Alex fun school pics

Some random pictures of Alex at school, it's always fun for me to see him in action during class.

Alex & Milo building with geometric magnets. 

Painting a house and a rocket ship.

Drawing a map of the earth with Milo & Lucy.

Alex & Milo wearing masks they made.

Alex, Tyler & Daddy playing Sorry during the morning drop off.

Summer fun!

Summer is FINALLY here and we are thoroughly enjoying it!  The boys are especially enjoying the the Slip & Slide that Adri got Tyler for his birthday (what an awesome idea).  We have already logged quite a few hours sliding up and down the yard, over and over. It is so funny to watch the boys, they love it!

4th of July!

We had a very fun and busy 4th of July.  We caught a ferry in the morning with Nana and Papa to head over to Bainbridge Island for their 4th of July parade.  It's a wonderful small town parade that is fun for the kids.  After the parade we came back to Seattle for a BBQ at Nana and Papa's house where we ran around outside, played baseball, drove the "Red Racer" and had a yummy dinner.  After the BBQ the boys got to try their very first fireworks!  Adri brought home some sparklers for the boys, which they thought were SO cool.  After sparklers, we headed to the tennis club to watch the fireworks show, which was AWESOME.  It was a late night and a jam-packed day but we had a GREAT time!!

Nana, Papa and Anna on the ferry to Bainbridge.

Playing outside at Nana and Papa's house.

Tyler on the Red Racer.

Alex on the Red Racer.

One of our baseball stars.

Anna exploring outside.

Tyler and Alex with their sparklers.

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The Big 4-0!

To Brad's dismay he finally turned 40 this year!  His sisters and mom did an awesome job of planning a double birthday bash to celebrate both Brad and long-time family friend Cara's 40th birthday.  It was a day-long event, starting with tennis in the morning, lunch at John and Cori's house, golf in the afternoon, then a big party at Jill's house down in Gig Harbor.  The birthday boy had an AMAZING day!

Funny story, Anna refuses to go to anyone other than mom, dad or Adri.  She even refuses Nana & Papa!  But somehow, Chris Johnson won her over at the party and Anna spent quite a while walking around with him.  It was amazing!

Almost walking!

Brad is out of town on a golf trip this weekend so mom and the kids spent the day at one of our favorite places, the zoo. This is the first time we have been that Anna has really taken notice of the things around her. She wasn't quite sure what to make of the different animals. A little afraid of the big ones, intrigued by the little ones...especially the colorful birds flying around. I only managed to take a couple of pictures while at Zoomazium (indoor play area)...for some reason it's tricky to take pictures while chasing a couple of crazy boys around a big zoo. :) I'm sure her dad won't believe me but Anna took TWO STEPS to walk from one drum to the other without holding onto anything! She is getting SO close to walking!!


                                          

                                          

                                          

Happy Birthday Tyler!

I can't believe my baby boy is 3! Tyler had his first official big boy birthday party.  It was a soccer party at Arena sports and he had a great time running around with all of his friends, especially his best friend from school who we hear about all of the time, Hudson.

My baby boy then...

And now...

Tyler and his best buddy Hudson.

A visit from Uncle Ty!

We were SUPER excited to get a quick visit from Uncle Ty (Michelle's big brother) last week.  Ty and his family live in Ohio so we don't get to see them very often.  In fact, this was the very first time that big Ty met little Tyler and Anna. The boys had a great time playing soccer with Uncle Ty and Grandma!