Summer Swim Lessons

The girls are enjoying their summer swim lessons at the Conestoga Recreation Center. Here is Emily doing crawl stroke.  

Lauren doing crawl stroke. They are in a more advanced class now, so their instructor coaches them from the side of the pool as they swim laps across the pool. 

Emily doing back stroke.

Lauren doing back stroke. They are both doing so well!

Justin's 40th birthday, House Painting, and a Movie

Justin turned 40 this past week! Benihana is one of our favorite places for celebration dinners. :)

We got our house repainted! It was a dramatic color change and has taken a little while to get used to. 

The girls went to see The BFG with their friend Abby. The box office passed out special souvenir tickets!

Hood River Windsurfing Camp

Emily and Lauren spent most of this past week in Hood River attending a windsurfing camp! Here they are eating breakfast at the vacation condo. 

The girls' friend Amanda attended the camp with them. 

Emily and Lauren are the two windsurfers standing up on their boards. 

Close up of Emily steering her sail.

Girls enjoying an ice cream treat. 

They also did a lot of mountain biking!

Such beautiful scenery!

Soaking in the hot tub at Amanda's grandparents' house.

Good night!

Happy Fourth of July 2016

Emily, Lauren, Kay, Kali, and Tian enjoying some pre-dinner trampoline jumping at Grandma and Grandpa Rufener's house. 

After dinner we roasted marshmallows on the fire pit and made s'mores. 

We came back to our house for sparklers and fireworks. It was a great night!

Sauvie's Island

This weekend we visited Sauvie's Island. The weather was perfect and the girls had fun playing in the sand. 

We also got to watch Daddy kiteboard! 

This weekend we also baked some cookies... Lauren was particularly excited as this was one of the activities on her summer bucket list. :)