We enjoyed hanging out in Bellingham while Silas and Layla were in sailing camp. We got together with Nicole a few times!  Here we are at Boundary Bay Brewery for probably the last time. After 30 years they are closing their doors.

Mallard ice cream!

Sailing camp homework

We got matching LFS sweatshirts

Good morning, Bellingham Bay!

Went out for drinks with Nicole at Orion

We checked out Avery’s dorm building, Ridgeway Kappa

Happy Hour at a new brewery, Beach Cat

We all went to Trackside Beer Garden for dinner one evening. This used to be the site of the old, stinky paper mill that ran while Jonathan and I were in college. I love what they’ve done with it!

We visited our old neighbors, Tom and Nicole and walked down to the beach together

Silas and Layla attended a week-long sailing camp in Bellingham in early August. It was a windy week, and some days it even rained, but they were troopers and enjoyed the whole experience. We decided to make a trip out of the camp, so the weekend prior, Jonathan and Kieron brought Everlong to Bellingham and Silas, Layla and I stayed on board the whole week of camp. It was nice walking the short distance up the dock to the Yacht Club each morning. During the day I would walk to town and on the way back I/we watched them sailing in the bay for a while. We spent the evenings in town and on the boat. I’m happy to report Silas and Layla both caught the sailing bug and want to do more camps next year. We couldn’t be more thrilled! Scroll to the end to see some cool aerial videos!

Here’s what we were up to in July. I celebrated my birthday with a girls night out in Bellevue. We ate dinner out and then went dancing at the W. I love these women. They are so much fun and don’t take themselves too seriously!

Got to catch up with my friend, Anh!

For Becky’s birthday, we got astrology readings at Pineapple Life

Then we headed to Grassie Winery

Kieron has his learner’s permit!

Boeing Classic

We spent some time boating on Lake Washington

Becky and I took Avery, Silas & Declan to see The Weeknd at Lumen Field

Layla brought her doll bunk bed into her room and put some catnip in

My shadows

We pet sat our friends Frenchie, Dottie, for a weekend

Death Cab for Cutie with Becky & Zach

Layla and Mille boating on Lake Sammamish

At the end of July, Gianni and his family came to visit all the way from Belgium. Gianni was the King’s foreign exchange student during Ashleigh’s senior year of high school and our last year of college. Ashleigh and Mark flew in from Colorado so we could all spend some time together. It was fun catching up with Gianni, getting to know his beautiful wife, Emeline, and their two sweet kids, Aiden (11)  & Rose (7). Silas and Aiden became fast friends, and Layla and Rose, whose English is not as fluent as Aiden’s, played a lot of Barbies together with the help of an iPad and Google translate.

We took everyone to Bainbridge Island aboard Everlong one day and spent another being tourists in Seattle. We had a great time and look forward to seeing them again!

At Proper Fish, on Bainbridge Island

These two headed to Boy Scout camp mid-way through the visit

We took everyone to Seattle to do the touristy things. Realized it was also Layla’s first time there!

Watching cheese get made at Beecher’s