Let's go way back...to May that is!
We enjoyed the Kitsap Destruction Derby!
USS H.M. Jackson Gold crew picnic! The fire truck came for the kids to explore. Definitely Julius's favorite part of the day! Daddy's favorite part was winning a door prize, an XBox 360! Julius also loved playing football with Daddy and the other guys from the boat!
And of course everyone loved the cotton candy machine!!
Mommy's favorite part of the day, baby ducks!! Adorable :)
Getting ready for bath time!
Mother's Day flowers!
My buddy and me!
Lydia's 8 month pics!
Mommy told Julius that spiders might get on him...mean Mommy!
Rocking some new sandals from Granny!
And a new hair bow from Nana!
Chunky girl!!!
June 5, 2012
Watching Venus transit the sun!
Playing in our cardboard tunnel!
Lydia cut her first tooth! You can see it in one of these pictures!
Yes, it's June and we're still bundled up like it's March! But we're used to it! Julius has got the hang of driving Francesco! He can squeeze it between parked cars and maneuver it out of the garage too!
Challenging the dump truck to a race?
Checking the tire pressure :)
Checking out the damage...I'm sure he ran into the curb on purpose!
Pushing him into the pit...must have been a bad crash, lol!
His biggest fan!
Making cake pops with our favorite missionaries :) We miss Elder and Sister Finnegan already!!
Happy Father's Day Daddy!!
Lydia's 9 month pictures!!
"I like to read books about cars too, what's wrong with that??"
She loves to point with her index finger and she picks things up with the little pinching motion too!
Silly baby, books are for reading!
Finally a warm day. Unfortunately it wasn't warm enough to get wet. We really just sat outside in our suits so we weren't in the hot house. No air conditioning is tough on a chunky baby! :)
She looks like she wants to crawl! It didn't happen though!
Happy July 4th!!
We opted for sitting in our truck on a hill, watching the fireworks down on the Poulsbo waterfront! The show was actually July 3rd.
Yes, it was chilly enough for sweatshirts!
Had a pretty good view without the loud noise!
After the show, messy truck :)
So, on July 4th, we enjoyed the Bainbridge Island Grand Ol' 4th Celebration! Daddy had the usual fair food, grilled sausage dog. Mommy and Julius had frito pie, YUM! We also walked through the car show, always fun! And then had these wonderfully delicious homemade ice-cream sandwiches!! When I say wonderfully delicious, I mean it!! Daddy had chocolate chocolate cookies with vanilla ice cream and Mommy had salted oatmeal cookies with coconut ice cream! Amazing!
Julius had a homemade ice cream bar!
Pretty sure we all loved our ice cream!!
Maybe Lydia will try out the mowgli crawl for a bit....you know, from The Jungle Book :)
Chehalis Centralia Railroad and Museum
We took a ride on an old steam train, super fun!
The whistle is louder in person, that's for sure!
We fed Lydia some lunch just before the train left the station.
Julius was so excited!!
Until the whistle blows, lol!
A full tummy would do this to you too!
Some of the scenery :)
Waiting for the engine to switch ends.
She slept the whole time!
Julius called these marshmallows, much to the delight of the older gentlemen seated next to us!
Mt. Rainer or Mt. St. Helens...not sure which!
Railroad ties always make me think of my Dad! Also, how stinkin' heavy they are!
Pretty fields!
Definitely Mt. St. Helens!! Also, amazing!
Just a cool bridge!
My pool boy! Finally a warm enough day!!
We also got a bigger pool, so now we have three...but of course we all enjoyed the one!
July 16
Daddy reenlisted in the Navy!!
First he was Honorably Discharged...
...sworn back in...
...and reenlisted!
Mommy got a Certificate of Appreciation :)
Signing away his life, lol!
July 17
Lydia decided to crawl for the first time and pull-up to standing too!
July 19
My baking assistants! We were working on Daddy's Birthday cake! They helped out by making a mess! :) I was around in the kitchen when I heard delighted little giggles from both...
and this is what I found!
Mommy fried Daddy some wings.
Balloons are just fun!
Batman paid us a visit :)
We are having a great summer! Hopefully we will have more sunny days than we've had so far! As always, we are grateful for our family and love spending time together!
