After returning from our trip, we have been back in the summer routine which includes lot of lake play, soccer practices most nights, a soccer tournament for at least one of the kids every weekend, and lots of fun with friends. We love summer!!
Our soccer trio
soccer cuts
12 year wedding anniversary!
Russell and Ben at Sounders soccer camp
deer visiting the yard
Riley excited about the addition.
We finally caught a fish and then we caught (and released) over 30 fish in just one day! The trick-these fish prefer worms vs. store bought powerbait. Now we just need to catch a big one!
Sofia, Ben and Riley putting on a half time performance at Nate's soccer game. :)
This was me attempting to take a nap.
Ben was so happy he passed the swim test at the Y!
Rily is now learning to play the electric guitar AND the drums. I stayed up till 2AM putting these together and then she got up at 7AM and started playing…I needed a nap that day but as you can see from an earlier pic, naps are hard to come by in this house.
The kids have been trading off throwing dance parties in thier rooms, here is Ben getting set up on the night he was the host. I have yet to be invited!
Watching history - HRC is the democratic nominee for POTUS! (The boys were at soccer or they would have been watching too.)
Uncle Joey came to visit for a day - he was just in town for the weekend for his friend's 40th birthday. The kids loved fishing with Uncle Joey and Joey was here for Ben's soccer scrimmage.
Saturday morning street soccer event for they youngest boys and girls teams in the club. Benny had so much fun!
We got off the cruise ship early in the morning on the 4th and Nate got sick on the way home, so we had a low key celebration. We played on the lake and then walked up to see the town fireworks show at night.
We had a blast with Sadie, Uncle Andy, Auntie Val and Gramps on our 7 day Disney Cruise from Vancouver to Alaska. We loved having free time on the ship (the kids were so excited to explore on their own), swimming, watching the amazing stage shows and Disney movies, and taking advantage of eating all the time! We saw icebergs, glaciers, whales, eagles, seals and lots of other beautiful scenery.
A day and night in Vancouver, Canada before the cruise.
Ready to go!
A bit windy!
silly hats at the character breakfast
They brought an iceberg on the ship!
Here is a Donald we like! ;)
Our first port city was Skagway. We went panning for gold in Liarsville and then we went rock climbing and then repelled down a 70 foot cliff. (Ben was too small so he and Gramps hung out on the ship during the rock climbing.)
Sadie, Riley, Meg, Andy, Val, Mesh, Nate
Next we stopped in Juneau and went to the Mendenhall Glacier and then took a tram high above the city.
Ketchican was the final port of call. We saw a Lumberjack show and took an eagle and whale watching tour. This was the only day it rained - we lucked out with good weather the rest of the days.
On the last day at sea, Sadie and Riley participated in the Talent Show, singing "22" by Taylor Swift. Adorable!
Practicing for the talent show.
My phone stopped recording part way through but here is the beginning of their performance.
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