The Children's Museum

The last days of summer were approaching so we decided to have a fun family day. We planned to go to the little zoo in Issaquah but we drove there and realized it was closed. Plan B was either the aquarium, Woodland park zoo or the Children's Museum (which we had never been to). We ended up at the museum which was a good choice. The kids had a blast. 

Kaiya driving the bus with Ella as the passenger

Kaiya's eyes lit up and was so excited to play in the fake store. The girls could shop for items, put them in their carts and then check out. It was a little girls dream come true! Kaiya loves to play cashier.

This area was perfect for Jett. He loves playing with tools.

Here was another favorite for Kaiya. On stage performing. She would have loved for us to sit there all day and watch her.

Sushi!

Kelton

Kelton came into town the end of July and stayed with us for a few days. Kelton is Cirdan's half brother. They haven't seen each other since 2005 (which is when I met him). Kelton has been living with his dad in Philadelphia (they have the same mom) but got accepted to BYU so he will be moving a lot closer. It was super fun to have him here. He is a really nice, respectful young man. This kid is amazing. When he was little he lived in Utah with his mom and would sometimes go to church. His family in Phili is Jehovah Witness so once he moved he went to that church. Over the years though he kept strong about what he wanted. He was dead set on going to BYU. I remember Cirdan and him talking about it on the phone when Kelton was about 14 and I was thinking....yeah right , it's so far away, he will change his mind. NOPE! He knew what he wanted and he made sure he got it. He has also had a goal to go on a mission. He will complete a year of college and then go. Kelton's would go to the public library and check out a Book of Mormon so he could read it. He has a ton of faith.

Cirdan set up some fun things to do while he was here. They went to a Seahawks practice. I was super bummed I couldn't go since I had just had Cannon 2 weeks earlier. They also went to a Mariner game and to see the Blue Angels.

We just got his tickets for him to come for Christmas! Looking forward to spending more time with him and show him how Christmas is celebrated in the Imbler home.

Summer Isn't Over Yet!

This picture was taken in my car on the way home from dance at about 4:30pm on September 6th. The sun is still shinning and it is hot!! I can't remember it being this nice in September. I am loving it!

88 degrees!

Sears Fashion Show

Kaiya has been able to do a bunch of fun things with dance this summer. One of those things was being in a fashion show for Sears. There were 2 shows on 2 different weekends. The first show was set up outside of Macy's at the Commons mall. A new up and coming signer is on tour and they opened for her. The singer is Cher Lloyd. I had never heard of her before but what I heard was that she was acting like quite a diva. Cirdan talked to the owner at ADA who told him they asked to get a picture of her with all the dance kids in the fashion show and she said there were too many kids so she wouldn't. Talk about rude! Made me make sure to not support her.

The second show was in Sears on the night of their friends and family event. They actually had 2 shows that night with a break of about 2 hours in between. The kids had fun and Kaiya rocked the runway!

Kaiya before going onto the stage

You can hardly see her but she is there...

This was on the runway in Sears. Woo hoo! A red carpet!

Cannon went with me to the Sears show. Here he is with Starley.

Tour bus...remember...don't buy her cd....thanks :)

Kaiya and Alejandra

Pregos!

There were 8 pregnant ladies in my ward at once. We all happened to be at a Relief Society activity so we had a picture taken. All of us has had our babies now. It's fun to be apart of a ward with some many  kids and babies!

This picture was probably taken in April?