Levi and Alice are inseparable. It’s pretty great. I’ve been Alice’s nanny for over 7 years now and what started as a job has turned into a wonderful addition to our family. The boys have no question that she is their sister, it’s love/hate/love all the time she’s here PLUS we gained “Third Wife” with Mary. No complaints.
Just thought this picture was adorable, we were out at Casa Rojas and these two were looking so much alike.

Just a few pictures from the 4th of July parade. Seemed smaller this year, and we didn’t even make it down to the boothes. Levi and Alice rode on the Island School truck so they had a completely different view of things. Carlos and Trey collected a lot of candy (shared with Levi and Alice) and entertained the people around us. In the parade there are an equal number of people spraying super soakers as throwing candy. At one point Trey got sprayed and stood up, pointed at the kid and say “Hey Mister, I really didn’t appreciate that too much!” Too funny.
The video of the bagpipers is especially for Nana. She and Papa didn’t come down to the parade this year and I know the bagpipes are her favorite!

Dee and I went out for lunch a few weeks ago, 5 kids in tow, but we were starving and out and about. Ended up at Sawan’s and it was a tasty treat. The boys really wanted to learn how to use chopsticks, but Carlos was the only one brave enough to ask for lessons. They all took their chopsticks home so they could practice, but they eventually all ended up as Harry Potter wands or in a duelling sword battle. Boys will be boys.

After painting the deck, Trey and I got a little snuggle time on the grass. He’s my sweet, sweet boy!

I don’t quite know how Dee got this awesome picture, with the paint clothes and all it looks like she did all the porch painting…but…it was mostly the boys and I, and then when Dee got home from work she touched up what we had done. It’s a great picture, though.
We had a job to do, finally a warm summer day and some willing helpers. Child labor laws were strictly observed and only a little paint was spilled. I have to admit, I had a hard time painting over the cute little blue footsteps going down the stairs….

Can’t believe that my “baby” is now 5 years old. He has grown up to be a super sweet, kind and loving little guy. Our gentle giant for sure. We’ve always described Trey as a Great Dane puppy, playful and wild with no idea just how big he is.

We are hoping to spend a lot of our Fridays doing “fun” stuff…last Friday was our first and it was perfect! We met up with the Barnums for a tour of the USS Turner Joy that is moored in downtown Bremerton. The kids were honestly like little cochroaches the way they scurried in and out of the ship’s nook and crannies. The one thing the boys kept saying is “this

This cherry brought MANY laughs to our breakfast table the other morning…looks like a bum, eh? Come on, that’s funny!

Levi came out of the tent on Saturday morning with his eye swollen shut and black n blue. It was not pretty! Apparently at some point he had been bit by a bug and apparently, he’s allergic. Nothing that a trip to the dr’s office, a few mighty doses of Benedryl and a day resting at Nana and Papa’s couldn’t fix. The funny part about it was that Carlos was convinced that Levi had made the bug bite him just so he could have his face swell up and he could spend the day with Nana and Papa!

Our annual last week of school camping trip was a blast! The weather kind of cooperated. We had some time at the beach, survived nightly raccoon squabbles, lots of s’mores, a kindergarten conference while the kids were off biking (thanks Mrs. Cottle!), awesome visitors, friendship bracelets, Mary reading us bedtime stories and many more memories.