4th of July...vacation in Washington

So, apparently, I'm not very good about staying on top of this. :( I'm posting some 4th of July pics from our trip to Washington to visit Uncle Aaron, Aunt Stephanie and cousin Caleb. We had a great time, despite the lack of schedule and being out of our "element"!

I love my family!

Here we are with Uncle Aaron, Aunt Stephanie, and cousin Caleb!

Mommy and Caydree at Lake Cushman...self-taken. ;)

Calder in the water, trying to eat the rocks...yum!

Caydree on the boat with her noodle!

Sister at the playground...

Little man and mommy after a wet afternoon in the fountain!

Trying on mommy's sunglasses on the ferry ride to Seattle!

With daddy on the deck riding to Seattle...

Mommy and Caydree at the Seattle Center, riding the carousel.

The group...at Pike's Place Market...watch for flying fish!

Great view of the fireworks from Port Orchard at Aunt Stephanie's parents...thanks!!

Getting ready for the fireworks, but tuckered himself out and missed them all!

It wouldn't be the 4th of July without some sparkler action!

Easter...

How did I miss putting these up? I thought I'd put some pictures up here, but apparently that was Facebook...? So, here are a few of our Easter pictures! I was a very brave soul this year, and decided to take the kiddos (all by myself on an airplane) to Tucson to meet up with Grandma and Grandpa, Great-Grandpa, and the aunts, uncles and cousins. It didn't seem so bad initially, but I will say that next time I travel with the kids, I will not do it alone!

We had a lot of fun with family in Tucson. We went to the Botanical Gardens to their butterfly exhibit, where these pictures were taken...

Caydree and Grandma

Calder with Grandpa and Great-Grandpa

We spent Easter Sunday, after church, at cousin Emily's house for a delicious lunch and fun family time!

Calder with mommy

Caydree with her favorite eggs

This last one is at our house before we left...we decided to dye some eggs and Caydree of course picked the pink and orange ones as her favorites. She rarely looks at the camera for pictures these days, so the fact that I got this good of a picture is pretty exciting!

Needless to say, celebrating Easter with family was really nice!