Paddle Boarding on Lake Sammamish

This weekend we took the kids to Lake Sammamish and rented a paddle board. Devin and I took turns taking Doran out for a ride.

Unfortunately, Doran woke up at 5:30 that morning and he was a little too tired to fully enjoy the outing. He kept saying he was sleepy. Regardless, I think he had a good time. It was fun to soak up some sun.

He also enjoyed digging in the dirt and playing with our squirt guns. When I asked him what his favorite part of the day ways he said, "When me and Dad squirted you with water!" It really is the simple things for kids. He just enjoys being with us and spending quality time as a family.

I promise Devin and I really did stand up to paddle board, we just took the pictures before we left the beach. 

I need to buy her a hat. Her hair is so fine and light, I was worried about her head being sun burnt. Her swim bottoms came in handy. Actually, it worked really well because she didn't try to pull it off and the elastic kept it on. I'm thinking of going into the baby hat making business now.

Taking Doran to the Blue Angels

Doran loves all things that involve transportation, which means we knew he need to go see the Blue Angels. It was really hot, but he had fun watching for a while. We went during a practice day so that it wasn't as busy.

 

I love the planes in the back of this pictures and the trail. 

A hot Snoqualmie Falls

This has been the warmest, sunniest summer in Seattle. We've loved it. On Saturday, we thought it would be refreshing to visit Snoqualmie Falls. But, everyone else had the same idea. It was packed. And hot. Too hot to go hiking. So we took a few pictures and headed out. We did get some good burgers at a local burger joint though!

Playing with Cousins

Our favorite part of visiting Cokeville this summer was Doran being able to play with his cousins. He has 13 cousins on Devin's side (1 on the way, that i know of) and 1 on my side (1 on the way). He got to see them all while we were there. We wished we lived closer so could play with them more often.

Although, Blakely and Doran could get into some trouble together.

Sprinklers

Can you tell they're cousins?

Favorite picture from the whole trip:

Blakely and Doran on the ranch.

Sharing food.

Bubbles. A toddlers best toy.

Bear Lake

One of the fun things we did while we were in Cokeville was head to the Idaho side of Bear Lake. You can drive right out onto the beach (which is so long!) The water is shallow for a long distance, makes it perfect for swimming and playing with kids.

 

The best "boat" ever

"hands, hands" He doesn't like to have dirty hands.

Campfire and Weenie roast

After the weekend, Kylee headed back to Utah to take Lance back to the airport. Which meant we got triplets for the day! Even with 3 adults (me, Devin, and Chris) having three 1 year olds was a lot of work, +Brynlee and Boston. We went up Pine Creek for a weenie roast. It was a good time and I got some beautiful pictures of the kids.

How cute are Aynslee and Doran together? We printed off the one of them eating their marshmellows and Doran loves looking at it. "Ma-mewo!"

Harper had a rough day, but I love that Aynslee is comforting her.

How cute are these peek-a-boo pictures?

And of course, the cutest of them all:

 

We loved spending so much time with cousins. Wish we lived closer to all of them!