Monthly Archives: July 2016

I’m back! After 20 months of knee pain, a year without running, ten months of physical therapy, and four months after surgery, I was exited from therapy and cleared to start a running program. It’s a slow start back to running, but I’m thrilled! Another bonus was that I water skied two days in aContinue reading “Back in the Game”

It turns out, kayaking is a really easy thing for kids to do. Not just our kids – I’m hearing from friends all over that kids just catch on to kayaking so quickly. My dad and I took the kids to Horseshoe Lake on Tuesday to go kayaking. Haley is improving rapidly and made itContinue reading “Kayaking”

We spent Monday afternoon out on Puget Sound enjoying the 80+ degree weather and the beautiful water with the Bonnells. Ali came over to babysit all six children while we boated to Poulsbo and enjoyed a lovely early dinner at The Loft and some street shopping. We did this trip last year as well, andContinue reading “Boating to Poulsbo”

We’ve been getting together with this wonderful group of people for the past six years. The first time we planned a reunion, there were 7 children (with four more on their way) and 12 adults. We’ve grown into an annual winter reunion, but this year we attempted to add the summer day back as well.Continue reading “Roomie Reunion Summer 2016”

For part of JT’s birthday gift, we signed him up for Cleat Soccer Camp with a local church. He plays soccer at recess, and we thought he might enjoy a week of learning more about it. It turns out, he loves soccer! We ended the week by watching a scrimmage and an awards ceremony, in whichContinue reading “Soccer Camp”

We broke out the double slip and slide last week when the weather was lovely. It’s so fun to have two lanes for sliding! We invited Sawyer and Jozie down to slide with us.

We had such a great time celebrating JT. On his birthday, Jim had to work, but he got up early (on 3 hours of sleep) and made JT’s breakfast request: French toast. Then we had a quick round of gifts from us before Jim left for work. The kids and I headed off to enrollContinue reading “JT turns 8”

I have quite a few blog posts over the years with that same title (like this one)! I got a lot of positive feedback about the Sway I created for Disneyland, and it’s much simpler than adding all of those photos individually… so I did one for this trip as well. This year the weatherContinue reading “Banks Lake Trip 1”

We ended the season on a high, to be sure. JT and Haley both had their last games on Jim’s birthday, and Haley’s end of season party was immediately after. JT’s end of season party was Sunday this week because his coaches wisely waited until they could put “League Champs” on their trophies! I didn’tContinue reading “Ending Baseball”