Summer Update

Well, it has been quite awhile since we have updated the site.  That is because it has been a pretty typical summer for us.  We haven't done a whole lot outside of normal summer stuff.  There is some adjusting into only having the sun for the summer, it makes you want to go out every day and get as much of it while you can.  Here are a few highlights from the summer so far.

There has been a whole ton of birthday parties for the kids, seems like there is one every weekend.  One of the cooler ones was for a little girl in Ella's class.  Her family has some friends who work at the zoo, so her party was at the zoo.  All of the kids got to feed the giraffes, and then spend all day at the zoo checking things out.  It is really quite a nice zoo, very big, the animals have very natural enclosures so it doesn't feel like those old zoos full of cages.

  

Trip to Aruba

It has been a long time since I last posted here.  We have been quite busy lately and updating the site has not been my top priority.

About a month back, Sarah and I took off to Aruba for a week for my friend, Jamie's wedding.  Getting to Aruba from Seattle is a bit of a hassle, but we preserved.  The flight there wasn't too bad, from here to New York, then a short layover before flying to Aruba.  However, on the way back it was a big pain, we flew to New York, and then had an overnight layover before leaving for Seattle the next afternoon.  A quick recommendation, we flew on Jet Blue, great airline, I highly recommend them, and I have tried a lot of airlines lately.

Ella's 6th Birthday

Yesterday was Ella's big 6th birthday.  Sarah threw quite the party, I think 17 kids were here in the house for Ella's Princess Pajama party.  Everyone wore princess pajamas and Sarah had them all do some activities, some games, then after eating some pizza, they all watched Princess and the Frog.

Setting up a saltwater aquarium

Well the last few weeks have been occupied with setting up a saltwater aquarium.  Sarah promised Ella a fish if she would stop sucking her thumb.  Sarah thought it would be a simple Beta fish, small, easy to take care of.  But Ella showed me a clownfish, no doubt due to Finding Nemo.  Saltwater are significantly harder to setup and maintain than a simple beta fish, but I have a tendency to overdue things.

Max's new tattoo

Max celebrated our move to Seattle with a new tat.  He took off and was gone all day, and now we know, this was some serious ink.

He also took on a new costume for his late night crime fighting.