Energy Burners

So our kid's are not sleeping very well lately. Let me re-phrase this....they are sleeping worse than normal. They don't fall asleep till very late (yes, we do put them down at a decent hour), wake up a few times in the night and because of this they sleep in late. A vicious cycle. So I have decided to wake them up, yes that's what I said, voluntarily wake up my children. I never thought I would do this. But I wake them up early and we head out to do some energy burning activity. Yesterday our day was busy so we did our energy burning activity after dinner. Andy and I took them on a fun (supposedly) 1 mile loop hike.

Today we went out to Big Lake. Danielle & her family are back for the week so we met them out there! We went canoeing, tubing, and paddle-boarding. So fun!

Carter going out on his own (we had him on a rope)

Elise, Danielle, & Carter

Bella & Carol

Hopefully they sleep good tonight!

Museum of Flight

We had a cold raining weekend so Andy and I decided to pack up the kids and head to.....

It was a lot of fun and very interesting! Bella showed us things she made. She was yelling at the top of her lungs "I made that! Mommy look! I made that!" Here is a picture of one of her creations......

After we were done with the space section (Bella's creation section) we were off to planes!

Then it was time for the gift shop where Carter found his Halloween costume!

Very fun day & I recommend visiting this museum to anyone in this area! We all loved it!

When's the best time to go to the park?

Well we found out the answer today and it's not when its sunny! Today was a cloudy, chilly, very windy day and we braved the outdoors by visiting a park. And we had the whole thing to ourselves! So we went crazy!

Fun in the Sun

79 degrees. Friends. Running. Biking. Walking. Beach. Such a great day!

Baseball & Flowers

We had a such a fun weekend. It started out with a Mariner's game. One of the perks of Andy being on the fire team out at the refinery is every year they take us all to a Mariner's game in style. We take a chartered bus full of drinks & snacks. Once we are there we have a suite full of food and drinks. The best way to go to a baseball game!

The rest of the weekend was spent working on our backyard. :)

Hope you all had a fun weekend too!

Summer is FINALLY Here!!

Finally. The sun is here! We had such a fun family filled weekend in the sun!

my mom, me, & aunt

my cousin & her bf

yard dart tournament

strategizing & waiting there turn

my grandma & aunt

baby boe!! i think we're having a boy :)

cousins!

Bella's first sparkler

Since the 4th we have been outside enjoying the sun. Going from sandbox to trampoline to pool. I love summer! Hope you all had a wonderful 4th and weekend!