Summer Wrap Up

It's been a good summer and I am sad to see it come to an end. But we have survived the first week back at school, and today was my first afternoon with a quiet house while Megan takes a nap. Maybe I can get used to this new schedule!

We threw in a few last minute summer adventures in August. First we attempted a day trip to Bainbridge Island in search of good ice cream, pizza and state parks to explore. We made it as far as the ferry terminal in Seattle, where Megan tripped, fell, and hit her head on the corner of a vending machine. She had a nice gash on her forehead, so after manuvering our way out of a line of cars waiting for the ferry, we spent the next 3 hours in the ER at Swedish Medical Center. 4 stitches later, we tried to find something to do in Seattle so it wasn't a total waste of a day. We ended up at the Aquarium and Red Robin for dinner.

The next week we tried again, this time with much better results. (We all stayed in the car at the ferry terminal this time, to avoid any repeat trips to the ER!) The ferry ride was fun, the ice cream was super yummy, and pizza was good, and we had fun exploring.

Beautiful Seattle!

On the way back to Seattle, we had all the kids lined up for a picture, when the horn on the ferry blew just as Drew was taking the picture. I LOVE the look on Jared's face - it makes me laugh every time I look at this picture!

Yummy ice cream! It's a good thing we have to go all the way to Bainbridge Island to get it, or we'd get really fat eating it all of the time!