One of my favorite BTS activities is shopping for school supplies each year. Cristian had his own basket and read his list and picked out all his school supplies by himself. Not a huge surprise that the 2 folders and notebooks he chose were Buzz Light year and Star Wars. Can't believe next year we'll be BTS supply shopping for 2 kids!!!!!
Still can't believe he's going into the 2nd grade!!! Here he is flashing the "2 G" (pics taken from my cell phone, so not the clearest)
Case turned 7 on Tuesday and we very much enjoyed his birthday party on the lake. Here is Case opening some of his presents with my kids, and the twins, Tyson and Jackson. The kids picked him out some Toy Story (buzz lightyear) lego sets for Case because he loves legos!
Ava in, what I think is, one of the cutest dresses ever!
Ava and Wyatt
Cristian jumping into the lake
Ava jumping into the lake
(picture taken from my cell phone) the kids on the boat
Ava enjoying her boat ride
The boys going entertubing (or whatever you'd call this contraption??) Wyatt, Jack, Case, and Crisitan
Whooo hoooo... hold on tight! These boys got some air on some of those waves. They were loving it!
It was a bit hazy/foggy around the mountain, so it didn't stand out as much as usual... but still beautiful!!!
Ava eating her ice cream sprinkled with skittles
Cristian enjoying his dessert
Kaylee, Case, and Cristian... buddies since they did their 2 year old co-op together. Hard to believe that was 5 years ago we all met!! Kaylee and Case will be going into the 1st grade this year, since they both have summer bdays, they started a year after Cristian. But they will eventually end up at SHS together :)
Wyatt and Ava
The girls... Alison, Dawn, me, and Kris (apparently I did not get the black and white bikini top and shorts memo :)
Our friends Geoff and Alison had us over to their house for dinner and a movie. The kids never get tired of swimming!! We've done a lot of that this summer :) And this happened to be another upper 80 degree day. (I forgot my camera, so I just have a couple of pics that Alison emailed me)
When it finally got dark out, the kids curled up together and watched the movie G-Force outside. We started the movie around 9:30... so this was a really late night for the kids. Ava fell asleep part way through it, but Cristian stayed up until 11:30 when we finally left their house. It was such a fun night... thanks Coopers!!
Enjoying some popcorn and licorice... 2 things I can not go w/o when watching a movie. (that and a coke :)
On our way to Yakima, we met my mom at the top of the pass to pick up the kids (since they had been at the cabin w/ my parents and sister). They enjoyed playing in the snow for a bit. It was like Christmas in July... not often you can have a snow ball fight in July, when it's over 85 degrees outside :)
The kids and Kyle at Mt. Rainier
We got to Yakima on Saturday and Grandpa Larry had some surprises waiting for the kids... squirt guns, a slip and slide, and a soccer ball for each of them w/ a net.
Grandpa Larry helping Carter fill the water gun
Ava ready to fire
Great Grandma Esther came over for dinner Saturday night to visit with us.
hot tubbing
Mr. Serious
The 3D Buzz Lightyear slip-n-slide. You wear these special goggles and buzz comes flying at you as you slide down the slip-n-slide. Pretty cool!
Sunday morning Gina and I went to the Farmers Market and a couple of Fruit stands... and Grandpa Larry took the kids on a ride on his golf cart. Carter particularly enjoyed this!
Enjoying their ride around the yard
Kyle and me
Grandpa Larry and Cristian having another water fight, but it was so hot, it actually felt wonderful to be soaking wet :)
Playing in the sprinklers
See... HOT... and this thermometer is in the shade all day.
Cooling off with some watermelon (after just waking up from his nap)
Ava too
Cristian and his watermelon grin :)
Grandma Gina with the 3 kids
Getting ready to go out to dinner. Grandma and Grandpa with the kids. (if you click on this picture, you can see how light Ava's hair has gotten in the sun)
Last Friday, my parents took my oldest two to the cabin with them, so we had an evening with just Carter, and a really good friend of mine from high school, Brady, and his wife Lindsey, and their son Devin. We enjoyed a yummy Salmon and Halibut dinner and a very delicious dessert made by Lindsey. It was great to catch up with them and we definitely plan on getting together more often. Here is their son, Devin, who is just a couple months younger then Carter. (eating dirt, LOL)
Carter loved having a friend his age to play with
The boys
Brady and Devin. (wish I had brought out my camera earlier and taken more pictures!!)
My mom, sister, the kids and I enjoyed a fun day at the zoo last week. It was super crowded, probably because of the fog cover that made it a bit cooler that morning. I thought it felt nice out! The kids were definitely most excited about feeding the budgies!
Cristian had 2 birds land on his seed stick
Ava excited a bird landed on her stick
This guy let her pet him
Cute little expressions on all their faces :)
Cristian holding a budge
Outside the aquarium checking out the sea life that lives in our ocean
These 3 polar bears were swimming and playing right by the glass window. 
That's right folks... C is now tall enough to go on California Screamin' (48 inches) at Disneyland. This is the ONE and ONLY ride he has never been on at the 2 parks... and oh boy does he think that warrants another trip to CA!! :)
Checking out the reindeer
Carter playing on the spider web
and in the sand box
and the tunnel
All three going up the slide together
And coming down
Wheeee, what fun!
Playing in the little splash zone
Carter and Auntie petting the goats
Nannie helping Carter feed a goat
Cristian feeding one
So funny how Ava is holding her mouth open :)
Me and my 3 kiddos
Auntie and Ava
Cristian on the merry go round
Nannie and Carter (who picked the GREEN sea horse, of course... his favorite color)
Peacock
The 3 of them checking out the peacock
