First Day of School 2012

 First year all 3 get to leave on the bus together! 

 Miles so happy to be heading of to Kindergarten

 Makayla heading to 4th grade

 Aleah off to 2nd Grade

 backpack's full of goods- Miles insisted on carrying his pack full of supplies on the bus!

 The bus stop

Happy bus rider!

Aleah's 8th Birthday Party

 Aleah and two friends - 1st stop- Movies

 2nd stop- toes painted 

3rd stop- yogurt! Makes for one happy 8 year old!

Gorge with friends

 Had a great evening at the gorge with friends, played in the river and did the cliff jumping

 beautiful

Fun times 

Rainier View Hike

 We tried for a family hike, it has been tough the last few years but we decided to see if we could make it work!

 We made it and had some fun!  Miles decided to hike like a champ (very new for him) Aleah counted the # of cartwheels she could do down the trail.... and Makayla tried her best NOT to hike with any of us.....

Family! 

Family Photo

 Tried for the family photo, we did manage to get one good one! That is all I needed!

 The rest the clowns came out 

or ventured off to pick black berries....... 

Circus

 Hadn't  been to the circus yet so we look our animal loving kids. 

Ready 

Ears

 Guess who is turning 8 soon?  And yes in our house that means we can get our ears pierced!

So happy!

Miles new Hair cut

Miles was so excited to get his hair cut, it is his new Kindergarten cut!

Bike Ride with Gramma and Oompa

 We had a great ride with Gramma and Oompa

Sea Fair with Uncle Eric

 Uncle Eric got the girls a new wake board to try out. Aleah ready to go! 

 Makayla ready to go 

 Checking out all the boats

 Off course we had our own "Sammy the Shark" 

 Jumping off the boat is great fun also. 

 Aleah

 Blue Angles

Miles loved all the noise! 

Cowgirls

 Aleah and Chaz

Makayla and Chaz

Girls Swim Class

 The Girls on the other hand are having a great time in the pool.  Aleah getting ready to dive.

They both moved up to the next class, they were very excited. 

Miles SWIM- Oh Maybe....

 Miles has not liked the water since the day he was born but now that we are five and we like to go fish, go for tube rides in the boat and take our life jacket off... Mom decided swim class is a MUST!  

 We are making some progress but is it VERY SLOW.....  And private lesson's are killing the pocket book

 At the end of our summer session I asked the instructor if she thought  Miles would be able to take a class next session.  She said as polite as can be... "oh, well Miles is not class material!"  Lovely.....we will keep trying.