Our family reunion was cancelled at the last minute since my uncle had to stay in D.C. due to an emergency with my Aunt Stephanie who is suffering from Lyme Disease.  Well, we decided that since we had all the food and beverages, we'd carry on with the immediate family and still have some fun.  Uncle Bobby made margaritas and my cousin Tracy came in from Molokai (we haven't seen her in 4 years since she moved!).  We had a great time!

When we picked up Kylie from Greg and Linda's house, we brought our niece Katie home with us for a few days.  Jeff bought the kids a pool and Sloane, Katie and Kylie were inseparable!  They had a sleepover in the tent in the backyard and played in the pool during the day.  Talk about fun!

Jeff and Zach went to the Seahawk training camp in Renton.  Pretty impressive facility and they really enjoyed watching the players and even got some pictures up close while some of them signed autographs at the end of the camp.  Pretty nice of them to indulge all those kids (adults too) after a long practice like that!  Gotta love our Seahawks!  We are excited for the season to really begin.

We gathered at Mom's house to celebrate all the August birthdays in the family.  Mom (70), Tami (48), Tina (45), and Zack (36).  Al bbq'd up some nice burgers and some chicken and we all pitched in with side dishes.  It was delicious as always!  And, we had a wonderful ice cream cake with vanilla ice cream on one side and my personal favorite - chocolate chip mint.   Mmmmmmm mmmmm good!  Thanks for hosting Mom!  You did good!

What a beautiful night with the moon and the nice big firepit that was recently built! 

While the adults were busy building the shop deck, the kids took off in the whaler to the tide flats to go swimming and toss the football around.  They were gone for several hours and finally made their way back because they were hungry!  Silly kids! Rocky missed Zach while he was out swimming so he said 'I'm going to nap on your pillow then!'

While Kylie had fun down in Ridgefield with Uncle Greg and Aunt Linda, we headed to Whidbey to help rebuild the shop deck so that no one else fell down through the floor of it.  Unfortunately it was one of the hottest weekends we had but work had to be done!  The finished product looks great and it's very sturdy too!

Today we met Greg in Tacoma to deliver Kylie for the week.  Greg and Linda are staying at Papa's house this weekend and then heading back to Vancouver and taking Kylie with them so she can hang out with Katie and Chandler and spend some time with her cousins.  We will go next weekend to Vancouver to stay the night and visit before we bring Kylie home with us.  Miss you already Lu! But we know you will have fun!

One of the fun things Kylie got to do this week was go to the Kentwood soccer camp for 3 days.  She may have been the oldest camper there but she had a lot of fun.  There were KW boys and girls players there to support the head coach during the camp.  The coach sent a group picture on the last day...not all the campers were there...but it looks like they had a great time!  The student players all signed the kids' t-shirts and wrote some nice things on there.  They were very encouraging and inspiring too.  Kylie wants to go watch some games this year and hopes that she can make the team when she goes there too!  What a great goal to strive towards! Thanks to Zach for taking her to camp and walking her home.

Our niece Ryan came for a weekend sleepover while her parents went to Vancouver, B.C. for a friend's 40th birthday.  Tanya had to work a bit on Saturday so Jeff and the kids went to the local pool and splashed around and had a blast!  The kids had so much fun we went to the pool on Sunday too.  It was great weather and the kids loved having Ryan here!  Rocky did great with her and she wasn't scared either.  Thanks Ryan for staying with us...we had a lot of fun!