End of Summer

Lela's school friend, Ava, had her 9th birthday. It was a luau theme. 

Lela was the BOSS at the limbo

Lela and Stuart had swimming lessons.

Stuart loves his new light up shoes

Piano recital. The girls and I played in it. 

Thula at the piano recital

Chicago Round 2

Catching fireflys

Zip-lining in the backyard

The kids did great. Thula fell off though-so sad. 

Camping in the backyard

Video games

Tennis. I played forever with those boys!

Splash pad

They love to dress up and model. 

Restaurant wait. I love the pattern. 

Stuart got to go fishing with the cub scouts.

 Free ice cream at the ice cream factory

Washington State

Alicia was fun and the kids loved her

Tacoma Sound

Lake Spanaway

Point Defiance Zoo. We loved the walruses. We had never seen them before. 

Train to Seattle

Pikes Place Market

Gum Wall (gross)

Eating different kinds of food at the market

Lela was intrigued with the Sasquatch 

Fountain set to music. It was fun.

                                                         

                                                                      Space needle

Train home. 

Movie projector in the backyard. We watched The Incredibles and another movie which I can't remember...

They loved the backyard sprinkler

and hammock!

Had to visit the library!

Puyallup,Wa city park and splash pad

a little hike in the woods

We got really muddy. I fell into the mud and it was pretty funny. 

Blackberry picking! I was so delighted to find that Washington is still covered in wild blackberries. Blackberry picking was one of my favorite childhood memories. 

Nature Preserve in Eatonville, Wa. They had all kinds of wild animals we could view from a tram i.e. bison, elk, big horned sheep, deer. And then they had a zoo. The river otters were cute. 

The kids park was so neat. 

It was nice to go back to Washington and smell the smells of my youth and feel the dry air. It was wonderful to be with my sister and her little family. We had fun playing games together at night and laughing about stuff. I hope we get together again.