Summer Moments with Friends

Levi and his BFF Paige

Levi, Felix, Alex, Katie, Sienna and Connor

Connor and Felix at Camp

Alumni Weekend At Camp Orkila

We started a new tradition and took the boys to Camp Orkila for alumni weekend and they were in heaven. We spent 1 day with Pop & Messie and grandmommy before headed to the San Juan Islands.

John and Bob (our boss we worked for at IMDb/ Amazon)

Cascade Lake on Orcas Island

Hiking the trail up to Camp Lodge

Playing on the shores of Camp Orkila 

Our little Gus Gus stayed up way past his bedtime

Hiking at Camp

Famous Dock at Orkila

My reunion of friends who I grew up as campers and worked on staff with - how fun that our children will all start going to camp together in 2 years! I can hardly wait!

Levi doing his first skit at Camp Orkila with Michelle leading it 'Black Magic'

Levi doing the 'Invisible Bench' skit

We were spoiled with the new cabins!

Family dinner before heading home

The end of a wonderful weekend that will absolutely become a family tradition

A 40th celebration in New Orleans....

John turned 40, so I surprised him with a weekend away in New Orleans. We spent the weekend in New Orleans exploring the beautiful French city. We fell in love with a handful of incredible restaurants, appreciated the gorgeous architechture and of course loved the Southern charm. We ate as many oysters as we could, took in live music and strolled up and down the Garden district.

We toured the plantations and they were stunning and the history was fascinating

I loved this nursery. Look at that cot?!

Laura House plantation

The fan over the dining room table in the Oaktree plantation that a child slave would manually swing for hours

Oaktree plantation

A swamp tour 

This place had amazing pork belly sandwhiches

We went to Commander's Palace for dinner, which has been around for a century and still serves turtle soup!

We went on a run to this place for breakfast and it was well worth the sweat in the humidity.

It was an incredible treat to spend the weekend being together with no agenda celebreating John. Lucky me, lucky us. 

A Family Snuggle

Our boys are growing up. They're showing signs of independance. Yet, there are so many times when we're reminded that they're still little and require the same tenderness they did when they were babies. This family nap reminded me that regardless of the big boys getting bigger, they still love a good 'ol fashion nap in our bed with their dada. 

Felix's Last Day Of Preschool as a Lilie

Felix 1st year in preschool was magial. These two teachers (Ms. Tiffany and Ms. Megan) went above and beyond to ensure the lilies had an incredible year. We will be forever thankful for their leadership, kindness, humor and patience and creativity. 

Gussy and Felix finding another excuse to have ice cream

Proud 4 year old