Newfoundland Trip with Grandpa!

Grandpa George took the whole family on an amazing trip to Newfoundland this summer.  We traveled the Avalon peninsula and saw an unbelievable number of wonder things - whales, seabird colonies, an iron mine, light houses, light houses, forts and more light houses! The weather was beautiful and the company grand.  The people of Newfoundland were kind and generous.  If you ever get a chance, you should definitely go!  Thank you so much Grandpa George for the wonderful experience! Click the picture below to see 51 pictures of the trip.

Below is a video compilation of cool things we did on the trip:

Camping at Wenatchee Confluence State Park

We shared a wonderful weekend at Wenatchee Confluence State Park with the Toft family. We had a great big grassy area behind our campsite, a nearby playground and swimming beach! The weather was beautiful and we all had fun. Lessons were learned, such as nobody gets as much sleep as they need when sharing the tent with a toddler. Our friends left Sunday but we decided to stay another night.  We took a wonderful ramble on the Forest Service roads between Peshastin and Cashmere and found all manner of beautiful wildflowers in bloom, including Tiger Lilies!  Click the first picture to see all 73 pictures at once:

Lunch at Swauk Creek Campground

Playing in play tents

At the swim beach on the Columbia river

Sharing home-grown strawberries

Bedtime stories

Tiger Lily with her namesake flower

Father's Day Run

Magnuson Park, Seattle

Tiger Lily's 2nd Run!

Click the photo to see 4 more pictures from the race day.

Breakdance Class!

Tiger Lily's showing off her tattoo from Breakdance class at Massive Monkees studio in Seattle's International District. Click picture to see all pics at once.

Click picture to see all at once

Family trip to Whidbey Island

Beth's boss Jeff and his partner Gail invited us and Beth's co-worker Jason's family to their house on Whidbey Island for the 2013 Memorial Day weekend. We had a fantastic time exploring the tide flats, running around the house and enjoying fresh seafood! Click the picture below to see 139 pictures (really not as bad as it sounds, thanks to updates at Flickr)

Link to 139 pictures from the weekend trip

Tucson Trip

Click the picture below to see the whole set from the trip

Tiger Lily feeding a Giraffe at Reid Park Zoo!

Riding the little train at Reid Park

First time cooking muffins...

In preparation for Tiger Lily's 2nd birthday we tried cooking muffins. It went pretty well!