We got out on the boat as much as we could this summer. We never got into salt water this season, mostly played at Lake Sammamish and went to Lake Washington and Lake Union a couple of times. I decided to lump all the pictures together in one post.
Dalton and Avery
Ethan
Tying up with Niki & Simon
The kids all did summer swim league on the Snoqualmie Tiger Sharks team again. Here are a bunch of pics from the season: 
That’s Avery in a good race
Sienna, Ireland, Layla, Capri, Brooke and Aspen
Hayden, Tanner, Avery, Matthew and Griffin
Wyatt and Silas
Hayden, Tanner, Matthew & Avery
Uncle Brian flew back from California with us and stayed a couple days before traveling on to see Grammy & Papa and the Avery’s of Pullman. We took him to the new hydroelectric museum over by Snoqualmie Falls.
We watched the Flyover at the Boeing Classic
I loved some of the textures at the museum, so I had Layla pose for a few shots while we were there:
We went to Newport Beach in early August and had a great time visiting as usual.
We did some playing at the beach.
Cooking with Aunt Julie
At Balboa Island
Jumping in
Uncle Brad took us to City Hall and gave us the grand tour. Avery got to meet with the City Manager and ask questions, and the rest of the kids checked things out a bit more.
Having a mock City Council Meeting
Playing at the beach some more – I think this was at Crystal Cove
While we were in Newport, Uncle Brad and Aunt Julie took us up to Emerald Bay on Galatea for the day. It was an amazing way to spend the day, and neat being on the rolling waves in the trawler. The highlight was definitely having dolphins swim with us on the way back!
There’s Horsefeathers, the sailboat we’d take out later in the week.
Everyone got a turn to steer the boat
At home in the galley
Time to jump in!
Dolphins!
