Tuesday, June 30, 2009

BBQs, Bees and Bathing Suits

Summer ROCKS.

We had a great neighborhood block party last weekend. We ate, talked, watched fireworks, and had a great time.
Here is everyone getting ready for the fireworks to begin...


I'm pretty sure all Claire ate the whole night were Doritos.


Family pic (thanks again Jamie!)


These kids were so cute! They loved watching all the fireworks!




After dark, Nate and I had some fun with the sparklers. I'm impressed with his ability to write backwards.



We also took in a Bees game...well, sort of.


This was how the game started...


After three short innings, it turned into this...


We hung out under the eaves for about 45 minutes while it poured.


It finally cleared up, and we got to see this beautiful double rainbow.


And Claire got to puddle jump.



We started swim class (again) at the beginning of this month. Tomorrow is our last day and I'm so sad. I'm pretty sure I like the class more than Claire does. This time, we took it with my nephews, sister, and sis-in-law. Its so fun hanging out with these guys!




Brad subbed for E'Shell one day, so he could give it a try and she could take pics. The kids all loved having Uncle Brad there.


She always runs to get her towel, usually with purple lips and goosebumps.


Why can't life always be like this? I heart summer.

6 comments:

Candace said...

What cute pictures. I'm sure that the kids loved the fireworks. What a blast!

The Hilton Family~ said...

What fun times! I also LOVE summer, it's the best. I loved all the pics. Soo cute:)

jakenapril said...

i'm so bummed we missed the block party! looks like fun. and i love writing my name with sparklers...so fun. can you not write backwards?!? maybe only those from the northwest have that ability? hmmm...
hooray for SUMMER!!!

Marie said...

I'm very impressed with Nate's sparkler writing! Joe loves doing funky sparkler tricks while taking pictures. He could spend hours.

Kyle and Marci said...

My oh my, she is getting so big. Your family is so beautiful. I love the sparkler writing. How fun is that!

Trish said...

How fun! I love summer too!