The Chair....

This is my Mom's cement chair. It was delivered after we got back from the beach. She had a slab of cement laid for it and the ottoman that goes with it. The slab of cement looks like hard wood flooring. The kids got a kick out of watching the boom truck.

The ottoman

My Mom (Poppy) and all the grandkids! From top left, Rebecca, Marcella, Chloe, Lorene, Poppy holding Garrett, Jackson holding Hannah Lu, and Lilly in the front.

I knew my Dad got a motorcycle, but had no idea it was a bullet bike!

My brother and his wife rode their bikes up too, they have the matching green ones. Then my sister Patty's friends Shirley and Buddy rode theirs up too! Had to get a picture. Can't say I have seen this many bullet bikes in one place before!

Beach day!

Jackson and his cousins, Lorene, Rebecca, Chloe, Lilly, and Marcella swimming in the Puget Sound

My sister, Garrett and my Mom walking back to our picnic area. Garrett isn't very fond of the water.

Auntie Patty showing Hannah Lu a sea shell!

Lorene, Jackson and Lilly swimming

My brother Ryan and his wife Ashley wearing their lovely beach gettups that my mom made them! This was a couple days before the wedding.

Back in commission...

Well I finally got the battery out of the tractor and charged it. For all of you that have riding toys, you know what a pain in the rear it is to charge those things! Jackson rode it for a little bit, and then I put Hannah Lu on it with him. She absolutely loved it, and screamed when I took her off because it was Garrett's turn. Garrett doesn't quite have the whole steering thing down yet so Jackson got back on and gave him a ride. Then the mosquitos came out and we had to go in the house!

Jackson giving Garrett a ride

Jackson riding the tractor, and being silly. I figured I better let him enjoy it seeing how he is almost too big for it!

Catching up....

Shawn took Jackson and Garrett to Jones Hole so that they could fish the hatchery on the one day a year they offer for free. Jackson caught 4 fish, and the one in the net was the biggest!

Jackson reeling in a little one

Garrett with his camera face, saying I am wet and cold and want to go home!

Hannah Lu and Brooklyn at the splash park

Jackson wouldn't turn around so I could take a picture

Garrett with his camera face. He wouldn't play in the water.

Hannah Lu standing at the rainbow, not sure about the water spraying out

Best picture I could get of Jackson at his last game

This soccer season was a little crazy. Jackson had two games a week plus practice. Next year will be even crazier because Garrett will be playing too! I couldn't get good pictures because Jackson was helping the other team out because they were short a player. So in these pictures he is really supposed to be wearing red. He was really cute this season because they had to do this quite a bit for the other teams and he was always one of the first to raise his hand to change jerseys and play on the other team for a few minutes. Especially when he knew some of the other boys on the opposing team! He had a great season this year. We had an awesome and deticated coach that has a love for the game, and that made it even more fun for the boys to play. We will be requesting him for next year! Jackson had 3 goals this season! The most from one boy on his team! Can't wait until next year!

We finally warmed up a little so the kids wanted to eat their dinner outside. BBQ'd hotdogs, and steaks for Shawn and I!