Summer fun! (Part 1)

I know, I know...we have slacked off a bit on the blog. It was not our intention but these boys are on the go and we can hardly keep up! The boys are crawling around everywhere and our house now includes gates, play fences and other ways to keep the boys at bay. They love to go, go, go and explore! They are also eating table food now. They have given up on baby food and eat whatever we are eating for their meals. Both boys do an amazing job with tying new foods and since both have 6 teeth now, there isn't much we can't feed them.

Since the last blog we have been busy! At the end of May, Aunt Katherine and Uncle Chris came to viomsit from Arkansas! We had a blast showing them around Newport and spending time with them. Uncle Tim, Aunt Alissa and cousins Sean and baby Tatem also
Came to visit! We explored Bay Street and spent time hanging out and playing! At the beginning of June we traveled to California to pick up the girls! We spent a week there celebrating Sam's 17th birthday, visiting family, traveling around the state, going to the boys first MoBand concert and on June 10th the boys were baptized. All of our family and friends were there to help is celebrate this special day. It was a great trip full of fun and great memories!

Once we got back home, our summer continued to be jam packed with fun vacations and other activities that filled up the weeks while the girls were here. We started with a trip to Seattle which included a visit to Seattle Reproductive Medicine (where our boys were conceived), a visit to Amy's old work, a visit to Pikes place Market, a wedding shower for good friends of ours and lots of time spent with friends we miss so much. It was a whirlwind of a trip but a very memorable one!

Grandma Lynne came to visit for the July 4th week and we had a great time! We traveled a bit up and down the coast and had a great time lighting off fireworks! Aidan loved watching the fireworks but Jacob, not so much. Sam was a great big sister! She sat in the van with Jacob to keep him away from the noise. He ended up falling asleep in the back seat and Sam was still able to enjoy the view the windows.

There is sill more summer tales to tell! I'll cut is short here so I can include pictures of our fun!