The Start of July

Levi and Makayla have both been in swimming lessons. They both love it and are getting very comfortable in the water. Levi is now in a class on his own, without Mike or I. He is proud to be a big boy and swim "by himself."



Early in the month we went to a splash park in Happy Valley with our friends the Heaths and Emily Prodan and her two kids. Neither of my kids played much in the water but they enjoyed the sun and the pinic that we packed.





On the 4th, Jeremy, RaeAnn and Gracie came over for lunch and the kids enjoyed some pool time then we headed up to my brother Derek's house and enjoying a great fireworks show, BBQ, and lots of activities for the kids. It was a great start to a fun filled month!

June in Pictures

Mike helped Levi make a bird house or maybe it was the other way around. Can you tell he was excited!


We went to the zoo with our good friends and neighbors the Collins.



Mike's roommates from college, Jonathan and Amy Miller and Alex and Marcella Bumpus, and their baby Andrew came up at the end of the month for our annual reunion. We had a great time catching up and enjoying the Oregon coast!
Levi and his buddy Amy

Makayla and "baby Andew"

Levi and Andrew Bumpus

Our kids loved playing with Andrew. Makayla would even cry when Marcella walked out of the room with him. It was a fun glimpse into our future. Both of our kids are very excited to meet their new baby brother.

We also welcomed Patricia, our exchange student from Spain into our family and home on the 25th of June. She spent a full month with us and is now sadly gone. She is greatly missed! I have a lot of pictures to post from our month with her so I will make that a whole seperate post but thought I would just throw one picture in so you could meet her.


That's it for now. I promise I will post SOON about the month of July since it is pretty much over also. Hope you are all enjoying your summer as much as we are!