WA Trip 2009

Finally got the pictures from Ryan's computer onto mine...
We had a great two weeks in the northwest. This gorgeous family portrait will give you all a glimpse of the fun until I have some time to share the rest!

Fun With Friends

-Just a few shots of our kids having fun with some of our great friends:

Beach Day

We're leaving to go see Gramma and Papa tomorrow, so the girls and I squeezed in a day trip to the beach. It was a bit windy and chilly, but still sunny, so we didn't mind. The ocean was beautiful, and I couldn't keep them out of it, so I just joined them!

Heading out to sea...
I love Lila's two dimples on her back (just above her bottom) - one of my favorite parts of her!

The lifeguards wouldn't allow the boogie board because of the wind, so we body-surfed instead.

Pretty beach bums:

We had a fun day in the sand, and then Ryan met us at the boardwalk after work. Yum! Pizza, ice cream and a few rides - what could be better?!

14 Years

Since this photo got such an overwhelming response on Facebook, I thought I'd better post it here as well...


Can you believe that: a. I've been married to this handsome man for 14 years?!?! b. We have a daughter old enough to take such a nice picture of us?

Happy Anniversary Ryan!

July 4th!

What a super day with no agenda! We did tons of yardwork and relaxed with homemade pizza for dinner. Ryan cut the heck out of my herbs to clean out a path once again. We freshened things up with a bit of new mulch and then had a dance party on the patio. ...Videos to follow...

Fireworks

We went to our traditional fireworks display last night, and it was fantastic as usual! Lila still covered her ears for half of them, but watched all of them. Emma apparently knew 2/3 of the 3,000 people there, "Oh, there's the so and so's, etc." I guess that's what happens when you're 9!

Blueberrylicious

We celebrated the 3rd of July by riding our bikes to a local farm and picking blueberries. It was way fun, and I didn't even feel guilty for tasting the girls' blueberry-vanilla twist ice cream cones after the bike ride! It was great to do something like this with Daddy! The girls loved having him there too!

How did such beautiful girls come from these two?!?!