Summer Fun

We have had some nice weather lately, so Kayden was able to enjoy a fun afternoon with the water hose and the trampoline.  And last night we went to Juanita Beach after eating dinner at Spuds to celebrate Kyle's birthday!

 Not too happy about me taking his picture.

Orcas Island 2017

This is our fourth year spending some time on Orcas Island, and every year we enjoy our time immensely.  Each year we rent the same amazing house and enjoy time on the property fishing, watching the deer feast on grass, and drink from the pond, we relax on the comfortable patio furniture  and overall enjoy the surroundings.

Jim and Cindy joined us again this year and it was fun to spend some time with them.  Cindy and I went to "town" one day and did some shopping and ate lunch at a cute little cafe.  It was really nice to shop with someone who enjoys looking at the trinkets and goodies each store offers.  She never once, complained of  being bored or whined about wanting to leave!  We enjoyed coffee and ice cream too, at a cute coffee shop.

Each night the boys rode their bikes down to West Beach Resort and I drive down to meet them, so we can consume our nightly quota of ice cream...Toffee Coffee Crunch for the win!  It's the only flavor I get.  Kayden switched it up some and got salted caramel on our last night there, which he said was good.  I agree, but Toffee Coffee still has my heart.

The boys fished a ton, and even had to fish their unsupervised fishing pole out of the pond after a fish took off with it...tsk tsk.

We did another whale watching tour this year, with a different company.  We saw lots of whales, but the boat was a bit too small for my liking.  It was fine, I survived, but next time I'd prefer a bigger boat.

The boys caught toads and had a frog race, we hiked Turtle Back Mountain and drove up to Mount Constitution again this year, where the view was more visible than last year, and amazing.

I think we all had a really great time.  We made it home in plenty of time for the boys to go riding Friday night in Kent, where Kayden won first place in one race and two second places.

 We fed a deer an apple.

 Cindy gifted the boys this awesome sweatshirt.

 Top of Mount Constitution.

 Our nightly ice cream place...West Beach Resort

 The water was COLD!

See you next year, Orcas Island!

Dirt Bike Riding

I've gotten so behind on updating the blog... so sad.  I was creating this blog to chronicle our family adventures and showcase Kayden as he grows and learns knew skills, and I was great in the beginning, updating somewhat often and definitely keeping things in order, but over the last year or two I've fallen so far behind.  I can blame it on many things...being busy (but who isn't?), going back to work this year, so many extra activities Kayden is involved in, and of course the normal work load of house work and errands, but I have decided to do my best at updating the blog more often.  I have looked at the blog many times over the years and it has reminded me of activities and/or adventures we have done that I had since forgotten about, so I want to make sure I put in more efforts doing updates from this point forward.

Now, I'll resume with the normal content.

Kayden is HEAVY into dirt bike riding.  I always tell people, "he likes soccer, he likes baseball, but he LOVES dirt bike riding."  He is my adventure seeking, adrenaline junky boy and I love that he has a passion and has found something he loves so much.  His skills on the dirt bike have grown so much over the last couple months, and even more dramatically over the couple years.

He recently has earned a couple first place trophies and several others in different placements.  He is never too tired to ride and no matter how hard he falls, he gets back up to ride the next ride.  He is amazing and I love watching him gain confidence in his abilities and skills.

Take a look for yourself.

Pictures speak for themselves, wouldn't ya say?