August 2025

August adventures 

Allen continues to make our home beautiful.  He painted our outdoor lights

He refinished our driveway

Getting to take pictures with the actors after the show

Annual summer trip to the outdoor theater

Hike to and from the theater

We saw "The Big Fish"

Alexis made these mittens

Alexis and Eliana cooking up something fun

Carter and Cole relaxing

Beautiful summer sunset

Alexis made this pillow from one of her favorite shirts that she had outgrown. She is so creative.

We were supposed to visit family in CA for two weeks in August.  However, they were sick so we had to plan something else. We decided to go back to Whidbey Island and explore new areas.  Here we are on the ferry.

First night...Mexican food :)

 

We spent two nights in Bellingham. We visited Western Washington University

The library had a display of Eames chairs.

Looking up words in the big dictionary

Beautiful campus

We had to take a picture of this sign.  It is one of the "new" words kids use

Having fun in the pool at our hotel

So many kids it was great

We found this cool walk on the water

And of course a playground with swings

We hiked to see some small waterfalls

The kids took some pictures of the hotel lobby

Alexis would sit in the closet and talk to her friend Scarlett on the phone

Breakfast

Pretending to be Dad

Another fun playground

We surprised the kids and had our BFF's meet us for a few days

First afternoon we went to the beach

We attended the ranger program. The kids made masks

The we learned about these birds

After the ranger program we moved to the other side of the beach and had dinner

And watched a beautiful sunset

Love this picture

Good morning

Spent most of the day at Fort Casey. Girls are flying kites

Boys are chasing Allen with Nerf guns

Coloring

So beautiful 

Out to dinner

Fun in our hot tub

Having a snack

Ferry ride to the San Juan island

Trolley ride around the island

We stopped at the light house

We all had some fun on the rocks and looking for sea life

Dinner after the tour

Great seafood on the water and across the street from our ferry

We had some dirt cups for a late night snack.  Pudding and Oreo cookies, with a gummy worm

Sheila gave the kids their own scrap book

More pool fun

Kids working on the Ranger Books

They each received a wooden ranger badge

Then we played for a bit at Deception State Park before our friends left

Cranberry Lake

Favorite frozen yogurt stop

Back to the beach

Found this super yummy Chinese buffet

Mount Erie on a rainy day

This place had super high ratings but was always so busy. So we went on a rainy day.  It was yummy

Quick stop for a slurpy

Stopped by Fort Casey on our way to the ferry

Saw whales from the ferry on our way home.  Hard to snap a picture but they were out near the boat in the picture

New hair cut for the 5th grade.

Another surprise for the kids!  We met them at Ocean Shores

Pool life

Celebrating Sheila's 40th birthday

After dinner we took the kids to the beach

Beautiful sunset

A little more swimming

Cake to celebrate Sheila's birthday

Now that is some bed head

Morning swim or really relaxing in the hot tub 

Allen took Alexis garage sale shopping to celebrate her report card. All her finds. She got brand new Ugg boots for $15

Finished driveway

After back to school night we went out for dinner

                                         

Labor Day weekend.  Maryann and Jack were here for a visit after their cruise. We spent most of our time on the deck

We had a lot of great adventures in August.  Sad summer is over but excited for the fall.