Kristin's Trip to Seattle

In July I went to Seattle for a week for work.  Most days were spent working from early morning until dinner time, but we did have one day off to have some fun.  My co-worker and I decided to drive to Mount Rainer to check it out.  Lucky for us, the day was clear and the view of the mountain was beautiful!

Part of the range

Mount Rainer!

The view in the other direction

Me and the mountain

Glacier waterfall - the mist spray coming off it was FREEZING!

The top of the waterfall

One of the nights we went to dinner in Bremerton, where there is a submarine museum.  Here is Trevor and I in front of the sail of the USS Parche, one of the most decorated subs in US Navy history.

Canada Day at the Cottage

We spent Canada Day weekend at the cottage.  The weather was very warm, but luckily there was enough of a breeze at night that we could sleep.  We were up there, Mom and Dad, Matt and Gina, Grandma and Grandpa, and Uncle Jim, Aunt Jill, Maddy and Kelly.

Daddy and Cameron ready to head out on a boat ride

Leah wanted to go too.

Poppa gets the boat started.  They were not out for very long before Leah decided she didn't like it, so they turned back around to drop her off.

Leah being silly - she was playing Peek-a-Boo

Cousins on the dock - Kelly, Cameron, Maddy and Leah

More cousins!  What cuties, they were fishing together so nicely.

 Leah doesn't even need a hair tie to keep her hair back!  Or maybe this is the wind blown look?

Leah had a blast playing in this house.  She opened and closed all of the windows over and over again, peeking her head out each one and yelling "Peek-a-boo!" at us.

Kelly and Maddy took Cameron on a turtle and frog hunting expedition.  It turned out that the paddle boat doesn't operate so well in the swampy area that the turtles and frogs like!

To return the favor, Cameron rowed all of the ladies around the lake!  It was adorable, he did so great, rowing them all around the bay.  We were very impressed with our boy.

He rowed like a champ!

Leah is such a silly monkey!

The girls got tired of riding in the boat, so Cameron convinced Poppa to take a ride with him.  I seem to remember a certain brother of mine who loved rowing around and around and around the lake... looks like his nephew is taking after him!

Nana and Leah fishing on the dock.  Leah has a fishing pole with a bobber on the end.  She didn't mind that she wasn't getting any bites.

Leah LOVED this owl

Hello, friend!  (I think it is so cute, how she is sitting in this picture.)

LOVE this picture!!!

Early one morning, Great-Grandma let the kiddos play play-doh.

The Kate Klub - Leah (the messy face), Grandma and Maddy

Leah, looking a little shocked. I don't know why.  :P

Nana and Poppa

On our drive back, we stopped at a winery just over the second Thousand Island Bridge.  They had a bunch of these funny statues and Cameron wanted his picture taken with each one.

Arrrrrr - pirate!

Cameron and the soldier

Mama, Leah and Cameron with the tiny soldier

Cameron's Daycare Graduation

In early June, Cameron's daycare had their graduation ceremony for the kids who were graduating from the Four Year Old room and going on to kindergarten.  They have it so early in the summer because a lot of kids leave daycare and stay home for the summer.  Cameron was a bit confused about all of that because he is staying at school for the rest of the summer, before heading off to kindergarten in the fall.

The theme of their graduation was Super Friends.  The kids in the class (11 boys, 3 girls) loved playing super heroes all year long, so the teachers thought that would be a good theme.  It was adorable.  Here is the gym, decorated for graduation.

One silly girl!

Cameron did the introduction to the graduation.  He said "Hello and welcome to our graduation.  Remember that anything can happen; we're just kids."  He was so serious and said it so perfectly.  It was adorable and we were so proud!

After saying his part, he walked to his place.  It was obvious that they had told the kids an exact line to walk, and Cameron was precise.  He walked heel-to-toe all the way around to his spot.  It was so cute!

Next was the Pledge of Allegiance.  A couple of Cam's friends lead that and held the flags.

The kids lined up, ready to sing their graduation songs.

Their songs were "You've Got a Friend" From Toy Story and another song called "I Want to Be a Superhero".  Cam practiced them for weeks beforehand, so by graduation we all could sing them!

Leah was enthralled by the entire graduation.  She watched so closely.

After the songs were done, the kids filed out and got their graduation caps, then marched back in.  Cameron was so serious the entire time!

Cutie in a graduation cap

Cameron getting his diploma from the daycare director, Ms. Michelle

Cameron and his good friend Melina

Leah standing up on the graduation platform.  We wanted to get a picture of Cameron up there, but he wasn't interested in it at all, so Leah ran up there.

After graduation there was cake and juice.  Leah LOVED the cake!

Cameron with Ms. Terese

Cameron with Ms. Erin

Cameron with Ms. Meg

Their favorite part of the graduation (besides the cake) was getting a balloon at the end!

Happy graduation to my big boy.  I cannot believe that he is going to kindergarten next year.  Where did the past four years go??