SEA Company Picnic

Last month (sorry I'm back-blogging a bit) we got to go to Dan's company picnic at Remlinger Farms. What a fun day! We love Remlinger Farms!

Hannah on the jumpoline

Oh, Dan.

Oh, Hannah. I think this is the photo I will show first to all of your boyfriends. Hahahahaha

Getting a tattoo

Dan's is a cow. Because he works at a milk plant. Get it? A cow? (Because cows make milk and Dan works at a milk plant.)

Hannah's is a ballerina bear. Mine was a pig. heehee.

Panning for treasure

(The treasure)

A game where kids dig in the hay to find candy.

The loot.

It was soooo hot that day! Luckily they turned on a sprinkler.

The flying pumpkins!

On the train.

Ice cream sandwich from Daddy's work. A great end to a great day! Thanks Dan!

A Day at the Beach

It's been pretty hot here lately so we took a little trip to the local beach--Lake Sammamish

This picture is for Dan. Please notice the bird.

Daddy and Hannah

Pasta Salad--the perfect picnic lunch

Gotta love the fruit face!

sleepy Rachel



Rachel and Mommy

Picnic at the Park

Awhile ago we had a little impromptu picnic at the park when I didn't feel like making dinner. Thanks Dan for bringing the KFC.

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Happy 29th Dan!

Today is Dan's 29th birthday! He is working nights this week but we are still going to have a great day!

Thanks for being such a wonderful husband and father! We love you!!!!

We hope your day is happy.

Naptime Snuggles

Hannah likes to read books to Rachel and always wants Rachel to snuggle with her at naptime.


So sweet. At least it starts out that way....

Then Tiger Rachel attacks!

Oh. These silly girls!

This viedo is pretty long....it's really for the grandma's. Sorry it's so dark! I should have turned the light on. Hannah is reading Courdory.

Sea-Fair

We went to the Seattle Sea-Fair to see the Blue Angels again. We went to a different beach this year.

It was HOT and there wasn't much shade so Dan and Hannah took refuge in Lake Washington. Can you find them? No? They're waaaaaay out there. The last ones. (This is as far as my camera would zoom.) Sorry no pictures of the blue angels...they were even further away than Dan and Hannah!


Little Rachel and I found a patch of shade under some blackberry bushes. We set up a little blanket and had a cozy picnic at the beach.

Is there anything better than watermelon at the beach in the summer? I don't think so.

She's already too busy!?! I thought that didn't happen until the teenage years. Guess I was wrong.

Half Birthday

Last week was Hannah's 2 1/2 birthday and the week before that Rachel turned 6 months old! We had a cake to celebrate.

A note about the cake: Hannah and Dan went out to our backyard and picked a bucket full of wild blackberries. Yum. So I made a really yummy blackberry filling that made this blah-box cake a little more festive. I was going to make the cake look yummy too, but ran out of time and just threw the frosting one so we could eat it and send those tired girls to bed already!

Little Rachel was very upset that she didn't get any cake. Sorry, baby. You can have cake on your actual birthday. Here are the stats from Rachels 6 month check up....

She is 14lbs (the 10th %) and 27 3/4" long (97th %). The doctor was very impressed by her strength and sitting abilities. She said Rachel is sitting at an 8th month level ;)

Happy half-birthday to my beautiful little girls!