Baas Family Happenings: OK, no excuses!

Well, since my last post the kids have left and come back again! It has been a busy summer and we have been loving it! We had record breaking highs for a record number of days and everyone was doing anything to stay cool. I LOVE the warm weather and we had some great days at the lake and ocean! Here are some pictures to catch me up.....

July 1, 2009

The first full week out of school was hot! Of course it was the end of June but we aren't used to that weather until after 4th of July! Makayla was at camp but that didn't stop us from going to Spanaway Lake with Caroline, Christian, Sophia, Ian and Lindsey. The kids had a great time playing in the water with these pool noodles! Dylan and Christian mastered the art of blowing water out of them! Caroline and I made sure to lather up the kids really well with sunscreen but I forgot until an hour or so into into to put sunscreen on myself. Not good planning, burnt to a crisp, ouch!

***Lake Spanaway tip=if you go from about noon to 3 on a weekday is isn't very crowded.

4th of July
The morning of 4th of July we drove out the Camp Seymour and picked up Makayla and Abby from camp. They had the best time! (more on that to come). Then we came back home and hung out for the day. We brought the BBQ out from and BBQ with our neighbors Lydia, Blaine, Keiran, Janai, Abby, Troy, Evan and us. Grammy and Papa came too! We had a great time playing volleyball in Lydia's yard, eating and lighting off fireworks!!

Abby, Makayla, Troy, Evan, Dylan and Keiran with their cupcakes!

Me and Lydia

Janai and Evan snuggling before the fireworks

Makayla and Abby got their 1st official babysitting job that day too. They took the little kids in the back yard to watch while the adults got to play volleyball. Makayla loved it and wants to watch the kids all the time now!

During the day we had to unpack and wash clothes from camp to get ready to leave the next day for Grandma and Grumpa By the Ocean's house.

July 17

When they got back it was still hot so we went to Stuart Heights Pool in Tacoma with Janai, Abby, Troy, Evan, Lisa, Devon, Laura, Jeff, Madison, and Eli. It was a great water park with a regular pool, a lazy rive, a water slide, a small pool, sprinklers and a play structure in the pool.

Troy, Evan and Dylan

Dylan on the play structure

Me and Dylan on the Lazy River

Abby, Janai and Makayla

Devon and Dylan

***Stuart Heights tip=bring a cooler full of food and drinks! It is so great that they allow this in, take advantage of it. Also, get there about 45 minutes before the start time so you can get a seat and get in, they do fill up, even on weekdays!
The next day the kids were off again to Grandma Nancy and Grandpa Al's for a week.

So on Sunday July 19th we went to the Bite of Seattle

It was hot hot hot and there were soooo many people there! But it was fun to people watch and eat SO much FOOD! It had been a few years since we had been and so we had a lot of fun.

Me and Kerri

Tom and Josh

**Bite of Seattle tip=go with lots of people and share the dishes and the costs. That way you get to try a whole bunch of different foods without buying all of it and getting too stuffed, althought this does still happen
July 25

Tom and I got Mariner tickets from his work and got to enjoy the game from great seats. My favorite part is always the garlic fries! But I had to pay attention this time because we were in fly ball territory!!

The batter got hit on accident and there was almost a huge fight. Both dugouts emptied in an instant to back up it's teammate. Things got settled down and everyone went back to their side.

**Mariner's Game tip= watch out for Seagulls, they poop on people's heads!
July 27

With the kids back in town again and the weather still fabulous we decided to head to Lake Tapps. And when I say it was hot it was record breaking hot! I believe we got to about 101' on this day! Perfect lake weather. This time not only did we put sunscreen on the kids every couple of hours, I also remembered to lather myself up. Thanks in part to Caroline.

Christian giving me one of his fabulous smiles! I love this kid, we have a special chocolate bond!

Dylan trying out the goggles that Caroline brought. The kids were facinated with these. All of them took turns with them and thought it was so cool to see the rocks on the bottom!