Little bits of summer

 Some last little tidbits of summer!

Winnie the Wonder Dog

We always need a post just for her... Random side note - I just now realized that when people ask her name, and then say "you mean like Winnie the Pooh?" and I say "yeah!" that Winnie the Pooh was actually a boy. I guess you CAN learn things when you are 43 years old. EYEROLL.She is more like Winnie Cooper than Winnie the Pooh, M'KAY!?

Guilt after stealing Dad's hotdog

Marin made her chicken, peas and rice for her 2nd birthday. #Spoiled.

Camano 2.0

 We trekked back up to Camano Island, for one more summer adventure before school starts! This time, sadly, the "dads" had to stay home and work, so it was my parents, me and Jess, and all our wild children together for 5 days. It was AWESOME. The weather was perfect, we spent several hours a day swimming and playing on the beach, and it was just honestly effortless (aside from the immense effort of my parents cooking everything and us moms and our solo parenting, ha!) - but the enjoyment was effortless, and if there is one thing I regularly do before any trip or vacation now, is specifically pray that NOTHING would steal the joy from the experience. And I've seen incredible responses, even if things are hard at times, I'm thankful God always redeems and smooths out the edges. Quarantine is hard, and we are all suffering in our own way. I'm so thankful my family could be together one last time before the seasons change, and our togetherness is uncertain as we head into cold/flu/indoor seasons.

My dad's poem printed in the Camano Crab Cracker!

My parent's pear tree produced this "beer belly" specimen