Josie's New Friend

Thought we would post a few pictures of Josie's new friend, Luna. The Landskov's picked up their new family member last night and we stopped over for a quick visit. When we got home, Josie was sniffing us like crazy...It will be fun to get her and Luna together.

Wild Times

Yesterday was the Daptiv Summer Picnic and for the 2nd year in a row we went to Wild Waves. It isnt your typical company picnic, but it works out pretty well as they provide a BBQ lunch on the top part of the park, and then just let us go for the rest of the time. As we were getting ready to head out, we got a call from the McAllisters wanted to see if Maddie could play....Maddie and Makalya are best buds, so we know Maddie would miss out...so we said, hey why dont you come on down to Wild Waves. They (and many others) still had tickets from the end of School when the Wild Waves trip got rained out. That sounded like a good plan so they decided to come. Then we were thinking...hey the Doerrs have tickets too, wonder if they want to come. After a couple calls, they were in too. So, we had a full day in front of us now. The crew all hooked up around 2:30, then Rob came down about 4:45. We went on rides, water slides, wave pool, etc. The weather was perfect, around 75, and it was a blast. Here are some pics from the fun. Nothing like those last minute events...good times!

More Trophies

Had to share another picture from the adventures of Trophy Lake. This time it was strictly a fishing expedition, as we stopped there for lunch on the way to the Cabin a couple weeks ago. It was like 95 out and the girls rode out on carts and watched me fish....and also helped net a few that I was able to catch....like this one.

Diving Board

Well, summer finally is here. Seattle is soaking in high 80's low 90s for the next few days. This weekend we are heading out to the Cabin for a few days which will be a lot of fun with the hot weather. This will probably be the first hot weekend out there, so we will be doing lots of swimming.

Tonight we also did some swimming thanks to the invite from the Doerrs to go to the pool. It was a great night hanging out, staying cool and watching Maddie do her first jumps off the diving boards!! Here are a couple videos of the action. You can also see how she has come aloing with her swimming. She did great! Of course, little sister now wants to go off the diving board too :-)

Maddie off the High Diving Board

Maddie off the Low Diving Board

XXX Rootbeer experience

Ok, now that I have your attention :-)

Seriously, we hit the xxx rootbeer drive in issaquah last night. Here
is a pic of giant root beer float we shared. They also had a huge
gumball machine that the girls loved. We also got to sit through the
heaviest rainstorm we have had in a long long time. Probably about 20
min of pounding rain.

Comings and Goings

First off, hard to believe that June and July are past us. It seems like just other day Maddie was getting out of school at the end of May and we were looking forward to a really long summer. Time flies when your having fun.

Last updates were around the parade, but it has been a busy few weeks since parade weekend. We have had visits from Great Grandma Cattau and Stacey and Haas (will post pictures later) where we spent some time at the cabin.

Our inconsistent weather still lingers....It has been pretty average, but we occasionally get up into the high 80's or even 90. That temp around here just doesn't work well with no AC. Luckily we have a built in AC unit called "The Basement" last night we all slept in the basement to keep cool.

We did the school supply run last night. Maddie is getting ready for 2nd grade and Kenzie into PreSchool-3. KK is excited, asking daily if she is going to school. Speaking of school, the construction is coming along, maybe a bit slower then we would all like, but it will be ready....it will be ready...everyone say it....it will be ready!!

Finally, we had a little shake up in the family car situation. Last week we traded in the "SS Jensen" - as my co-workers call it, for a new Chrysler Pacifica. The SS was getting up there and with every repair is was getting more expensive....not to mention the $100+ to fill up the tank with gas. This is a bit smaller for us, but we bought a Thule Topper (or a Rocket Box like some friends call it) that will hold all our "stuff" when we go on a trip.

That's all for now...

Parade Recap

Well, we had a great day yesterday as 1st time participants in the WS parade. A couple weeks ago, I was meeting with a consultant for the school and we were talking about marketing, our under utilized buses, etc, and the light bulb went off....Lets roll the buses in the parade with the Church float. Fill a bus with kids and show our school spirit. We rushed to get a couple banners made up and recruited about 12 kids to ride the bus. All in all it was a great success, we showed our school pride, and for those that were on the parade route that attend Hope, were also proud. Nana J was a spectator and was able to get these pics and the video below. Special thanks to Steph who walked the parade route and made sure I didnt run over any kids!

Needless to say I think we have established a new tradition!