does it get more summertimey than this photo? i kinda don't think so.

see you next weekend, kiddo.

kale actually cannot get enough of this camp - i love that he loves it so much.

annual 'on the way to camp' photo. this time with bonus camper, ryan who we hosted for the night before camp.

very important to get a thorough brushing in before he heads off to sleep-away camp for a week. i mean who knows when this is gonna happen again.

so psyched to be going to martial arts camp that he willingly posed for a photo.

everyone has to carry something up to the house. that's just the rule.

why yes his popsicle does in fact match his swim-trunks, EXACTLY.

just all devil may care eating some mango sitting on a tree branch.

just another summer day at the lake.

snacks and books and books and snacks.

what a bunch of QTs. i mean really.

why look at the majesty and wonder of the puget sound when you can read on the ferry?

breakfast of champions.

kid soup.

in addition to making a gourmet seven course dinner, em was a champ s'mores chef. is there anything she can't do?

so it turns out that vashon is pretty much kid heaven.

how much better would things be if every house had a built in climbing gym?

just hanging out waiting for the ferry to vashon.

lego mania is real.

maxing and also relaxing on the hammock bc it is summer in seattle y'all.

lining up is v serious business when you're eight, less so when you're five.

same scene but this time with bonus seattle skyline backdrop!

emily and the twins came to visit from san franciso and we ate so much food and had such a good time about it.

always on the floor, these two.

eating pickles and reading dr. seuss, does it get better? idk.

kale is just expressing how we all felt on the inside about that lousy thorns goal and the clearly biased reffing.

taking public transportation to the thorns v. reign game bc we're eco-friendly like that.

dining al fresco w uncle oren.

no trip to portland would be complete without a pinball rest-stop in centralia.

post-camp swimming, snacking & reading ftw.