Welcome Felix!

Felix, our 16 year old exchange student from Germany, joined our family today. After a long flight, he was quite awake and excited, so we enjoyed the 83 degree weather at Alki Beach. And, since he wants to play football, we watched the high school team practicing, then went home and settled into our new normal. He's a great guy and we are all looking forward to a special year together.

Wedding ready

Lisa and James got married! Kenzie and I got our hair done in Seattle in preparation.

pig party

We hosted a party for my work last week. We had a beautiful day and 175 people, plus the Maximus Minimus pig truck, and a 40' blow-up obstacle course!

The Guns

We have a no guns policy around here, with limited exceptions.

San Juan Island

We had the chance to spend five days on San Juan with a great group of friends and family. There were five kids in total. We watched the Orcas from the kitchen, walked to a calm bay, and spent a bunch of time cooking and just hanging.

One of the kids was an outgoing nine year old, Kendall, that quickly hit it off with both kids.

And of course we found time for some photo opps.

And to ride bikes...

The last night we celebrated Rick's birthday by renting a 21' foot electric Duffy. We all took turns being "captain."