Jumping off the high dive!
Summer fun with my kiddos...
These kids LOVE to be silly. Even though most of their pictures they have adorable (calm-looking) smiles, don't let that fool you :) This is how they are 99% of the day...
Full of personality :)
Shaylie with her baby cousin, Sophia
We met up with Gramps at Esther Short Park when he was driving through town one day...
I love our family run/bike rides!! And we did lots of it this spring, summer and fall! :)
Salmon Creek Trail:
Play date with Dylon and Kynlee:
We went to every Wednesday summer concert in the park again this year. We almost always met up with friends, had a picnic lunch and played at the playground afterward. So much fun!
Tyce went down the water slide by himself at Lakeshore this summer! It was a really big deal because he had to be able to swim from the bottom of the slide to the steps by himself (they don't allow kids to go down or be caught by adults)!! We are so proud of him!
Family picnic dinner at Felida park. Summers in the PNW are so beautiful!!
More family run/bike rides...this time along the Columbia waterfront:
Tyce and Shay took semi-private swim lessons this summer for a few weeks.
Jumping off the diving board for the first time!!
We had so much fun swimming at Lakeshore this summer :)
Playing at Klineline park:
Painting at Aunt Lynsey's...
Our little princess:
Loop from downtown Vancouver, along the waterfront, through Fort Vancouver and back downtown. I love this loop...a little too long for the kiddos (especially on such a hot day :/). They're tough and were little troopers, though.
Tyce took a few intro classes at East West Karate. After his classes, he got to kick break a board and earned his white belt. We ended up signing him up for taikwondo at Kids Club (more on that with pictures in another post), but his experience at East West was great, too.
It was his idea to try karate and we were so impressed with how well he did. In the past he's been somewhat reserved or shy with new activities, but he was really bold from the get-go with karate. It was so adorable to watch our little buddy!
...And here's the other end of the spectrum :) You're well-rounded, T! Aww...what a great twin brother, always allows his sissy to dress him up. Notice his tights, too ;)
Looking back on all of our summer photos, I can't help but smile. We had the best summer together! Much more fun to come in August and September, too!!
