bounce house


4th of July Parade, Avery & Hayden watching


Then at the end we joined in the parade

Aw, matching July 4th plaid shirts

Phil & Brooklyn

The fair after the parade

Avery wanted to swap sunglasses for a while


Mmmmmm, an excuse to make cupcakes!


Random cute baby pics:







Ta da! Look who’s walking!

Nana & Avery with Thomas the Train

Snoqualmie Falls

The boys enjoying Pirate Booty in the back yard