Splashing the day away!

The girls and I broke away from putting together their new room (details to come) to go to Lake Wilderness with our friends. It was a super hot day and this summer we haven't had enough nice weather. I am so glad we took advantage of it. Kaiya enjoyed playing with her friend Kailey and jumping off the dock. Ella had no fear of the water and wanted to be out with Kaiya and the kids no matter how deep the water was. She went under a couple times which freaked me out but she didn't seem to mind at all.

Swim lessons videos

Here are some videos I took of Kaiya while she was in swim lessons. Shes a natural!

Blue Angels 2010

Getting ready for the big show......

You gotta love when the Blue Angels are in town. My dad has taken me to air shows since I could walk (maybe before). He took me out to see at least a dozen shows while I was young. From California to Canada, we went all over. I have always had a blast watching. This is something I will definitely take my kids to do.

Ella is psyched up for the show. She was trying to take it out on my face.

Daddy's girl

-Cirdan

Backstreets Back...Alright!

Greg text us wondering if we wanted to go to the Backstreet Boys concert. Staci scored some free tickets and Greg didn't want to be the only guy...so he wanted to drag Cirdan in on the fun. Cirdan did NOT want to go but with some persuation from his pregnant wife and his buddy he finally gave in. I was never a big fan of the BSB...but concerts are always fun and this one was in Kent which was really close. The concert was lame but watching Cirdan and Greg dance around like they were huge fans made the night fun.

My Sister - The Ute

Kaylee left this past week to go to school at the University of Utah. We will miss her in Washington but know that she will have a blast being on her own! Here are some pictures I took of her before she left.

Seahawks Camp 2010

This year I was able to make it to 6 Seahawks practices. Heidi came out for 2 practices. Kaiya came with me to 3. The practice facility is fantastic. Hanging out on Lake Washington in beautiful summer weather watching the Hawks is a hard job. Someone has to do it....kakaka GO SEAHAWKS!!!

Aaron Curry and Leroy Hill getting it done at the last day of open practice at Seahawks Training Camp.



Josh Wilson

Heidi and I took Hailey and Brett with us to a practice. Hailey looks way to giddy for second string offensive lineman. 2o bucks says she has no idea what his name is.

I hate to summer coming to an end but football season is the second best season.

Hopefully Trufant is 100% this year.....he looks to be healthy at camp.

Saturday practice with the Marshall's. The weather wasn't that great but we all had a good time.

Ella was sitting on the fence saying "sign my jersey Kelly" to Kelly Jennings. She had a bunch of people cracking up. Ella had them laughing again because she was singing to Usher.

Riding the bus! I'm glad I never rode the bus everyday as a kid. Ella enjoyed it.

Kids getting an autograph from Brandon Mebane.

Jordan Babineaux (a safety for the Seahawks) took off his glove and signed it after practice. There was a big crowd up against the fence cheering to get the glove. I have no idea how he spotted little Kaiya. We were a couple rows back and Kai is small......but he saw her and hooked her up. It was a fun little experience for her.

This will be a tradition every year for the fam...

One of the practices I took Kaiya to there was a crew from Great Clips spraying hair Seahawks colors. I told Kai she should get it done when we arrive at practice. She said no way. It took about 15 minutes and she asked me if she could. Atta girl!

Take me out to the ball game...

Heidi and I went to the M's game with Brett and Hailey (some friends from church). The seats were great, 30 rows behind home plate.

The game actually looked promising the first few innings. The M's awful offense managed to score 5 runs through 4 innings....things were looking pretty good.

Where we sat there were a lot of fly balls. At one point Heidi reached down to put something in her camera case and a ball flew directly at her seat. She sat up just in time to see the guy behind her catch the ball. I reached over her but since she is pregnant I couldn't push her out of the way. It was classic. The picture below was taken right after he caught the ball...he was calling people telling them.

Good times

Work never stops...even when you are at a Mariners game.

I wonder if the little guy (in the oven) liked the sounds of the baseball game. I'm betting he did :)

Brett and Hailey