Brian's 1st Race!

Brian did his first race a couple weekends ago! He completed a 10K in Snoqualmie! He did totally great and finished in 54:17! He definitely has the running bug or I should say race bug...he will do his 2nd 10K on September 11th!

I have to say, it felt great to be on the other side, cheering and watching! It was very exciting and I'm so proud of him!
Sprinting to the finish line (he's in the black).All done!!

Swim Lessons

Colden and Brindley took swim lessons for 2 weeks this summer. The lessons were at an outdoor facility and they did it everyday! I was very impressed with this program and we will be doing it again next summer!

We knew Colden would do great because he has taken lessons before and always adapted well! It was Brindley we were worried about! She surprised us though and did great...always wanted to go everyday and got braver with each lesson!

3rd Annual Lincoln City, OR Vacation

We are back from our completely awesome 3rd annual vacation to Lincoln City, OR with the Fontaine Family!

This was again, a wonderful vacation in a beautiful home on Olivia Beach. This was the first year we didn't have a view. We decided on this community because it had great amenities for the kids...like a park in front of the house and a great road to ride bikes and scooters plus the kids had their very own 3rd floor playroom! The beach wasn't too far away and this beach was quite nice. The house was beautiful! The owners had it decorated perfectly and it was so organized too!"Da Beach House"



We built a fire on the beach the first evening we were there! Of course we had smores!


We did lots of bike riding in front of the house. We didn't know it, but the house had kid's and adult bikes! We had a blast almost every night riding around the community! (click on strip to see it larger)


There was a lot of hot tubbin'! The kids went in almost everyday after a beach trip. Andrew and Brian went in every night with their beverages!! Angela and I usually enjoyed our dessert all alone in the house!

We had lunch at Kyllos (our favorite restaurant) and got our favorite dessert to take home (marionberry cobbler)! There is the world's smallest river flowing under Kyllos, so we took advantage of that and explored it!


We were blessed enough to have a college friend and her kids come visit us for the night! Brian and I hadn't seen Tami in 10 years! Crazy and completely wrong. It was such a joy to visit with her and meet her darling children! Thanks Tami for coming to visit...and let's not make it another 10!


The kids enjoyed playing with Tucker and Addie on the beach & flying a kite. We also had fun going to the Newport Aquarium and eating lunch at Mo's with them!


Of course there was down time too...all the kids slept in the same room (YIKES) in bunk beds! It was a darling room decorated in a pirate theme! Even Brindley wanted to sleep with all the boys! They did really great. We had no problems with them going to sleep or waking each other up!

One morning however, we couldn't find Brindley...Brian thought she was in bed with me... and then we found her under the bunk beds! She must have fallen and ended up sleeping under the bunk bed! She acted like she did it on purpose because she came out so proudly telling us about how she slept under the bed! So funny!The kids before bed, watching a video on Andrew's Iphone! Brindley sound asleep under the bed!



Lots of sunny beach time on our last day!



Our last evening on the beach...the tide was low and there were tide pools and awesome starfish everywhere! It was a beautiful way to end our vacation! And there is the picture of the insane stairs we had to climb each day, usually with a child in our arms! I guess I got a little exercise!



This trip every year makes for awesome memories and the best part is that we get to do it with our wonderful friends who feel like family. We love you Fontaine Family!