Author: Katie

Ahoy, matey! Hazel met extended family at the “Trunk or Treat” event

Landry, our serious Pirate Explorer

In addition to candy, the kids received slime as a treat!

Looking at Great Grandma Velma’s sheet music from the Army

Face full of sprinkles, towering stack of coins

Our regal meow on her plush throne

At Chambers beach

World’s biggest tuning fork

Bat wings

Pirate captain Hazel gives orders to her crew with binoculars, a map and a compass respectively

Big maze from a kids paper

More newspaper enjoyment

Trying her hand at composition

Earnest homework pumpkin

Ten minutes earlier with a scathing glare

Lego motorcycles are a surprise hit around here

Relaxing with LEGOs after school

Landry’s class finished its swimming unit today and parents were invited to the wrap up (“show off”) celebration

Bub showed us how to blast off (kick on his tummy), turn to his back, breathe, and keep kicking!

We went camping this weekend! We arrived shortly after sunset on Friday, scrambled to set up, and on Saturday morning explored our walk-down site with a view of Cranberry Lake

Sunrise over the lake

Half a mile down a trail from our site was a beach along Rosario Strait (on the northern end of Puget Sound)

Landry is such a catch-a-wave-aholic and didn’t stay dry for long! Deception and Fidalgo Islands in the distance

Hazel went for the practical barefoot/rolled pant option

They call this West Point

The family from West Point

Obligatory timer portrait (includes one silly goose)

Summoning Momma (who is taking pictures)

Reading spot with a view

We hiked to Goose Rock in the afternoon

Highest point on Whidbey Island

Up to hiking hijinks

The western Washington burn ban ended just in time for our trip

Sunset silhouettes