Summer Vacation

While Brennan took Hailey and Jacob on a week long fishing trip in the middle of Montana, James and I took a trip to Indianopolis and Miniapolis to visit family. 

I was determined to not check any luggage on the plane, so everything had to fit into that carry on suitcase and travel bag. We were gone for 9 nights and that suitcase contained all of mine and james' things. Impressed?  I know, I'm amazing. 

Our first flight was to Chicago, where I rented a car and drove three hours down to Indianapolis. Why fly to Chicago, it was way cheaper. 

It was worth the long travel. James got to see his cousins and we had a great time. 

Gimli, the lizard. 

We went to some pretty fun places and James and I had so much fun. 

I think James is hugging Savannah or trying to keep her from playing. 

We rode on this horse three times.  

After our trip in Indianapolis, we drove back up to Chicago and flew to Minneapolis. One of the things I must do when I'm in Minneapolis, is to go to Nadia's cupcakes and engorge myself. 

We stayed with Cameron and Wendy and got to visit with Don and Cindy while we were there. 

While we were on our trip, Brennan, Hailey, Jacob, grandpa Clark and uncle Stephen went on a fishing trip in Montana , where they rode a horse for 9 hours into the middle of nowhere.  

When they arrived at camp, everyone hurt so bad from the ride in, that Hailey asked Brennan while crying if daddy could just his her while she cried. 

Well, after everyone adjusted from the 9 hour ride, the love of fishing began.  

Love this pic. 

The kids were in heaven!!

The day before they had to make the nine hour journey back into town, Jacob woke up throwing up. When Jacob gets sick, it's very intense and is boarder line needing to go to the hospital and this trip was no exception. Jacob threw up in true Jacob fashion, at least every hour to every half hour for the entire day. 

Grandpa clark stayed with him in camp the whole day while everyone else went fishing. Grandpa kept movie Jacob around on a tarp, to keep him in the shade all day, since it was over 90 degrees. Could you imagine how awful Jacob must have felt in that heat, being so sick?  

Brennan was so worried about making the nine hour trip back into town. Jacob is always so pale and weak the day after being so sick, Brennan was worried he wouldn't be able to do it. He said many prayers the day and night before and even gave Jacob a blessing. Thank goodness they worked, because woke up the next morning, ate a large breakfast and rode his hours the entire nine hours. 

Such a pretty view, my husband rocks. 

Jacob took a break and ate some wild huckleberries.  

The moment the kids got into the truck, they both fell asleep instantly. It was a great trip for them. Those kids made so many memories that will last them a life time. 

A Summer in One Post

This guy is just too cute 😍

This cute thing went to volleyball camp this summer and rocked it!

It's a new discovered talent. 

James decided to sit in a puddle, so he had no pants. Go potty training!  

Having fun on the tramp. 

These boys without fail woke up every.single.morning between 5:30-6...except the one morning I needed them up by 7:15. Go figure. 

We got our street redone and it was the best entertainment for this kid for hours.  The workers even gave James a coloring book. 

This happened for hours. 

Jacob is in love with Calvin and Hobbes, probably because he's just like him. 

James getting his hair cut by his stylist Lee. 

Jacob really loves soccer and has joined many leagues. 

He smiles as he plays.  

Ridiculous. 

I teach my children to cook, partly because I want my children to function when they are adults and mostly because I'm too lazy to cook for them. 

Cannon Beach

For the Fourth of July we went down to Portland to spend it with family.  Little did I know that was going to be our last family gathering before my dad passed away.  

We took a trip to Cannon beach and played in the ocean. 

Jacob Loves Soccer

I'm so happy that Jacob has found something he loves and he loves soccer!  I've learned as a parent that little boy's love for sports is something they sometimes develope as they get older and not something they are necessarily born with.  I say this because Jacob has been in soccer multiple times as a younger child and he didn't love it.  In fact, if you would have asked me a year ago if Jacob was into soccer, I would have said 'no way!'.  But here we are, in a soccer skills institute class. 

 Jacob recently has started kicking a soccer ball around everywhere he can (or shouldn't). He tries to sneak a ball into the house every once in a while and I have to kick him out every time.  He loves kicking a ball and he has fallen in love with playing soccer with the other boys at recess.  So I signed him up for a soccer class this summer and for the soccer league in the fall.  He started his first day of his soccer class and he was really bored.  His coach told me that he needs to move up to the more advanced soccer class, The Skills Intitute class.  He's having a lot more fun now as you can see in his photos below :)

I'm happy to see him so happy. 

Lake Sammamish

These photos aren't too exciting, but we had to document our trip to the lake with the kids and our friends.  

Jacob is showing James how to swim.  

This photo was taken exactly two years and one day earlier at the same lake.  The caption on the photo was, "This is how summer should be spent... at the lake" and being here today was proof of that. 

Kayaking Union Lake

A friend of ours came up to Seattle for a visit.  She recommended that we go kayaking, so we went out on Lake Union.  

This was so much fun.  Lake Union is a really gross lake with all the pollution in it, but I definitely want to do more kayaking with my family.  Seattle is such a fun place to live and we'll have to discover some other lakes.  

Look at that Spaceneedle.  

I love these photos.  This is Hailey with her friend Jolie.