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 ...