Here’s what we were up to this September!

We went to the Pink concert at the Tacoma Dome with our friends, Trish & Justin

Phoebe, ready for some shut eye

Reading The BFG

Avery had his first hot yoga class with me!

Kieron passed Avery!

We visited Nana and helped her with some yard projects

Field Day at CVES – with Emma, Liv & Sawyer

Practicing piano with Savannah

I went to Dueling Pianos at The Club with Stephanie, Sara & Kelly

With our friends, the Miles, at Andrew’s Bay

We went to Bainbridge Island for a day

Scott & Andrew went to Metallica and Pantera

After much research and a few campus visits, Avery keeps coming back to the same conclusion – he wants to go to Western. And with the Guaranteed Admissions Program, he’s as good as accepted. We thought it prudent to make one more visit before he decided not to apply anywhere else. We toured the campus, combed through the various dorm options, checked out the rec centers and explored town. The weekend sealed the deal!

Our trip happened to fall on the same weekend many upperclassmen were returning to campus, so we got to see Nicole and also visited one of Avery’s cross country buddies, Kyle.

First… Mallard Ice Cream

Touring campus with Layla

In front of Old Main

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At Edens Hall

At the VU
 

Between our old dorms, Omega & Delta

1999 in front of my dorm, Ridgeway Delta
 

Saturday night at Aslan

With Kyle, who was gracious enough to show us all around his apartment building

We drove by our old house. The trees are getting big!

On Sunday we went to La Fiamma for lunch

In front of Rumors Cabaret

We went to Pullman to visit Grammy and Papa at the end of August. I flew over earlier in the week, and Jonathan, Silas and Layla joined us Friday evening. We tackled a lot of projects and spent the rest of the time relaxing and enjoying each other’s company.

Enjoying the ambiance of the new patio lights

Earlier in the day Jonathan strung lights on the patio

Watching Migration while the adults visit

Practicing cursive

Someone made some furry friends!

We took Silas and Layla to see the Grizzlies at WSU. There are about a dozen of them there now and they seem pretty happy and well cared for. We arrived just in time for feeding and got to see three of them let out of their enclosures. One went to the field to roam. The other two, a brother and sister, headed straight for the tub of water to cool off and play.

The first day of school came up fast!  Here’s Avery’s last first day porch photos (sniff sniff).

With his OG Superman backpack!

Avery has late start this year, but got up early to grab donuts and take Kieron to school.

Silas was the last out the door on the first day.

Phoebe came to drop off with us in her new car seat.

At Meet Your Teacher with Ms. Daniels

After school, Shelby came back to play. The girls got a kick out of their matching Stanleys!   

Here’s the rest of what we up to in August:

A sneak peek of Avery’s Senior pics, by Mom

It only took 21 years for us to decide to take my wedding dress out of the box! We decided to let Layla try it on, which she loved!

Okay, I had to try it back on too!

Layla, in her pretty new dress and boots.

Kieron and Silas, preparing to sell some golf balls at the Boeing Classic.

With Grammy at the Boeing Classic

With Jermaine Kearse

And Kam Chancellor
 

We ran into Jonathan’s old rowing coach, Marty, on the course!

At Laura and Simon’s Boeing Classic White Party

With Uncle Greg

With Chili

Picking Blueberries with Shelby and Erika at Bybee Farms

Silas and Layla doing a little woodworking in the garage. 

21st Anniversary

We took Kieron and Avery to see the Foo Fighters and the Pretenders at T-Mobile Park

But first, Din Tai Fung!

Last days of summer with friends

Layla started cheer!

Sleepover with Savannah