Summer Highlights

I was going to call this June highlights, but considering August starts next week, I decided to call it summer highlights instead. Ps, the fact that August starts next week makes me want to just weep. Summer just arrived here. Please don't leave!! PLEASE!!!



I've blogged about the major events in the summer, so here are just so snippets of other fun things we have done.

We have gone strawberry, raspberry, and blueberry picking

 

She just woke up. It is like my favorite picture of Madison

We got to tour Kelsey's school. I almost cried and it was just a tour!!!

She is moving about as fast as this picture. It is literally the cutest thing I have ever watched

We try to get to the beach around 3 times a week. Enatai is our favorite

She was trying to make me laugh. It worked. Madison can find humor in anything. Such a gift

Maybe the worst burn I have had since I was 15. It was excruciating and lasted for days. I felt like such an idiot for getting so burned. 

I love watching the girls act girly

This is not the best picture, but it has all of Kelsey's dearest friends in it. She always looks this happy when she is with her friends. Kelsey has the happiest smile.

Amazon had "Bring your kid to work day." We all got a lunch box and HUGE buffet of food and got to walk from building to building doing activities. "Dad's work is so much fun! I wish I could work here too" :)

On one of our babysitting swaps with the Salmons, Ethan and I went on a hike up Rattlesnake Ridge. MY pregnant behind was not ready for the mile up hill, but it was so worth the view.

One of my dearest friends has to move to Germany. My heart is already breaking. She leaves in about a month. Luckily we accidentally twinned at beach day so we can always have this picture. I am going to miss her so much

She wanted to "snuggle" with dad. Aka "pone" please!

You can't really see it, but there is a slug as long as our map. GROSS!!

Father's Day

A gardener was trimming flowers and let us take them home

Ever since we bought our paddle board, this is how we have spent about 3 nights a week. Sometimes its colder than others, but its always perfect. I'm trying really hard to ignore the fact that winter comes back.

When Ethan gets super bored, he sends up selfies that make us laugh

Our friends are super awesome and have a zip line in their backyard

Amazon Picnic

One major perk about living and working in Seattle, are all the Amazon parties that we get to go to. They have one about every 6 months but only in the corporate offices.

Their summer party was at Century Link Field again but this time we got to take the whole family. There were activities and food EVERYWHERE!!! I can not express how much I mean EVERYWHERE!!!! Every kiosk, people walking around, tables with buffets, trolley carts, and beverage bins. Food EVERYWHERE!! And it was all fun food too like cotton candy, fries, hot dogs, ice cream, funnel cakes, nachos, pizza, dip an dots, popcorn, chicken nuggets, and on and on and on.   I seriously don't even want to think about what our family consumed that day.

They divided the party out between two days so lines weren't too terrible. It was still a lot of people, but I've heard in years past it was just unmanageable. Balloon art, blow up slides, petting zoos, fishing, face painting, crafts, Disney characters and so much more. We got to the party around 10 and didn't leave until 4! time just flew by. The girls were awesome and we just had the best time.
The girls enjoyed meeting Moana, I enjoyed getting our family caricature, and Ethan enjoyed kicking a filed goal down on the field. Everyone walked away with a pair of sunglasses, a picnic blanket, full tummies, and a highlight of the day. Great party Amazon

 

Madison is surprisingly not pouting. She asked if she could get on the floor for the picture. This was towards the end of the day so I think the sugar high was starting to wear off. Don't worry, right after this we grabbed a snow cone so she was good to go for about another hour 

 

I absolutely HATE me in this picture and think  Ethan looks like a creepy Ken doll, but the girls are just so so CUTE!!!

Madison not only got near the animals but touche them too!!! I was a Christmas miracle! I'm not sure if she had "fun" doing it, but she totally did it!!! And Kelsey, well, Kelsey gave them all a hug and kiss before we could leave. Her favorites were the baby bunnies and the baby pigs.