San Juan and 4th of July Island style

We were lucky enough to spend the 4th of July on the Island. So much fun!!!!  We headed into town and went to the tiny local parade.  On the way back we went to false bay and found buried treasure!  Seriously, the kids started hunting clams.  I personally chased the cute little crabs but the big boys found a bunch of clams, so the next stops was home to try and cook these babies.  Thanks heavens for You Tube.  I thought they were absolutely awful, but most of us at least tried a taste.  Kevin and Ty played Cornhole for hours, the kids swam some more and then the crowning moment of the day we went to 4th of July beach and had a fire, and roasted marshmallows and hot dogs, ate watermelon and watched the island fireworks.  We were lucky enough to see Friday Harbor fireworks and the next island over fireworks.  They were awesome!  We sleepily headed home.  We had a few hours the next morning to swim some more, explore the beach and make it to the ferry to head home.  We had some world famous ice cream in Friday harbor and then we had to leave our weekend of fun and head back to real life.  On the way home we stopped at Jen and Chris's house to say hello.  We could only stay about 30 minutes, but is was fun to see where they live.  Pretty awesome weekend for sure. 

More San Juans

We went to Roche harbor, we went to the lighthouse, we tried to see some whales, but no luck, the kids went swimming and swimming some more and we played games, early morning beach walks  and had such a great time together.  

The San Juan Islands

And we are off again.  Today we are headed to the San Juan Islands to meet the Shoemakers and have a weekend of fun and exploration.  We ended up leaving in the middle of the night so we could drive to Anacortes to catch the ferry.  The oh so exciting ferry.  Lincoln was pretty excited.  The ferry ride over was sunny and brrr cold but beautiful!  When we got to Friday Harbor we had a few hours to kill so we went to the beach and did some exploring.  The beaches are full of driftwood and shells and lots of treasures, and beautiful views.  We finally met up with the Shoemakers and had so much fun catching up.  

Signs of Summer

Summer is in full swing! Here are a few pictures I managed to take. Sometimes I forget to take pictures of the simple day to day things that make our lives so full and blessed.  After we went to Lake Powell, Conor immediately packed his bags and headed to scout camp.  He had a really great experience this year and he came home so kind and respectful.  I received multiple compliments from adults who interacted with him there who were so impressed with him.  Makes my heart melt. Summer means a little time out on the mountain bike trails, swimming lessons and tons of time spent with the neighborhood friends.  Hours on the trampoline and of course eating ottor-pops.  I have an endless supply of otter-pops.  Taste of summer for sure.  The kids found 2 little baby quails to cuddle with.  We tried to keep them alive but they didn't last. 

Lincoln, Matthew, Bennet, Callie and Josie

Final Lake Powell/Utah

One final sunrise as we were breaking up camp and going back to the slip. The Moenkopi is part of the family and we are so grateful that we get to enjoy the time at Lake Powell on such an amazing boat and with the best family anyone could ever ask for.   

We got to see baby Leland when we got home and we got to go meet brand new baby Harper!  She was only 4 days old!

We stopped and had breakfast with the Robinson's as we headed back to Spokane.