Summer 2021 - Week 6 - Serious Water Babies

 Swim lessons were a four week crush at the Chesterly YMCA. No surprise that Charlotte dove right in on the first day, but Clark was actually quite excited and willing to try everything his teacher threw at them. 

Clark's new skills include: floating on his back, holding his breath for 10 seconds under water, and paddle kicking. *As a result of our special bonus time at the fun zone, he also now goes down the big fast waterslide. 

Miss Charlotte's skills now include: jumping off the side, front kicks, recovering pool floaties, and sitting semi-still on the steps even though all she wants to do is dive straight into the water. Yay for safety! She spends her extra bonus time creeping slooooowy towards the deep end while Mom watches with narrowed eyes. 

And just for funsies we went up to Ellensburg this week for more water fun at Irene Reinhart lake. It was windy. It was a bit brisk. But the Blairs brought a big 'ol floatie so we were happy. 

Summer 2021 - Week 5 - Unexpected Visitors

 Nothing better than when the Gailans pop into town unexpectedly. We met them for a HOT but fun day at the Fun Center where we found out a few things about our kiddos.

1) Charlotte LOVES the horses. Seriously, she spent most of her time talking people into riding on the horses with her. 

2) Girls rule at basketball

3) Clark has weird magical motorcycle racing powers. I don't think he crashed once on this game. 

4) While Clark is techinically tall enough to drive the bumper boats, when the opportunity arises, he defers to Uncle Matt:)

Super fun day! Oh and the rest of the week but some park time but mostly kids wearing ear protection putting together puzzles. Cool. Fine. Whatever. 

Summer 2021 - Week 4 - Roomate Trip

Our wild 4th of July week ended with Mom taking to the skies for some much needed roomie time with the 55 ladies. Dad and the kids limped along (just kidding, they had so much fun) but alas no pictures when Dad is in charge:)

THURSDAY: Ogden Temple, crepes, lots of screaming, amazing view and Pickleville Playhouse! 

FRIDAY: Morning walks, flipping the bird, beach bums! 

SATURDAY: Ice cream, more beach, taking every picture EVER! 

OLD SHIRTS

NEW SHIRTS

What a trip! Love these ladies and can't wait for the next adventure!!

Summer 2021 - Week 3 - Fourth of July

 Boom! 4th of July has come and gone. The heat stayed around but made for a night warm evening of loud explosions and thankfully no fires on the roof:) We were joined by Brooks and Shannon and the Pasco Gailans for way too much food and even more fun! And yeah...all the kids had headphones on this time. LOL!

Mr. Clark very much enjoyed playing games with the big kids and was actually really good. 

Charlotte flat our refused to blow out her candle so Clark helped her out. And Grandma Shannon brought yummy sugar cookies to decorate. You can see Clark has gone with a very plain template:) 

Every year it gets better and better with these two. They both stayed up until 11PM, running around like mad and enjoying every minute!

And if that wasn't enough, we got to celebrate the Moxee 4th at the McCrackens with good food, great friends, and 50 million flies:)