PEPSapalooza

We hit up the Redhook Bowl in Woodinville for the 2nd Annual PEPSaplooza.  It only happened to be the hottest day of the summer, so we didn't last as long as we would've liked, but had a fun time all the same!

The Mariks, LeClaires and Darrows joined us for the fun - I only have a couple pics of the Darrows.  If you don't know anything about PEPS  you can read about it here.  It is an organization that we strongly support and I can't imagine any new parents in the Seattle area not joining!

The kids dancing to The Not-Its, a super fun Kids band!  (Avery 3rd from left, Caelin second from right)

Miss Finley joined the dancing at her picnic spot with her mama.

Caelin taking this all in and doing some fancy dancing!

Caelin and Avery listening intently.

Avery was SO EXCITED for her face to be painted, she even waited silently and patiently for all three kids in front of her to go first.  Cutie face!

Avery and mama at the end of our time there.  We had to get into the car and turn the AC on!

Looking forward to the PEPSapalooza celebration in August of 2011!

PEPS Annual Summer Picnic

We had our annual summer picnic with our PEPS group in July on one of the hottest days of the year so far! Lake Boren was the spot and it was perfect with a great covered area right near the play area! It is so amazing and fun to see all these kiddos since we've known them for three years! (L-R, Brynn, Avery, Jackson) We had a couple friends missing from this pic, and not as many outtakes as pictures before, but it was a fun afternoon!

Kellen is a new addition to the group, Jackson's little brother and was having so much fun on the swings!

Tyler was one hot boy that day! He wouldn't take that hat off and just kept going and going....no pictures of his face, but you can see how much fun he was having all day long!

Jackson was hamming it up for the camera with his beautiful smile and enjoying some swing time. I'm sure the slight wind of the swing felt great.

Sweet Avery, she had so much fun too and enjoyed running around with all of her friends.

We are lucky that we have gotten to meet and become friends with all these families. Some of them we see each Saturday at The Little Gym and others we catch up with a few times a year based on where we all live. I don't think we all would have made it the first few months without this group. Shingo is missing from our pics as he left a little earlier, but we can't wait to get your smile at the next gathering!

Busy, busy BEE!

Avery was a busy, busy BEE for Halloween and looked great!

Here she is after the daycare parade where we all got drenched, but she has her determined little speed walking face on! Outta my way people!

We headed over to our friends for an Annual Halloween soup evening and since Avery loves dogs, she immediately gave Ozzie a hug, who was also a bee for Halloween. As was his little sister Caelin, Avery's friend.As we headed out and hit up a couple of houses in the neighborhood for trick or treating, Avery thought the decorations were better then the candy and here she is off with someone's pumpkin.

The next day we had a potluck with our PEPS group and you can tell the kiddos were nothing less then thrilled to be in costumes and have their picture taken.