"There are no 4 year olds in this house!"

The smoking hot lava volcano cake inspired by a lesson on volcanoes in preschool. Fortunately for Weston's mother/cake decorator, a blob of cake with frosting and a hole in the middle resembles a volcano!
The birthday boy slides down the middle of the castle amidst all of his friends!

Swan Lake

Best cousins and buddies, Noah and Weston create delicious potions from beach debri!
Now we know where Maddie gets her good looks, Auntie Michelle! Hey, who's the cute guy in the back?
Meredith and Weston, too young to be on the boat attempting to water ski, but not too young to float out to sea! Maxwell gets his goggle on!

rainy

In spite of the rain, Uncle Keith takes Walker and Weston down to check out the ocean. Upon returning, the boys have stayed completely dry in their borrowed rain gear. Keith however, looks as though he took a swim.

At the Seattle Zoo we see.......

monkeys in trees.......
(some of them seem angry)


birds on their nests....

some freshly hatched...

and gorillas!

Slug Slaying

Aunt Joan shows Walker and Max the finer points of slug slaying.


Weston gives us a glimpse of one of the intruders.








Maxwell does his best banana slug impersonation.

Meredith and Maddison avoiding the slug hunt.

Anacortes

In July, we traveled west to Anacortes Washington to visit my Uncle Keith and Aunt Joan. We left the 100 degree weather in Montana and traded it in for some coastal coolness. It was raining off and on and the highs were in the upper 50's. Joan and Keith took us on a two mile hike. The views and the weather were absolutely amazing. We would never have imagined that hiking in the rain could be so refreshing and beautiful! While there we took in the Seattle Zoo, learned all about hunting slugs and celebrated Tanin's 32nd birthday!

Dad and Meredith take in the ocean view.
Uncle Keith and Meredith collect some rocks.

Weston discovers a crabby patty.