Summer toward Fall...

We finished out summer with one of our favorite activities -- the Puyallup Fair! The kids' favorite thing is the giant slide, well, & cotton candy.:)
Annika went by herself this year!!

Fishing! She caught one!

Kellen caught one too!

And so did Kaarin!

Wheee!!!!

This was the first year Kaarin was big enough to ride the slide!

Train ride!

Visiting the llama

We also went to the Fair on the opening day, with our friend Aaron. I need a bigger stroller!

Looking at the pigs!

Snuggle buddies.:)

We did not share our cotton candy with Aaron - sorry, buddy - maybe next year!

Goggle boy!

Summer! Once it finally arrived....

Once summer arrived, we had lots of fun OUTSIDE!:) It was glorious, & didn't last long enough. Here are just a few pictures (not in any order) of what we did this summer!
S'mores at our friends' house! Marshmallow on fire!

Out on a boat ride on Lake Steilacoom!

The girls went on the inner tube with Erik! So fun!

Hee hee - going fast!

Up at Lopez Island

Science time on the beach!

Sunrise on Lopez.

Woodland Park Zoo - the dinosaur exhibit!! They LOVED this!!

My golfing dudes.:)

Saltar's Point with our friend, Delaney.

Boat ride at Lopez, with cousin Jude!

Cousins Kaarin & Esther playing on the beach.:)

MOPS playdate - Kellen & Ella playing 'tennis.'

Kaarin took a class at the Little Gym - she LOVED it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As much pool time as we could get in!!

Fun at the playground!

Baseball in the back yard

Searching for crabs at Saltar's Point

Pretending to be 'Baby Aaron' :)

At Chamber's Bay

Kellen is 5!

Sunriver Birthday - new baseball helmet!

Ice cream!

Fishing pole!

New lunchbox

Pillow Pet! :)

Kellen's birthday happened to fall on the day we were driving down to Sunriver, which is kind of a bummer, but I think he had it made up to him! :) We had his friend birthday party at the end of June, since we decided that at 5 it is more exciting to have your party 2 weeks before your birthday than 2 weeks after. :) He chose to have a "How to Train Your Dragon" party, & as usual, it was a sunny, hot day for his party! Lots of friends came, & he had a great time.

We celebrated with just our family on July 7th (his b-day is July 9th) & met Erik for lunch at the Rainforest Cafe at Southcenter. It was lots of fun, though the gorillas scared Kaarin a bit - reality vs. fantasy are real clear cut for 2 yr. olds! Then we celebrated at home with pizza for dinner & ice cream for dessert! Kellen got some fun gifts, but his absolute favorite was his new fishing pole! This was definitely getting packed for Sunriver! :)

Then, while were in Sunriver, we had a Weedon family celebration! At the roller skating rink, we had pizza & balloons, & then we came back to 'our' house for ice cream & presents! He got a new baseball helmet, a new bug container, & a train for his geotrax! All in all, I think he perhaps benefited from having his birthday on a 'travel day!' But that is o.k., because Kellen is worth celebrating! Happy birthday, sweet boy! You are our favorite 5 year old boy!

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The cousins with their 'bug home.'

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