Catching up with an old friend

Last weekend we had a wonderful time when my oldest and dearest friend, Sarah, came up from Portland to visit us. We were born 11 days apart and have been friends since then. I had fun digging up some old pictures of the two of us this afternoon. Sarah's family lived a couple houses away from me for the first 4 years of our lives and we had a blast reminiscing about all the fun times we had as kids! One of the many times we played angels in our church Christmas program...

Let's hope we NEVER revisit the fashion of 1991! Here we are on the first day of 7th grade. High school graduation We hadn't seen each other for 5 years and it was just like a day hadn't past. I Guess that's what great friends do!

Meeting Lily

I left our camera in Seattle, so I have some catching up to do on our blog! Emma, Camden, and I got to meet Miss Lily Grace Holloway last week after saying good-bye to Nana at the airport. Emma brought Lily a Barbie Rapunzel movie in honor of the name she chose for her. :) Emma was quite entertained watching Andy change Lily's diaper and loved holding her, too!

Nana's here!

Nana (a.k.a, my mom, Linda) flew in from Iowa on Tuesday and we're having a great time with her!

Emma, Nana, and Camden had fun at our favorite Silverdale Waterfront Park!Camden took a tumble and bonked his forehead so big sis Emma helped cheer him up.
Ride 'em cowboys! What a great horse you have!

Mom, Emma, and I are ready to shop! Camden had to peek his head in, too! :)Hanging out in our new pool.

Camden didn't mind the cold water at all!

Emma is holding on tight!

A stylish new hair do...

Harstine Island

The holiday weekend fun continued on Saturday with a trip to Harstine Island. Despite some rain and a little girl who started feeling a bit under the weather, we had fun playing on the beach.

Emma and Claire had to run out to the water's edge to fill up their watering cans.What a great beach swing!
Camden and Chris checking out the sea life on the beach.

Camden's new favorite game is playing peek-a-boo

Where's Camden????

There he is!!!!

Best buds, Claire and Emma, taking a little break on the beach.

Happy 4th of July!

I know I'm burning the midnight oil on this blog, but the neighborhood is still rockin' with fireworks, so who could sleep anyway??? We had a wonderful Independence Day back in the good old U.S.A. this year. The Warthen's invited us to join their annual party at Aimee's mom's house right on Dyes Inlet. We learned that everyone in Washington visits their local Indian Reservation to load up on illegal fireworks, then shoots them off at 10:00 (when it finally gets dark here!) We had quite the show looking out on all those festive fireworks folks in Bremerton and Silverdale.

Chris and Emma hanging out in the yard.Camden with his two biggest fans.
What an awesome sandbox! We need one of these!

Camden, Dylan, Emma, and Claire enjoying some dinner.

It sure isn't the 4th of July without watermelon!

Camden hung out with one of his favorite gal pals, Nora.

Chris has perfected his water balloon toss form. Too bad Chris W. tossed it right back into the water!

Emma is ready to toss (but am I ready to catch?)

What a family!!!

The "warm up" fireworks were very entertaining.

(The fashion police would have been after Camden in his jammies and sneakers!)

Emma wasn't quite sure what to think about the sparklers...

Future Heartbreaker

I know I'm biased, but can this boy get any cuter?!?! :)

Having fun with Babi

Babi (a.k.a. Chris's mom, Marie) traveled back to our house with us after the Ironman weekend. We had a wonderful time enjoying the summer weather visiting Seattle, playing at our favorite park here in Silverdale, and cooling off in the sprinkler in the yard.