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Summer Fun

Last weekend we went to Crescent Bar for the first time this year.  They always do their 4th of July parade and fireworks show the weekend after the 4th, so we were there for all of that.  The neighbors always go all out and let us tag along.  We decorated the girls' bikes and they rode while we walked with them and they did great.

Olivia

Patriotic girls

Kayley

The whole gang (Crescent Bar neighbors in/on golf cart, me, the girls and Paul in the background)


And now that summer has finally come to Western Washington, we've been able to set up the pool, try out our new slip n' slide, and make our first trip to the spray park.  The slip n' slide was given to them by grandma and grandpa and they're not quite ready for it.  They don't get how to run and then go down on your tummy and slide.  It was pretty funny to watch.




That's our new pool in the background.  I was having a hard time inflating it and gave up, but Paul finally got the thing inflated and it's now taking up half our yard.

Spray park rock wall


Paul has the next 3 weeks off work, so we have lots of fun stuff planned.  We want to go to Northwest Trek Wildlife Park and maybe the zoo, we're spending a week in Leavenworth (a cute, Bavarian-themed touristy town) and camping at Lake Tapps again.  It's going to go so fast.

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