swim class

summer vacation

saturday night dinner al fresco

with the rumpeletes family, warner-king family & vickie & luca

gay pride parade at volunteer park

gus gets his first real haircut

gussy's hair cut from mishy on Vimeo

gardener boy

avery was john's little helper in the garden

ruby gets to put earrings in

after being very patient (sort of) for 8 weeks ruby got to put in earrings.
luckily vickie was on hand to help because i was too squeamish

our russian friends visit

oleg, vickie & luca are in seattle for the summer.

after school pow wow

afterschool snackin' from mishy on Vimeo

after school snacking with the orlando twins - ruby's classmates from school, iris & ruby and new neighbor grey.

hiking along the 5-mile dungeness spit

tons of drift wood perfect for fort making.

camping at dungeness spit

a gorgeous beach walk.

tent and pop-top van action.

breakfast of pancakes and sausage.

low-tide party near port townsend

avery's teacher invited all of us to her beach house
for a low-tide party.
star fish, crabs & eels were everywhere.

biking

gus loves water

john took avery & gus to cal andersen park and gus
couldn't stay out of the fountain.

messy week at avery's school

it was avery's last week
of preschool and each day
they did a different "messy"
project. chocolate pudding
finger paint was the highlight.

avery's preschool comes to our garden

john made cinnamon rolls and he and gus showed them all
the highlights -- the tree fort, the chicken, the snap peas

highschool musical with ruby & owen

i took ruby and owen to see "highschool musical" and out for dinner.
it was our big night out - ruby knew all the words.

after school bucket of blue dough

shaggy gussy

reading at avery's school

ruby & avery's big hit

a little diddy from mishy on Vimeo

gus holds baby lief, i mean monte

avery's jammie day at school

friday was "jammie day" but we had to drop owen and his brownies off for his "kid-of-the-week" at his school, but avery was too embarassed to come in the classroom.