Summers are always super busy for us as the weather is nice and we can see all sorts of different things. It also helps when we have an exchange student. So, we were super busy this month. First up we had a great 4th of July party with all of our neighbors. It was a lot of fun and I made some yummy pulled pork fries and we played in the pool outside.
We also did the Skagit Valley Highland Games. The boys decided they wanted airbrush tattoos and Edward wanted the exact same one as Fernando. Then we jumped in the car and continued up to the border to check out the Peace Arch. Check out those photos here.
The next weekend, we went up to Mt. Vernon again to check out the Clayslist sale. Then we found a nearby farm where we could pick some raspberries. That was pretty cool as we spent about an hour and we ended up with almost 40 lbs of raspberries (whoops!).
Throughout the weeks, we did our normal splash parks, fun around town, and some parties for EF. We also had Darrell’s work picnic and Darrell and Fernando went out with our neighbor on his boat to do some crabbing and visiting Jetty Island.
After we dropped Fernando off at the bus, we were asked if we would be a gap host family for some 9-year old twin boys from China. It was rough with communication issues and that we had another friend in town we hadn’t seen in awhile, but we made it work. We took the boys out and did blueberry picking with them. It was super hot so we didn’t last very long, but we still got almost 15 lbs of blueberries.
