Summer Update

Well I finally decided to sit down and do a little update on what we have been doing the past few weeks.
1. We had a heat wave here in Seattle with temperatures in the triple digits for a few days. We spent all of the day and some of the night swimming in the water trying to stay cool.
2. The kids have been wanting to take up the new hobby/art of photography so we have a lot of the following, "whoops, I forgot your head" shots.

They normally find me somewhere around the 3rd or 4th try.

3. Now we are receiving rain and cooler temperatures so the kids have been playing "knee boarding" inside. (I am pretty sure poor kids have better imaginations...only because they have to pretend to knee board as they watch the boats drive around outside.) 4. & 5. Phil caught me reading and riding my bike the other day. Then is started to rain so I had to put the book in the car. I have enjoyed having time for both reading and riding this summer.

6. Swimming. Cannon and Miya are both swimming without life-jackets and loving it. They are happy now getting their heads wet and using big arm strokes.

I am afraid that the summer like my tan is fading fast and we are trying to squeeze the most fun out of everyday we can. My kids are at the perfect age this summer for fun and for letting me now have to worry every moment about them. Lyla is a great little swimmer in her life-jacket and loves being outside. This has been the perfect summer already and we still have a few more weeks left.