Basketball Camp

I've mentioned many times how much BJ loves basketball, and this past week was no different. He had a chance to attend a basketball camp with a couple of his friends and I believe he really had a great time.

His whole heart is definitely with basketball, which sometimes makes me a little sad more of it isn't with soccer. But whatever makes him happy!

One of his coaches for the week was Aaron Brooks' (former UofO basketball star and Houston Rockets Rookie. BJ, Sam & Logan were all very excited for him to be thier coach!

The camp ended in a tournament day when the teams played each other in front of the rest of the camp, I was happy that Brennen and I were able to make it to see BJ play.

BJ making his way to the hoop

2 points for BJ's team!

BJ's team won the championship 12 - 10 and he scored 4 points and only played in half the game! At the end of camp they announced the kids who received the hustle (always working hard, never giving up) award and BJ was one of 4 in his age group who received the award. I can't help but be proud of my little baller! Seriously, it was probably one of the proudest moments I've had with him in sports, for him to be recognized in from of everyone for his hustle just affirms his love of the game! WELL DONE B MAN!

A Day at the Beach

OK, So Seattle hittin' 100 is ridiculous! We hit the road and went to Matthew's Beach to try and stay a little bit cool, the boys had a great time and boy they are WHITE! Check out the pics and you can see just how pastie white B really is.

Brennen has no fear of the water whatsoever. He just wanted to be wherever B was and it didn't matter if B was out deeper than Brennen was tall, he was going to try and follow. More than once I had to grab Brennen and stand him up in a little more shallow water.

Building Sand Castles

Brennen almost made it with the water!

We did have a great time and managed to actually stay as cool as possible in 97 degree heat! The boys even got to enjoy a SnoCone.

Dragons in July

Holy July, yep, summer in the Northwest has hit and trying to stay cool is quickly becoming a mission from day to day. I do have to say that I love this time of the year, the days are long and the nights are short. It's crazy to me that I can go into work at 10:30 ish and it's just beginning to get really dark and if I get off late 4:30ish it's already getting light. It brings a whole new meaning to working through the night!

The boys and I had a chance to visit Dragon park today in Lynnwood and the boys had a great time. Brennen tried to catch the water coming out and was really not happy with me when I told him it was time to go.

As unhappy as he was, I figured, since his lips were blue and he was shivering like crazy it was time. I tried to keep him on the big toy to kind of dry out & warm up, but the water was too tempting I guess.



















All in all we had a great time and we'll definitely be hitting more of the parks in the area, hey if you know any good ones let us know! We want to hit quite a few over the summer.

BJ goofing around in the splash area

B trying to dry out & get warm in the sun

One of my best friends during the summer, ICE TEA .. MMMM

4th of July!

I think this is the busiest 4th of July we've had in a long while. The boys walked in the Edmonds Parade, on an 80 degree day no less. I think they all enjoyed it, although I'm not sure how much Bryan enjoyed walking pretty much the whole parade with Brennen on his shoulders. BJ had a great time representing the new YMCA handing out bubbles to the kids on the parade route.

B & Brennen right before the parade started ...

BJ handing out prizes to the parade kids

After the parade we had a chance to check out the new house of one of our friends and have a BBQ. After the BBQ we were all pretty tired so we went home to grab a little rest before the big fireworks show of the evening. At first BJ & his friend Jake let off some fireworks and then the rowdy stuff came. Tim, PJ and a couple of their friends came to let off their "Big" fireworks they got at Boom City. BJ loved it, Brennen wasn't too sure but he was a pretty good sport about it all.

B running like a crazy man with a smoke bomb ...

B & Jake with some sparklers

Uncle Timmy & Brennen during the show

Brennen & Timmy fighting

I even had a chance to play with some fireworks shots, didn't get a whole lot but check 'em out ...

Summer at last!!!

Today was the first day in a long time that it actually felt like summer and the boys took full advantage of it. BJ had a friend (Logan) over and in the heat of the afternoon decided they wanted to have a watermelon eating contest. It was pretty hilarious, they had watermelon juice dripping everywhere. At least it was a good day and I think it felt pretty great on a hot day. Brennen even got in on some of the action!


Here are a few pics of the action ...