Jetty Island

We took a sunny weekday to explore Jetty Island, a small two mile strip of land just off the shore of Everett, Washington. A small 80 person ferry took about 5 minutes to shuttle us to our beachy little destination. The tide was in, so the water was up close and personal. We shared lunch there with some friends and whiled away the afternoon.

My friend and her youngest son enjoy their lunch

Josh and his friend wrangle a huge piece of driftwood and set sail

Room for three... their prime piece of driftwood was at least 2 feet wide and over five feet long

Come ashore

Seaweed fortified sand castles

Sharing a story with a friend

Dash Away All

The girls and I went camping at Dash Point State Park with four other families. All the kids there were girls except one token little baby brother. Anna really enjoyed being the oldest for a weekend. We had great time setting up our own little camp and loved traveling the little path to the common area.

A friend heads for water with the troop of little girls and a baby brother in tow

Drawing names in the sand

This little friend enjoyed being Anna's shadow

Family Camping: Silver Lake Edition

Part 2 of summer family camping took us to a lodge at Silver Lake Park near Bellingham, Washington. Not sure how Silver became the theme location for both family trips, just a funny coincidence (especially since Josh and Eric will head to Silver Lake near Everett for an evening cub scout camp later in August).

We joined Eric's family for a long weekend full of row boats, mountain biking, swimming, good weather, and lots of food.

Josh quickly learned the art of rowing and became the lake tour guide

Anna likes to pull out her own loose teeth...this is #2 in less than a month

Eric and Abby on their way to swim

Mamma and the newest cousin

Never too big to snuggle with Pappa

Josh considers swimming out to Mamma and Pappa...oh the water is freezing?

The little cousin watching intently from his favorite dockside vantage point