let's start with the 4th of july. lucy's pre-school was in the parade in the morning. my family was up from portland to hang out for a BBQ. the only picture i took was this sweet one of riley and my niece ella. my family headed home relatively early so we hit up another party with a giant slip-n-slide....it was AWESOME!
riley played soccer again this summer.....he's really a great little player and more importantly loves it.
we had a little family vacation with my mom and george (i call them mo-jo) and my brother and his family. long walks on the beach, hanging out, building sand castles....it was lovely.
momo and all her grandkids....
.....little ella, she's getting so big.
....sandcastle building
....the three little cousins
we had some slip-n-slide and water fight adventures of our own to cool off on some hot summer days.
oh in BIG milestone news, riley lost his first tooth. he was so excited! (he was the last of his friends to lose one.... he even asked the dentist at his visit in march if it was ever gonna happen). so when it finally popped out he stared at it in disbelief. the tooth fairy brought him a gold sacajawea dollar.
last but not least the county fair came to town. gotta love the fair.....rides and more rides...good times.
in addition to the rides, this year both kids participated in 'mutton bustin'. this is essentially riding a sheep across the area. you could do it with or without help. lucy chose to do it with help.
you had to be under 55lbs and riley just made it, so this being his one and only year he did it without help.
oh and i almost forgot....check out this you tube video. todd (farmer's market manager extrodinaire) pulled off a flash mob at the farmers market....it was fantastic and todd is front and center in the video!
so that's all for now.... coming next blog is todd's 40th birthday...stay tuned!
