A Beautiful Baptism!

My Godparents baptized their three children in Spokane while we were visiting.  It worked out so well since we were in Spokane visiting Grandma and Papa and celebrating cousin Tayler's wedding.  (My Godparents live in the Tricities but they have been trying to coordinate with their dear priest friend to baptize the kids and it worked out to do a private baptism at his parish in Spokane).  It was so great to see them and we wish we could spend more time with them.  We love you Harkins Family!!

Sam and Nick -The Boys waiting for the Girls to get ready!

Lily and Aubree waiting for Father

Sweet Hank.  My parents are his Godparents, Godsiblings twice!

Loved having a front row seat to this beautiful sacrament

The beautiful church, Saint Anthonys

Aubree went first!

The Harkins Family and Father Jose

Our families, minus Lily and Baby Cash

Congratulations on the Sacrament of Baptism, Aubree, Hank, and Baby Cash.  May God Bless you all!!

Baking with Mama

We are all sick here and the weather is a little crummy today so Mama and I decided to bake some muffins with the rest of our raspberries we picked.  (Maybe those pictures will get up on Nicholas' blog?)  She is learning that baking with boys is a bit different ;)  I sure had fun though and the muffins were delicious! 

Our Road Trip -Leg 1 (Seaside)

Last Thursday we left for our epic road trip.  We started out on day one with a short trip to Vancouver, Washington and stayed at a hotel.  Sissy and I love this, especially since we don't go to hotels very often.  We swam in the pool, went to a summer concert across the street, and of course jumped on the beds!  We woke up on Friday and headed to Seaside, Oregon where we met Grandma Bonnie, Papa Jim, and this time, Becky and Doug.  We had such a great time there.  We stayed in the same house as last year and had nice beach weather.  Sissy just loves the ocean and could be found jumping waves every day.  I got knocked over by a big wave the first day so was very cautious the rest of the vacation, but just love the soft sand.  We stayed for 4 days and created some incredible memories with our family.  Then on Tuesday we were off to Brookings, Oregon to visit our good friends and God-family, the Gonnellas.  You can read about that part of the trip on sissy's blog tomorrow.

Lily and I "helped" pack.  She did however win and get to take Floppy Ears with us.  Thank goodness for the van.

Goodbye Bellingham

Nicholas was excited for his first road trip (He did an incredible job the whole trip!)

Jump Jump!!

We start swim lessons tomorrow.  Maybe she will finally lose the water wings?

Cautious in the water

We enjoyed a very fun concert in Vancouver right across from our hotel.  Yummy food and good music!

Finally at the beach!  So excited to see those waves and feel the sand between my toes.

Where is the wave sissy?

Lily was so proud of herself for going on the bumper cars.  This is completely not her "thing."

Seaside has the best candy shops.  These lollypops will have to be our tradition.

Yummy!  (I still have part of this monstrous thing!)

I feel asleep on the floor, completely unheard of for me.  So much fun and fresh air!

Auntie Becky with brother Nicholas.  He is "Cool like Auntie!"

Ice cream, lollypops, candy....don't tell the dentist I saw last week!

Love the carousel!

And no trip to Seaside is complete without a trip to the silly hat shop

Lovin' the beach (Sorry for the thousands of pictures!)

Sissy trying out the skim board

Nicholas hanging out with mama at the beach

I thought the kite was the coolest thing!

We loved playing with Uncle Doug and he had fun burying us in the warm sand

Dentist!

This week I went to the dentist for the first time!  I was so good and did everything I was asked perfectly!  No cavities and I was so excited! (Sissy has two loose teeth and got a cool glow in the dark necklace to leave for the tooth fairy when they fall out.  She was also very excited!)

July

Well, the calendar says it is summer but the weather has been more like fall.  That's OK, Lily asked for nice weather for her birthday.  The sun may not be out, but love is in the air - lots of weddings on the calendar this summer.  The first was last Saturday when our friends Rob and Rianna took the plunge and we're off to another this Friday.  One other bit of news around here - we're going to have a lot more room on our road trips this summer..... In our new van!!!

 My buddy Nick showing off that smile

 Our personal bubble machine

 "CHEEEEESE" and crackers

 Dada and I at Mr. Rob's wedding

 Even Nick put on his dancing clothes for the wedding

 Lily finding other things to eat while she waits for "That cake over there".....

 Enjoying a cool treat at Grandma Katie's

 Hard to tell what's cooler - me or this Push-up

 I made this "habitat" for our little friend

Too cold and rainy to swim outside, so we put on our suits and hopped in the tub.  Mom made us "paint" with shaving cream and food coloring (thanks for the idea Auntie Becca).