Summer Activities

Elizabeth likes to swing off soccer goals. 

Jeremy experiments with pen making. 

Nathan works on models. 

I love to take evening walks as often as I can. 

There are some pretty sunsets!

Jeremy has been working on a new work shed! 

Evening at the Track

We spend a lot of summer evenings biking, scooting and running around the area. Nathan likes to practice running his mile at the track after dinner. His fastest time so far is 8:40ish. He's running to get better at running. 

Sometimes they also practice their long jumping! 

He plays with his legos too. 

Summer around home

Here are some things we do around here on a regular basis during the summer. 

In the evenings, we take bike rides or walk around the area. We often see doodles. There is a doodle in the above picture. We call them the invasive species of West Richland! 

Nathan has tennis lessons. Elizabeth likes to swim. We got to bring Charlotte a few times! They had a great time! 

If we get to tennis early, Nathan likes to work out on the elliptical. 

We had a great thunder and lightning storm that we watched. 

Elizabeth likes to experiment with her hair. 

Outing to Ellensburg

Grandma Pam had been needing Jeremy to cut down a bunch of trees for her. We went up for the day on her birthday so Jeremy could help her out. 

Elizabeth playing by the creek. 

Jeremy cut the trees and Nathan and Brian pulled them away. 

Nathan taking a break. 

Elizabeth went over to Brian and Karen's new house to help them unpack! 

Chasing Kittens

A cat arrived at Papa and Gram's! They named her Polly and she is an excellent hunter and very friendly. She had a litter of kittens that are wild cats. They will not come near humans. Laura is trying to tame the cats and spends hours out in the shed trying to get them comfortable with her. We tried to help out. 

Laura managed to grab this kitten and it clawed her to pieces before she got it all wrapped up. Thanks for getting scratched up Auntie Laura! Elizabeth was so excited to hold that little kitten. 

We tried to wait quietly in the shed for the kittens to come out. Nathan read. 

Elizabeth lounged around. 

The kittens would scamper by but no one would come near the humans! 

Peeking out at us. There are 5 kittens. 

SummerFest Royal City

We visited the Summerfest festivities in Royal City. 

We went to the BBQ on Friday night. Gram bought them cotton candy and they promised not to throw up. 

The next morning, we went to the parade where they got some candy! 

Flower Farming with Auntie Laura

We went up to Royal City for the parade and barbeque. While there, the kids helped out in Auntie Laura's flower farm!