At least someone is using the crate

Back-to-school photos

This girl is SASSY!

Before School Starts

We went to the back-to-school Open House to meet all the teachers.  Cecily's teacher is new to the school this year.  She seems really nice, I think Cecily will have a great year.

Sleep well, school starts tomorrow.

Back to School Hair Cuts!

Note to the children when they see this as teenagers and are mad I posted these photos: I asked for a simple picture and this is what you gave me, not my fault.
#sometimeskidsarejerks

Happy Birthday Parker!

We were camping this weekend, and were planning to go to the Evergreen State Fair for Parker's birthday.  Then we woke up to POURING rain and decided to do something else.  But, by the time we were back in civilization, the rain had cleared up, so off to the fair we went!

Parker decided he needed one of these 4-wheelers for golfing, Keith seemed to agree.

Cecily is obsessed with their chainsaw bears.

Cecily made a friend while we were waiting in-line for the spinning bears.  She ended up going on all three of her rides with her.

This girl's ability to make friends with strangers never ceases to amaze me.

We saw the logging show, Cecily actually did like it.

Happy 8th Birthday Parker!

We are so happy to have you in our family.  You are our favorite sports-loving, game-playing, literal thinking guy!

Lost Tooth #6!

..also, we went camping this weekend and it rained a lot, not so much on the photos.

Amazingly, the tooth fairy managed to find us in the campground.

We're "camping"

The kids wanted s'mores.

It worked about as well as you'd expect.

The best bet was to light the marshmallow on fire and then hope for the best.