Jonathan & Lindsey's Family Blog

My favorite things are family and the water, so we went to Bellingham to celebrate my birthday on Lake Whatcom this year. Although we love our community in Snoqualmie it always feels like going home when we’re up there. We had a ton of fun playing outside, got to visit with some of our old neighbors and had a date night at Aslan. All in all, a good day!

Lunch at Fiamma Burger

Visiting with Nicole

Party at our old beach

We headed to Reville Island for a while

Time to head back for the evening

The kids were dying to eat at their favorite restaurant, The Olive Garden, so we ordered in for them and went on a date at Aslan. It’s nice now that the kids are old enough to do this type of thing!

Day 2

With Ann & Mary

At the rope swing with Byron & Joe

Joe was quite the rope swing guy!

Our kids all took turns jumping from the tree limb

Opening cards from my sweet family

I think it’s safe to say the 2020-2021 school year was one we were all happy to see come to a close. The year started off remote and ended with a crazy hybrid schedule where none of our kids were on the same rotation. We were thankful to celebrate graduations for 3/4 of our children – from pre-k, elementary, and middle school. Lots of change on the way! We all made it and are looking forward to a fun summer and hopefully a more normal school year next fall. So proud of our kids for their resilience, hard work and positive attitudes through it all.

Grads! Hayden, Avery, Eddie, Hamza & Abdullah

8th Grade Grad!

Pre-K Graduation

Pre-K Grad!

Last day!

That’s a wrap on 5th grade and elementary school!

Done with 3rd Grade! (And that bruise on his thumbnail is from a Phoebe bite!)

Class of 2034?!

Ms. Claire & Layla

End of school year parade at the elementary. We basically all drove through and waved to our teachers.

When we went out on boating early in the season we couldn’t help but notice all the lily pads boaters had with them this year. They looked like an awful lot of fun, not to mention a great way to add some square footage to our little boat. We kept a look out for one and it paid off. We got the last one in stock at the Issaquah Costco (which also happened to be a much better deal than buying elsewhere). When I called and found out they had one left I raced to the store. I felt like I’d won big when I rolled it out of the warehouse. That afternoon we packed up the kids and took them to Lake Sammamish to try it out. We all agree it was a great find, and just as fun as it looked!

Frankie’s pizza for dinner

“Let’s roll this sucker out!”

Avery signed up for a rowing camp on Lake Sammamish this summer. Naturally, Jonathan and I decided to make a day of it and go paddle boarding during the camp. It was a fun way to kill a few hours, plus we got a close up view of the kids on the water. I think Avery had a fun introduction, and who knows, maybe he’ll consider crew in college?

Jonathan showing Avery how it’s done on the erg

Time for us to wait for the rowers

Here they come!

Dad, watching Avery’s form

We celebrated Father’s Day this year on Lake Washington. It was a beautiful day and we had a great time relaxing in the sunshine together.

Lots of boats out for Father’s Day

Aaaahhhh! A lake monster!

Opening cards back at the house

There were some funny things written by the kids in this little book