Saturday, August 24, 2013

Point Defiance Zoo

Erich's college friend was getting married in Tacoma so we planned to visit the Point Defiance Zoo before the evening wedding. The weather was great and the girls had a fun time exploring a new zoo!
 

Checking out some amphibians.

Kenzi crawled into the snail shell.
Emi and Daddy feeding the goats.


Emi rode a camel!  She was not afraid at all, the highlight of this zoo trip!






Lakewold Gardens

We attended a wedding at Lakewold Gardens, it was a beautiful place {and day!}

The girls had a fun time exploring the grounds.
Emi and Kenzi sat nicely as the bride danced with her father.

Kenzi was excited to dance {twirl} too!
Emi had fun dancing and made some new friends at the wedding, 
she was too busy moving around for me to get a picture of her dancing.

Congratulations Greg and Hulya!

Monday, August 19, 2013

Vancouver

We had so much fun in Vancouver in May we decided to make a second trip before the end of summer.  Gung Gung, Po Po, Melanie and her parents, and Auntie Natalie and Uncle Justin joined us too!  The weather was not as warm as it was in May {it was only 70.ish degrees} so we did not do the water pool area in Stanley Park that we hoped to do this time.  

Here is a picture of the girls on the walkie talkies that my parents brought along, we were talking to Auntie Jeanie in who was following behind us.  They thought these gadgets were so fun!

We made it!

We did take a nice family bike ride to Stanley Park though...Here's Erich with Emi {on a trailer bike} and Kenzi {in the Ibert} ready to go!


On our way to Stanley Park we saw sea lions eating l

Here's Kenzi at our beach stop.  She's not worried about being in the sand at all!


Gung Gung and Kenzi taking a stroll on the beach.

Here's the trio!

This giant "g" was just outside our hotel, it reminded Emi of her friend Gabriella so she hopped up for a picture so we could send it to her.

Look who is ready for the pool.  The Fairmont provides kids with robes too, 
so cute and perfect for swimming!

They don't care that it's chilly...they love splashing and swimming!

Back to the room...

Here is how Emi and Kenzi relax in the morning while we are getting packed up and ready to head home.  Thanks for joining us on a fun weekend in Vancouver!

Sunday, August 18, 2013

6th Anniversary

This picture is from a fun night out at Pike Place Market for the Sunset Supper event.
We had a great night with our friends Mark, Emily, and Kelly!

Happy 6th anniversary to us!  

Sunday, August 11, 2013

Emi's 5th Birthday!

Emi's 5th birthday started out with checking the birthday count down frame and finding fairy wings!

Emi was sweet and helped Kenzi put on her wings first...

Ready for a fairy birthday!

Picture by the birthday banner!

We celebrated her birthday with family and friends at Pine Lake Park. 

Here are the love birds before cake.
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After Kenzi's nap we opened presents at home.

5 fingers!  For the FIVE year old!

HK hat from Grammie,

Princess Sofia set from Nathan and Kasen, "How did he know, I was wishing for this?!"


Emi got some very fun presents that will keep us all busy, thank you!
Thanks so much to everyone for celebrating Emi's birthday with us!



Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Growing up!

This almost 5 year looks like she is growing up!  Emi insisted on pushing the stroller, wearing her purse and wedge sandals on this trip to the mall.