Juanita Beach

I have loved enjoying the warm summer weather at the beach this summer. I am going to miss summer, but fall is pretty beautiful around here too. Here are some pictures from our latest trip to the beach. I'm sure we'll make it to the beach a couple more times before fall is really here.

 Charlotte's lovely hat/bucket.

Kla Haya Days

We went to Kla Haya Days last weekend in Snohomish. It's an annual festival that they have. The frog is the mascot, I guess, so  that's why some of the pictures have frogs. We went to the parade and the street fair. We were unsuccessful at finding the glowing hot air balloons at night, but it was fun to drive around. I love all the little summer festivals around here. Charlotte was loving the parade.

 

 

 

Carwashing

This summer has been pretty busy. I've picked up some more hours at work and we've been having tons of adventures. Here are some pictures from washing the car a few weeks ago. Charlotte loved helping scrub the car. 

Zoo Trip

The zoo! We woke up this morning and it felt like the perfect day to visit the zoo. Charlotte has been more into animals and animal sounds and names, so she's just old enough to enjoy it. She had a blast. She really liked all the monkeys. I think she was just as interested in the animals as the other kids at the zoo, but she had fun.  It's a big zoo and there was a lot of walking, so we were glad that we decided to drive instead of ride our bikes like we had planned. 

 Leopard babies! They were so cute. They were my favorite.

A lot of the animals were sleeping right before we left. It was a pretty hot day. 

 Brad and Charlotte both really liked the otters.

Charlotte was all worn out from all the animals. She fell asleep as soon as we got to the car. 

Summer Solstice

 Brad and I went on an adventure to Whidbey Island for our date night on Friday. We left Charlotte with her grandparents since she's decided that she doesn't like the car lately. We went as far west as we could so that we could see the sun set on the coast. It was amazing. I love summer.

 ^I would love to do this sometime. ^