More Summer Fun-A picture is worth a thousand words!

All dolled up:
Grandpa and Reggie (and Kona the cat) enjoying the morning, pondering life:

The art of applying chapstick:

Finally, Reggie holding Spencer!

Loving the nice warm sand:

Floating with Grandma

My swim co-pilot...grandpa did much better this year, staying where I could see him. Only had one close call with a pit bull chasing me, but I don't think he could keep up-I think the kids were pretty worried, especially Ainsley.

Party boat :o)

Had to get a picture of this...the house under the stairs. All 3 cousins would try to cram in and play house with dolls/babies or whatever they felt like taking out of the loft:

Spencer...you are missing all the fun!

Jaunt in the woods:

Such decisions...who should pull who?

Working quickly to make a pool in the sand:

Grandma's work picnic. This was talked about all summer and we had to wait until the very end of our trip to enjoy the face painting, bounce houses, pony rides, kid games and food. Poor dad, I talked him into going this year and he ate something bad and was throwing up that evening. Thankfully, no one else got sick (maybe he just ate too much-it was free!).

Ryan and Reggie did the 3 legged race which was pretty comical. I somehow deleted the pic :o(.

Pooped after the carnival.

The evening ritual....show time. Everyone was enjoying Charlotte's Web :o).

Building a volcano. Reggie did this over and over all summer. One time, something went a little haywire and the stuff was blowing out 5 feet into the air. He was loving it!

Watching the bears at the Woodland Park Zoo. This is always my favorite and we got lucky again and we got to watch them swim. It came right up to the glass and Ainsley smartly backed away.

Grandma Peggy took the kids for a couple outings, once to the children’s art festival in Mt. Vernon and another to Friday Harbor. They did some art projects at the art festival and Reggie colored a top that he played with all summer. They went to their favorite place for dinner, McDonald’s! When I picked them up, Ainsley told me she had ice cream for dinner :o). My camera was broken, so no pics :o(

Ferry Ride. Both the kids thoroughly enjoyed the ferry. Reggie told Grandma Peggy that he wanted to live on the boat! Ainsley loved to watch the water crashing off of the boat while they were moving and Reggie enjoyed watching the ferry dock. Of course, they came home with all kinds of goodies and were stuffed from treats. It was good for them to spend the entire day with Grandma and enjoy seeing a new part of Washington.

Raspberry picking. They didn't like these berries as much as the tiny ones at the lake:

Nothing seemed to be off limits this summer. The kids were into everything and Ainsley found grandma's nightgown and decided to put it on.

Helping grandma make a pie crust. We enjoyed the best berry pie!

Buried Reggie. It is a good thing Maggie is strong!

Entertaining each other:

Passed out at Aunt Liha's. We wore Ainsley out this summer.

Slipping and sliding at Aunt Liha and Uncle Wade's:

Paddleboarding at the lake. This is a pretty good work-out and so peaceful :o). I did take a spill once due to gigantic waves...

Just finished some sweet treat:

Rough having Spencer duty:

Uncle Wade entertaining the kiddos:

Critters at the lake! The kids have seen more wildlife inside the house than outside, thanks to the hunters, Maui and Kona. They didn't do a very good job of killing and eating, although Kona loved to eat her kill in our room. Animals we saw in the house include: rabbit, mouse, chipmunk (several of these), and lizard (one with just the head that was still moving....fascinating!).

This little guy was crawling around the kitchen and decided to make its way behind the fridge-notice he is missing his tail. What fun!Chipmunk on the loose in our bedroom. It was quite the comedy to catch it. We had a mouse in the house for several days and Ainsley was in the living room and said, "Mom, the mouse is here." I put a tupperware over the top and caught it. Those are the lucky ones that escape. Sometimes, we just smell the dead smell and have to track it down that way :o(.

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