O'Claire Camping trip

We had a great time camping at Bumping Lake this year with the O'Claire family. Ed and Margaret even came up for a day. Margaret thought the kids were dirtier than ever- she even took their cloths home to clean them. Great time hanging out with the cousins!

Lilly having fund with "Mommy" in the Lake! Mommy is trying to make Lilly a swimmer too.

Lilly just loves reading with Papa!

And she is now obsessed with"chairs". She points to them and says "chair, chair, chair" and then get cozy with her favorite book.

We got really dirty.

Alaska!

Mom and Dad just left Lilly for 6 days and headed on their 5 year wedding anniversary up to Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska - one of the most beautiful places in the world! Lilly was lucky enough to split the time between both sets of grandparents, and they will not stop talking about how much fun they had with her. We are so grateful to have them so close by, and so willing to help! Lilly talks about them constantly!

Footsie. . .

Playing "footsie" with Kian. I had to steal this picture from Kian's blog- Lilly and Kian are finally realizing that each other exist! It is quite cute watching them.

Cousin Kate and Mike's Wedding

On July 11th, Cartweel Kate married "Excited" Mike. We were all so lucky to participate in a weekend of festivities!

2nd Cousin Reese, Cousin Nolan, and Lilly some how had the most fun playing wiith the rocks. Lilly loved seeing all her family! Please Note Nolan's Tux!! He was a big man in the wedding.

Everyone loves Aunt Molly!

Family Picture!

Just had to show the cute dress. . .

T-Town Fireworks

Lilly was lucky enough get invited on her Nana and Grandpa Einstein's sailboat this past 4th of July! We left Thursday and stayed one night in Gig Harbor and two nights in T-town (Tacoma). Uncle Matt, Ellie, and Nolan joined the fun on Friday; Lilly has enjoyed all of her cousin time lately! Weather couldn't have been better, we all had a blast, especially Lilly chatting on her Nanna's phone!

Cousin Visit

We were so lucky to have cousin Ellie and Nolan come stay with us this past weekend. Lilly cannot stop saying their names. My favorite part is that she calls Amy "Mamy" and Matt "Ma". She is still talking about them- she has trouble with Nolan's name, so she refers to him as the baby. Yes he is over a year older than her and acts like a little boy now!

Lilly loved playing with Nolan's cars, trucks and buses. She now is making car noises thanks to cousin Nolan. It is nice to have some boy influence!

Father's Day

We had a wonderful Father's Day! We were lucky to try out a bike seat that we borrowed from our friends Kym and Aaron. Lilly loved it. The entire time she was saying "bike, bike". And then she would wave and say "Hi" to people as we rode by. What a wonderful way to spend time with Dad outside on an adventure!

We were fairly agreeable about the helmet. We tried to show Lilly that we all needed to wear one. But, at some point she just wanted to take it off. Thanks to Lucy and Emma - Lilly got a pink one with flowers!