Easysticks - by the Cain Sosnoff family

We set out on Monday for beautiful Mount Rainier

Oh how we love these views!

Lookin’ like a cool dude all the while

You wouldn’t believe how many pictures I took of my family’s backs

Thankfully somebody took some pictures of our faces!

Photo credit to Hazey for this pic and the one above

Near Frozen Lake we saw not one but TWO marmots at close range!

Looking right at us!

Alpine wonderland

Frozen Lake… true to its name, even in July, and look at that gorgeous color blue in the ice!

There was still a tiny bit of snow on the trail

Farewell beautiful mountain

We spent some time at the lake in June and July! We swam, hiked and saw friends!

Cat neighbor

There was a lot of sailing, but more on that later…

Team Paddleboard

Landry lost his most prominent shark tooth. Wow!

We were joined by Phoebe!

And her parents!

And Brita!

Who led us on a delightful trip to Waukeela (Thanks Brita!)

Back at the homestead the girls taught themselves to write with their feet

We set out to hike to the top of Mt. Willard

There were snacks

And we made it to the beautiful summit!

Crawford Notch is always a crowd pleaser

The kids wrote, directed, and produced an original theatrical production!

Did I mention there was ice cream? A must!

This summer there’s sailing at Silver Lake!

Big development, lots of excitement

Labor of love beforehand

Aaaaand she’s off! (In a low wind position)

This is a higher wind position (Sitting on the rails)

We learned a lot about how to safely manage the boat on and near the dock

And even Landry took a try

At one point handling both the tiller and the mainsheet

Skipper in all weather, hoorah!

Have you heard? It was Supey’s birthday!

We celebrated with summer adventures two days in a row!

But first we dropped a skipper at sailing camp…

Then we partied

With two types of ferries

And deep bunkers

Oh hello there!

Day 2: don’t fall in, Bub!

Calm, cool and collected

These hot days were cool enough beneath the trees

A beautiful parting view

And a bonus shot of our salty sailor’s nautical hands after a long day on the water

The low tide on Independence Day exposed a sand bar at Titlow that we don’t normally SEE, let alone WALK TO

Cheeeese in the sun!

Another day, another selfie (plus polar bear bum)

Behind the scenes

Photo bombing sister! (Not too terribly different from last year…)

Also cute

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Ending 4th grade

Ending 7th grade

Immediately after the 7th grade awards assembly

Fourth grade celebration surrounded by friends

A snuggle & selfie for the parents

Beginning of summer! Preparing to sail

Epic raceways

Soccer party

Cat at soccer party!

Waving at soccer party

Parents at soccer party

Helper Cain!

Let summer commence

Kitty welcoming committee

Little Hazel big dock

Soccer family

Pick a Lego brick

Candy rope for the birthday boy

Ten years old!

Seventh grade band concert finale

Sitting pretty

Colorful at the Color Run

Boing boing

Climber

Tide pool tuck

Fantastic June-tastic

Hazel embarked on her first red eye flight enthusiastically

Pine Point in bloom

“Translating” from sax to recorder

Grammy’s final resting place

Sneaky Pete

Meanwhile Landry and Supey attended a Mariners game

And there’s been soccer — practices!

And games!

And spectacular sticks for spectacular spectators

Charting his own course at the skate park