First Day of School

Oregon Coast

For our last big vacation this year, we took a trip to Lincoln City, OR with our friends Theresa, Joe and Alaina. We rented a house right off the beach and even though the weather was crazy windy and/or foggy we enjoyed a fun and relaxing vacation. The kids were all very well behaved and I'll take good behavior over good weather any day.

Remlinger Farm

We got a groupon deal for Remlinger Farm in Carnation and enjoyed a day of family fun (and we baked a little in the sun too-note the red faces in many of the pictures).

 On the way home we were searching for an ice cream shop and happened upon a big BBQ cook off in Duvall. For a dollar you could get a huge sample from all the various places. We all had our fill after $8. It was awesome.

Zoo Day

My uncle Gary, Aunt Cybele and cousin Shelby were up visiting from CA so a bunch of the family took a trip to the zoo. It ended up being quite a turn out, I think we had a total of 18 people parading around.

Raven and Hazel

Raven and Lacey

Jacob, Benjamin, Matthew, Lacey and Shelby

Hazel, Raven, Matthew and Benjamin checking out the bears

Heidi laughing at the otters

Lacey and great-uncle Gary

Lacey loved figuring out where we were on the map

auntie Becki, Lacey and Kash(behind)

A Superhero Birthday

For Benjamin's 6th birthday we decided to have a kids only superhero party, with each kid getting a homemade personalized cape. Brian and I handled a total of 12 kids for 3 hours with thankfully no major issues/incidents. The day included lunch, a bounce house, bean bag toss, bikes, water guns, Simon Says, cake, hide-and-go-seek, and a pinata. But the highlight was a special appearance from Bug Man. Silly Brian dressed up as a villain and all the kids had to defeat him with water balloons and water guns. It was a tiring but fun time.