play date #1

 Grandma is the best.  I have never taken the time to E experience the joy of the kid-friendly grocery cart.

  my sisters' gardens put mine to shame.  seriously - they are such good mothers.

  isn't she pretty :)

  Candy shared the recipe for making yummy fried rice.  I've already made it at home and it was a hit!  her baked veggie eggrolls were delish.

  finally, I made some good mini pies.  Dad samples the blueberry.

  We made dinner and took to Grandmothers house. 

  Aunt Linda is so good with the kids.  Ely loved playing with her toys and reading books with her.

  :) a nice visit.

work... whats that?

 quick trip to the cabin

 isn't it nice that a picture says a thousand words so I don't have to put captions on everything.

 walk to the neighborhood playground

first attempt to make mini pies was not very successful.

 E is doing really well sleeping in his own bed all night long!

destination Utah

 We saw trains! at least 3 on this leg.

 E was great in the car, phew.

  Welcome to Utah

  unfortunately, there were also fires in Utah.

 sweet babies with their parents

beautiful Wenatchee

 carrots from our garden are really sweet

 Leg 1 of our road trip was to visit friends in Wenatchee.  We are so glad to have had the chance to catch up with E, P, and to meet their baby A.  They have a beautiful house on the hill.  they told us about the hot temperatures, flash floods, and the snakes. E made us awesome crepes for breakfast - no recipe.  its in her Polish blood.

 We bought fruit and treats at the farmers market and walked along the river to see the sculpture garden.

  3 helicopters fighting this fire.

  There are so many beautiful orchards - apples, pears, and cherries, and grapes growing.

group activities

 school picnic

 Dim Sum!!  now officially a quarterly tradition.  forgot to take photo before Carol and Alan left :(

 Pirate Party for Luka's 3rd.

 Neighborhood Night Out. 1st Tuesday in August