Summertime Part I: May & June

This summer has been very busy so far....and hot!  Crazy weather--being in the 90's without any rain most all of June.  Weird!  What happened to June gloom?  I'm not complaining really because we've gotten to do so many fun activities outside.  I am hoping for a small break of cooler weather soon though.  Our house has been pretty toasty.

I thought I would capture our fun summer memories through photo recaps.  Below is some of the highlights of our May and June this year:

May

We took a fun family hike to Franklin Falls near Denny Creek over Memorial Day weekend.  Nathan loved it!  We helped him find a hiking stick that he used the whole time.  Reminded me of our family hikes when I was a kid.

One of the first nights the weather started to be really nice, we got Ezell's friend chicken and took it to Madison Park for a picnic.  The boys played on the swings and Nathan even got a popsicle from the ice cream man.  Summer officially has begun!

We attended the Touch a Truck event put on by the Seattle Junior League.  Talk about Nathan's version of heaven!  Dump truck, firetruck, garbage truck, ambulance, army trucks, semi, etc. all in one place!  Plus the kids could go inside them and honk the horn!

June

Our wonderful friends, the Lapours visited from Oregon for the long weekend.  Annie is my dear friend from Missouri who luckily ended up marrying an Oregon boy so they live only about 5 hours away.  It's our goal to get together every year.  Sadly we missed last year, but from here on out we are determined to make our family get togethers an annual tradition.  Her girls, Lucy and Molly are adorable.  And thankfully our husbands have a lot in common so they enjoy hanging out together talking about guy things.  We had so much fun watching our kids play, catching up and doing a day trip to Remlinger Farm!  Nathan was brave and rode his very first roller coaster at Remlinger!

Next up my cousin Chris and his wife Karen and two girls Mia and Alex came to visit Seattle!  I hadn't seen Chris since our wedding so it was such a treat to spend time with them.  We took them on the whirlwind tour of Seattle--Space Needle, Pike Place, Ballard, etc.  Nathan and Cam's first trip to the Space Needle!

Such a cute family!

Father's Day weekend was especially fun and busy this year.  On Friday the boys, my parents and I did our annual visit to the Edmonds Art Festival which is always a great time.  Then Saturday to celebrate my dad we rented an electric boat for the evening and sailed around Lake Union.  Ryan captured some great family shots.  Love the colors in these photos!

Love this shot of my dad

Sunday we celebrated James and his dad at the Mariners Game!  One of the highlights was visiting the Mariners Moose.  Nathan was very scared of him last year and was determined this year to be brave and not cry when he saw the moose.  He did great!  In fact he cried when we had to leave because he wanted to hang out with the moose longer!

I'm not sure if you noticed but the common denominator in all these photos is sunshine!! Unbelievable!  Definitely doesn't look like typical Seattle. But we'll take it.   Such a fun summer so far.  More to come!