Oh, July

I love July. (Have I mentioned that before?) Well the fact remains, I love this month. This is going to blow your mind people, but this 4th of July was warm + sunny. WARM + SUNNY!!! This is almost unheard of in western Washington. We went to the beach.

We saw eagles, an air show, seals, jumping fish, loads of boats, a huge jellyfish and lots of crab shells. It was pretty much the NW in all its glory.

The kids looked adorable all decked out in their red, white + blue.

I would just like to let you all know that this little Sweet Pea (below) sings herself to sleep every single night. She has currently been singing for the last 40 minutes. Pretty much the sweetest thing ever.

She also loves to scream when she gets excited....or is feeling a little naughty or mischievous. It hurts our ears so. freaking. bad.

But she really, really loves her daddy. When he gets home from work is one of those times we hear one of those lovely shrieks.

This guy is hysterical.

And by the way, trains were sooooooo 2010. Race cars are the NEW trains. Race cars all-the-time.

Sometimes I call this dude Lil' Brian, or I call Brian Big Linc. Lincoln's body is identical to Brian's. (The 3 foot version.) It is ca-razy. Also, he is just how I imagine Brian would be at 2 years old. Love.

What I learned about fireworks this year...

They are WAY cooler when the are lit off in the dark.

Unfortunately our children go to bed WAY before 10 o'clock. Which is the time that it finally gets dark in the NW.

The twins thought they were pretty awesome though.

Also the extra-long sparklers take an extra-long time to finish.

Zzzzzzzz!

And we had 2 boxes of those sparklers.

The twins thought they were the bomb dot com holding these babies.

Seriously so fun.

This dude, in fact both of these dudes, say YES to marshmallows.

Adirondack chairs for 5 dollars??? Thanks Ace Hardware. I <3 You.

Lila + Lincoln's first go at the Hokey Pokey.

They likey.

Brian is pretty good at it as well.

Our favorite fountain in Gig Harbor.

We have thrown many, many pennies in that thing in the last year.

(We have also taken many out. Oopsa-poopsa!)

Some bunny had a birthday. It's really not fair how he just gets better looking every year.

I'm thankful. (And jealous!)

Anyone want to come visit Gig Harbor??? We have an extra room.

Just saying...