Cousin Combo Time

 Brosseau/ Johnston Cousins

 Carly, Emmit, Jack & Grace making snakes faces if you could not guess.

 It looks real right?

  Cousins Maddox & Jack

 Cousin Laura & Big Bro Pete

 Group shot. Laura lives in Hawaii, so it was kind of a big deal we got to see her and her kids.

 Olivia, Maddy, Grace, Jack & Carly taking in the sights.

 Cool shirt right? Grandma Laurie made this and it was a hit with the zoo keepers and the animals I think.

 Priceless these smiles on these kids.

 Look at these crazy monkey's.

So on Sunday we left sunny A town for a trip to the big city to go to the zoo with the cousins.
It was fun.
It was wet.
It was wild.

It was the ZOO!

Best Part

Best part of Washington Park camp ground being so close to us is that when friends, I mean best friends  come for a visit we get to go stay for a bit and enjoy all the greatness of being in the outdoors.
What a most excellent evening we had collecting wood, cooking dinner, walking to Green Point, smores and sharing a camp fire story or two.
To the simple things in life...

4:30pm To Friday

You know what is fun?
Taking the 4:30pm ferry to Friday Harbor for dinner at the Crab joint followed by ice cream and walk around the marina.
The bar tender in Friday Harbor, actually thanked me for bringing my freckles to the island.
Gosh I love those islanders.
People of the Northwest, we are so lucky to live where we live.

FYI- For you trip planners, you can take a 8:30pm ferry back to A-town, but only on Friday nights. Kids love the boat ride and pushing the buttons on every vending machine with the hopes that something sweet might slip out.
Until next time San Juan Island.

Happy 100th Wedding Anniversary Mom and Dad

I mean happy 38th Wedding Anniversary Mom and Dad

You two love birds still got it going on.

You still got that newly wed glow about you.

Well it's there only if dad has made sure to complete his to do list, the sun is shining just right and my mom has 2.5 Mikes Hard Lemonades in her you still got it.

You know I love you and so glad you are committed to each other.

Cheers to you both!

Faces of the 4th

Gosh I love all of these kids and the fact that they played along with me to take these fun and silly photos of them.
I can remember a certain somebody ( my dad) who used to do stuff like this to me and my brother growing up with our friends.

Good times.

More to come for sure from the 4th of July.

7 Years

I love that we have been married long enough that we were not sure if we were celebrating our 7th or 8th wedding anniversary!

I love that we have made it this far and are still going strong.

I love that you are my best friend and show me why each and every day.

I love you babe to the moon and back.