Edmonds Beach

Today Ivy and I went to Edmonds Beach. Thought you guys might like to see some pictures.

Happy Birthday Ivy and 4th of July

On June 28th we celebrated Ivy's 2nd birthday. Her actually birthday is the 29th but Saturday's are better for parties because of church. The party started at 11am and ended around 2pm. We had lunch, time with friends in the pool, strawberry shortcake for dessert and presents. In the 3 hours Greg managed to take 616 pictures and the battery died on our camera before the party even ended. Needless to say he likes the 3 pictures per second. :) It was alot of pictures to sort threw though. I am still not done but I thought you guys would like to see some of the cute ones.











4th of July
Sam, Dorothy, Pat, Robin, Gail, Corey, Adrienne, Me, Greg, Steve, Jess and all 4 of the cousins went to the Bothell 4th of July Parade. I think all the kids had a great time and got overly stimulated. :)

Ivy and Daddy


Ivy and PJ up high to see the parade


Ivy, PJ and Aliyah all on shoulders :) (PJ looks like he is going to jump off Jessica's shoulders to get to the truck)


Ivy Clapping


PJ Clapping


Just resting on daddy :)

Ivy's first "boyfriend"

Ivy and our friends son Austin seem to play together quite well. We would even go as far as to say he is her first "boyfriend". Of course we as parents laugh, joke and dream about the possibility that they will get married some day. What a story that would be to say they were in love from the age of 1. :) Until the next boy comes along I guess.

They hug, he shares his goldfish, apples, any snack really...but he doesn't share "her portion" with anyone else. Grrr to the other kids. :)

Here are some pictures of the two of them.






Here they are walking together and he is again sharing food with her at the zoo.

Greg back from China

Greg is back from China. His trip was good and uneventful as far as the earthquakes and bomb threats. Praise God.

Saturday we are having Ivy's 2nd birthday party and later that evening we are going out to Benihana's for my 31st birthday. I know, one week early but it was the only time we could get a baby sitter. :)

I will post pictures from her birthday next week.

Oh and some sad news...the panda that you see in the picture with Greg, died in the earthquake :( She was 9 years old and her name was Mao Mao.

China

Well...Greg is back in China again. He left on Friday and will return home on Saturday June 21st. This time it is more stressful as the area that he is going is the same that had the earthquakes, after-shocks and flooding. So far he says things are good and look about the same so he doesn't feel unsafe which is great. We just pray for a safe return home and hopefully not another trip for a while. :)