The gym turned into a fine art gallery for a couple of days with all of the kids’ art for the year on display. I am amazed every year at what they create and what they’ve learned, from different mediums to different artist references. It’s so cool!

While we’re going into the way back machine, this here concluded our passport and NEXUS card family renewal process. (Hello, Vancouver and beyond!) We had lots of conversations about not smiling…the antithesis of what we do in photos otherwise!

The top of the Space Needle that is! For a single day towards the end of the school year, the power went out in our school’s neighborhood; thus, closing school. So we became tourists in Seattle for a moment!

We had to stop by our neighbor’s strawberry shortcake stand underneath the Space Needle on our way out!

We also met up with friends at a farm during their spring baby animals celebration. Look at this cuteness!

One day, Meryl realized it was her stuffy Giselle’s birthday. So, she had us all draw birthday cards for the celebration…and honestly, none of us adults thought we’d enjoy making our cards as much as we did:) Thanks for having a birthday, Giselle!

To the puppy that is becoming a dog (he’s 7-months old today!), with a whole host of charms all his own. Including imposing himself into workouts and post-workout stretches.

The X-ray confirmed that Humbao hadn’t eaten anything (thankfully!). But he did chow down on something sharp…which created an abscess in the back of his mouth, making it uncomfortable to eat and inflaming his eye. They drained it. And, we’re also thankful for pet insurance.

The ER vet clinic by our house is so delightful. The layout is an open room format, where surgeries take place in the center and…the staff was delighted to invite Meryl to sit and watch a foreign body extraction procedure for another dog. I was delighted that the procedure wasn’t for our dog, we were well informed in the ways of foreign bodies with Lummi - she defied all the odds:)

Higher and high he goes.

Holmes and I have a mutual love for chips. And Canada has a lot of chips flavors that are vastly different from what are sold in the US. Ketchup, Dill Pickle, the ever popular All Dressed. We decided we needed to have people over…for a reason to buy so many chips while we were in Vancouver.

Vancouver flashback. We had to try them! Butter chips were decidedly better than the Jura cheese ones, but we didn’t have the guts (get it?) to taste the blue cheese and prosciutto flavor.

The Fourth of July wasn’t just a day for grilling hot dogs and making potato salad (always a treat, Jo!), it also became a backyard spa day this year:) An Independence Day celebration of…relaxation.

Homemade bird feeder in the making, sticky with seeds. (Thank you for the ‘Backyard Birding’ book, Carolyn!)

Meryl is in a cooking camp this week and they made pizza today, which inspired her idea to make pizza dough tonight…not to eat, but to play with. I mean, it does feel good gooshing it between your fingers.