The Shepherds Visit!

It has been 5 full years since we have seen our good friends Jeff and Renee.  Their little "Cubby" was about 5 hours old the last time we saw them, on our way out of town to move to WA.  They've added to their family and we've added to ours!  :)  Now that they are living back in Seattle, we made a point to get together!  It won't be so long next time!  :)  Camden and Carter enjoying the Escalade.

It was a HOT weekend, so we took the boat out.

Camden and Jeff

Lots of little fish! The boys enjoyed their new friends and they seemed to get along really well!

Renee and her boys.  I love Camden's expression!

Carter taking a tube ride with his Daddy.

Cam's turn!  He loved it!

Happy Family

Our neighbor hosted a Welcome to the World bbq for their new little baby.  The boys liked holding the new little kittens too!

The water table was a big hit!

Love the babies!

Owen enjoyed the shoe selection!

Oh boy...what a mess!

We got to go to the Waterville Fair, because we got free tickets to Lee Brice.  This wasn't our ride, but it was Jason and Sue's!

Our kind hosts getting mauled!

He was a great musician!

Red Neck Hot Tub!

Neighborhood wedding

Tristan was the groom!

Going away in style!

Lake Roosevelt Sunset!

This year Jason invented this ski-chair.  On the very first try, the back of the chair broke off, but who needs that anyway!  As a stool it worked awesome!!!  It was very fun to ride!  And everyone enjoyed a turn!  :)

DeAnne on the water chair.

Julie brought 2 little kittens to the lake.  Owen enjoyed snuggling Cricket.

Do you see him in there?

Kisses for Cricket!

These are all little frogs.....cool huh?

Week In Review

Our buddy Conrad pushed the boys on the tire swing at Chelan Falls Park.

Owen's 1st finger painting.

The experts show us how it's done!

We got to spend 3 days at Olympia convention.

Brotherly Love

Tristan is in time out, Wade is supporting him.

I got to watch Lydia and Gwyndolyn while Tawn worked on Tuesday.  Then, we enjoyed some pool time!

My boys made great strides in their swimming skills on Tuesday.  Tristan has been swimming in the water with a life jacket, but Tuesday he decided he didn't need a life jacket anymore.  Wed. while he was swimming he put on a mask and started swimming under water, and today he started snorkeling!  He would swim for 3-4 minutes without coming up or touching the floor, just breathing through the snorkel!  

Wade has been content playing in the kiddie pool and on the steps.  He will only go out into the deeper water if I am holding him.  But Tuesday he put on Gwyndolyn's cool life jacket (pictured above) and immediately jumped into the water! and continued swimming!  

Owen put on this life jacket as well and started swimming across the pool by himself!  

Gwyndolyn was super brave!

Morning snuggles

Snuggle turned into a tackle.

This was Tristan snorkeling today.

We got to go to a baby shower that was one big play date.

How many kids can fit around a picnic table?