At the beginning of August we joined our good friends, the Estes, at Lake Chelan. Their sons are good buddies with Kieron and Silas. We all had a great time!
Daisy & Phoebe, matching dogs!
We rented a pontoon boat one afternoon and took the kids tubing 
The guys did some cliff jumping
Kieron and Silas went to Boy Scout Camp at the end of July. This year it was at Camp Parsons, on the Olympic Peninsula.
We finally went to Seafair this year! We took Layla, Avery and his girlfriend, Erika, to Bainbridge Island for a night and then came back early the next day and floated in Union Bay. We weren’t near the log boom, but we still saw plenty of activity and had a ton of fun!
The previous day, bound for Eagle Harbor
Jonathan, Phoebe and I woke up early to head back
At the front of the locks
Going to Lake Washington 
We played there all afternoon
Heading back through the cut – it was a little busy and we witnessed a near-boat accident! They were very foolish/lucky!
“Whew! We made it through!”
“Let’s go home!”
Here’s what we were up to in July. We invited friends, the Estes & the Andersens to play with us at Andrew’s Bay.
Hudson, Kieron, Layla, Vivian, Silas & Landry
Us with Jody, Darcey, Wendy & Blake
We took the Estes back to Seward Park & headed back to the marina with the Andersens.
Pretty dragonfly at the marina
Look who won the Father’s Day Burger Recipe Contest at Saints & Scholars!
Our good friend, the Smiths, came to visit from Singapore!
With Jen, friends since seventh grade 
Enjoying Jonathan’s burger at Saints & Scholars
Bjorn & Avery, friends since birth. Bjorn is headed to college in the Netherlands in the fall.
Layla & Elina
A lateover with Justin & Ethan. Here they are burning their used math books. 
Playing Trivial Pursuit while Silas & Kieron were away at Boy Scout Camp
Jonathan, at a work party
Layla’s good friend, Evengeline, moved to Colorado 
Layla and I went to her friend, Henry’s, party at the Reptile Zoo. She was the only 2nd grade girl invited and she loved getting up close with all the animals! 
Watching him feed this gator was a little scary! I know he’s a professional, but wow!
We had another fun and crazy season of summer swim team. All three of the kids came super close to qualifying for A Champs this year, and Layla was invited to swim there on a relay team (they took 5th out of more than 20 teams)! They all grew and learned a lot, and it was fun watching them improve all season.
At A Champs!
Layla was thrilled to get a special orange swim cap, reserved for A Champs qualifiers
Cheering our team on!
King County Aquatic Center is pretty impressive!
Cheering on the older girls with Kelsey
With coaches Lynette & Peyton
Layla and Aspen
At the end of the season banquet
With Coach Jay
Summer swim parents
At B Champs – this was the boy’s relay team! 
Jonathan took part in the Parents Relay this year. It was fun to to cheer him and his team on. The coaches won (again)! 
Landry, Silas & Campbell
Look who I ran into from Triangle Pool! My long time friend, Deanna!
