Sam is sure silly!

Sam likes to climb in the cupboard of our TV stand. She just sits in there and plays.
Here are some more shots of Sam having fun...

Back to the zoo

We went to the zoo again on Friday. This time we took our friends the Cruzes. Alexis had a tough time listening & staying put at the zoo this day- this seems to be happening more & more these days.

Flower girl in action

Thanks to Aunt Diana, we now have some pictures of Alexis walking down the aisle, performing her flower girl duties.

Happy 4th of July!

For the 4th of July weekend, we headed to Grayland, on the Washington coast, and camped in the front yard of our friend's beach house. On the 4th, we watched a local parade. It was the first parade for Alexis & Samantha. No surprise that Alexis' favorite part was the candy that was thrown to the kids. A close second was the horses. Alexis' first sparkler. More to come once the sun goes down.
We went to a picnic lunch, where Daddy & his friend Sean participated in the balloon toss competition. They came in second place! They are the second team from the left.
That evening, we headed to the beach for fireworks. The one that shot out a parachute was pretty exciting.

Sam had an accident...she fell face first out of the kid's camp chair. Even though we rinsed and rinsed, she woke up with sand in her neck rolls and had sandy eye boogers the whole next day. Poor Sam!

Taking in the fireworks-

Alexis did more sparklers when it got dark. You can hear all of the fireworks in the background. The beach was lined with people shooting off fireworks. It was pretty amazing.

Even Sam got to do a sparkler-

Happy 21st Birthday Ba!

Last week Auntie Michelle (AKA Ba) turned 21. Alexis & Sam were there for the party!
Before the party got into full swing, the girls cooled off in the sprinkler.

Sam is getting close to walking on her own. She is so happy when she is up on her feet taking steps.

Michelle's friends made her a special sign to wear. Look who made the sign! It's Alexis showing off her cross-eyed skills. (If you click on the picture, you can get a better look)

Things got a little crazy later in the night, so Mommy, Michelle & some friends went out to do what only 21-year-olds can do so that Alexis and Sam could sleep.

Here comes the flower girl

Two Saturdays ago, Uncle Ken & Aunt Diana got married and Alexis got to be the flower girl. First, we did a run through before the ceremony. Although she had been so excited for weeks before, during the practice she wanted nothing to do with it.
After she got into her pretty dress and shoes and practiced walking down the aisle about 15 more times, she could hardly wait for the ceremony to begin.

Flower Girl & Bride-

I don't have any pictures of Alexis walking down the aisle (maybe we can get one from the bride & groom to post later) but she did great. She only dropped one handful of rose petals on her walk down the aisle, so about 1 minute into the ceremony, she walked back up the aisle to drop the rest. She spent some time standing between Ken & Diana too. She had a hard time standing in her spot during the wedding. I guess that is to be expected from a 2-year-old.

Sam loved the meatballs at the reception that followed-

Of course Alexis' favorite part of the whole day... the cake!

Father's Day

Mommy failed to take pictures of/for Father's Day. As you can see, Daddy received a frame without a picture of his girls in it. Hopefully we'll do better next year.