July 10, 2009...Happy 7th Birthday Andrew!

Andrew's birthday is July 10...we celebrated as a family that night :)

Birthday boy! He chose to eat dinner at the Rainforest Cafe

The crododile in front of the restaurant...everyone throws pennies in his mouth to go to saving the rainforests

Getting ready to order

Andrew and the ape by our table

Present time!

A water balloon game, Bakugan, and some gum with money hiding inside :)

Poor Morgan....she was terrified every time the Apes would "come to life"....It was sad, but it kept her attached to Dad all night...no chasing of the 3 year old :)

Yeah for birthday cash! Andrew used it to buy himself 2 stuffed Rainforest snakes from their gift shop.

VOCANO!! The biggest, chocolatyist, birthday celebration treat ever!! Complete with a sparkler on top :)




Andrew's 7th birthday party for his friends was at our house. We lucked out with the weather...it was the beginning of a HOT streak...it got over 100 degrees at one point, yikes! The kids played in the water, ate lunch, and of course had cupcakes...

Andrew, Caleb and Justin having fun in the sun!

Lunch time

It was a very hot day...perfect for a water fight

Water fun outside

Cupcakes and Pokemon figures :)

....BLOW!

The kids retreat under the shade...it was a HOT day!

Emma

Caleb

Morgan

Tom

Jaeger

Chocolate faces!

Enjoying cupcakes...yum!

Bakugan from Justin

Sidewalk paint from Caleb

Bakugan from Owen :)

A frog Webkin from Jaeger :)

Andrew's own giant size treats from Sarah

Don't break the ice! From Hannah

Morgan taking a dip in the pool...complete with sucker

One last surprise from Dad....

Andrew was surprised to find this Nerf gun from Dad...he got one last year for his birthday, but it was stolen....Dad made him happy again :)

Andrew loves this nerf gun that is as tall as Morgan :)

July 7-10, 2009...Cub Scout Day camp for little Tom

Tom is a weeblo in cub scouts....cub camp was the first week of July....before it got very hot, thankfully :) Summer and I went along on the first day...

Egg launch egg Tom made at home for friday's launch....his egg survived!

The troop....the Weeblo Warriors

Summer loved riding in the backpack around camp

Tom tries to tie a knot in mid air....

knot tying and rope tricks

Who knew lunch time could be so funny :)

Cooking time!

Tom and Josh cooking monkey tails

Yummy monkey tail rolled in butter and cinnamon

Big brother with Summer

Waiting for a turn to shoot BB's

The BB range is one of Tom's favorite things to do at camp

Field sports

Making the staffs to carry for the rest of the week...we had a fun day :)

July 4, 2009...Happy 4th of July!

This 4th of July was a lot busier than usual....that morning I helped sell fireworks, like I try and do every year, to earn money for gym classes, my friend Melanie got married and I was the photographer, and we hosted a bbq and fireworks at our house!

Melanie amd Jay's wedding was beautiful. They had a very intimate ceremony at Kopachek State Park, just past Gig Harbor, WA. There were lots of family and friends there to wish them well :)

The cake, complete with cupcakes for the kids....the "Little People" cake on top played "Here comes the bride"

Melanie and her bridesmaid, Emily

Melanie looked so beautiful :)

Beautiful mommy and daughter, Morgan

Mel's daughter, Morgan, was the flower girl

The bouquet of fresh roses

Brendon gives this a "thumbs up"!

Mom with sons, Tristan and Brendon

Heading up for the ceremony....boys giving mom away :)

Flower girl doing her job

The ceremony was really neat....flowers were beautiful

Tristan and Brendon were the ring bearers

Emily, Mel, Jay, and Jay's bro and best man

The happy couple

First kisses....

My mom, Summer, and Angie came to the wedding too

Morgan, caught red handed...stealing Jelly bellies, yum

Angie and Summer

Me and Summer

Awe....

The family

Angie doing bubbles

Emily's bubble send off :)

After the wedding, I headed home to our family fireworks.....got there just in time for it to turn dark. Next year, our city might have a ban on fireworks, so we squeezed it in one last time at our house...Tom's parents, his sister, Jeanette and her family, and my parents were there to help celebrate.

Uncle Matt, Chris, Andrew, and little Tom

Hanging out on the lawn...My mom and dad, father-in-law, and nephew, Jared

Fireworks!

Morgan (she kept hiding from the noise under her blanket), Jeanette, and Jared

Me and Morgan

Summer was much happier when daddy took her inside

Andrew and Chris doing snakes

Little Tom

Ah, the fun cleanup!