Boknecht Family Gathering

One more picture from our trip I had to dig out of my email is from our Boknecht family gathering. The only one missing is cousin Joe who Jeffrey knows as the one who visited and taught him how to shoot the supersoaker in the backyard. :) We'll catch him in the picture next time. :)

Cousin Doug and wife Megan, John, Great Grandpa Frank, Grandma Mary, Papa, Jeffrey, Me, Great Grandma Boknecht, Uncle Jim, Aunt Wandi, Aunt Lauri, cousin Sofia, cousin Zach and Uncle Renato

Tour de Washington

Jeffrey and I just returned from an almost three week tour of Washington. All three of us left for Sea Tac Wedensday July 22, spent a few days in Olympia at the Spacciantes lake house, Saturday in Yakima for an Olwell (John's Mom's side) family gathering, back to Seattle for some Papa and Grandma Mary time, then over to Spokane for almost a week to then leave for the Clearwater river for some Idaho fun, and finally flying home Monday August 10. John returned to SLC after just a week in Western Washington to go back to work, but he did enjoy himself for four days at the beginning of Auguest dirtbiking around Moab. :)

I think I just now caught up on laundry and now trying to de-weed the flower beds that are OVER growing. Our home looks like FUN times have been the focus of summer neglecting the home a wee bit. :) Ah, ohwell. It was here for us when we got home. :) Anyways, here's some highlights of the trip. :)

Jeffrey and I at the river house in Kooskia, ID. It was a full Darrow gathering including the Darrows from Germany! :)

Mom and Jeffrey having lunch.

Mom and Jeffrey at a parade in Clayton, WA (near Deer Park).

Never been to a parade before and loved the candy part. :)

At the parade still.

In Mukilteo with the Boknechts.

Jeffrey and cousin Zach on the swings. Yippee!

Jeffrey and Dad checking out the Sound.

Here's the cousins at the Seattle Experience Music Project. :) We went to see the Jim Henson's exhibit. We saw the original Kermit muppet made from one of Jim's mother's wool coats. :)

Bathtime at Papa and Grandma Mary's

In Yakima, we got to see good friends that John's known since college. Here's there little girl McKenzie going down the ultimate kiddie pool slide. :)

Now Andrew. :)

And of course Jeffrey, head first.

Jeffrey and Zach swimming in Kelley's pool (John's cousin that you can see in the background) holding hands. :) We had a great time!

Jeffrey's Superman still holding Zach's hand. Oh dear. :)

Zach swimming with his daddy.

Sofia getting around. :)

Jeffrey with John

It was a water wing convention.

Jeffrey with baby Charli (Tony and Jania's little one). He's never really fed and held a baby before and he got to be a good helper while she was at the lake with us.

Wanted to be close.

Kate taking a picture. What an artistic photo! :) Look at those purple toes.

Me with Amanda and her little boy Evan. He's just starting to really get around via walking!! He was so fun to watch.

Anthony, Leah, Kate, Becs, Ky Ky, Me, Jeffrey, John, Nikki, Rob, Tony, Jania and Baby Charli. All attending Paella night. (Amanda and Evan were here too, but I think they missed the picture for a diaper emergency) :)

Here's the wonderful Paella, made by Becky and Leah. Yummmy!! Great seafood dish for us Utahans!! :)

Amanda and Evan

Jeffrey feeding Baby Charli.

Daddy and Jeffrey on the jet ski. He loved it!! (surprise, surprise)

Kate and Jeffrey watching Ernie in their new Coug chairs from Auntie Becs!! Also, Kate giving her fishy face.

Drinking up in their new chairs. :) Aren't they cute. :)

More Boating Pictures

We were lucky to have a few different families join us on the boat this year!! John's co-worker, Ryan, and his family, Jaylee and Brittany, came one evening after work. Jaylee is four and Jeffrey loves playing with her. They had a blast in the bow of the boat watching the Mommy and Daddys surfing (Ryan was the first surfer behind our boat), wakeboarding and skiing. It was a fun night. :)

The following weekend we went to Jordonelle Lake for their annual evening fireworks display. It was so wonderful and I hope to get to go again next year!! We had our neighbors Erin, Bryan and Brooks (who's three and went tubing!!) and more neighbors Lyndee, Jim and Sam (who's Jeffrey's age and a good buddy).

Here's some pictures of our fun times. :)

Boating in the Rockies

So Jeffrey is much better today so we took the boat out. I had to show his horrible nap today. He actually fell asleep in the bow of the boat and it began to ran. We had the only rain cloud hovering over us on a day that was predicted "mostly sunny". Not at the lake. :)

Captain and Co-captain

I was out floating on an air mattress and he was very entained by throwing out the ski rope and pulling me in.

When asked to smile for the camera we usually get these forced grins most times unless you capture something spontaineously. :)

Happy Fourth

Poor Jeffrey had a fever today that just ruined all our fun events we had planned for the day. Instead, we watched the movie Car's twice, Thomas and Friends movie, John watched the NASCAR race and Jeffrey took a nap twice. We hope all the laying around has curred him for tomorrow. We hope to take the boat out for some fun. He's just really getting into the boat this year. :) This morning we tried to participate in our neighborhood breakfast and Fourth of July kiddie parade around the block. Even though he was wiped and REALLY not feeling well toward the end I think he had an OK time. :) Here's some pictures we have from his third Fourth of July. Hopefully next year will be happier times. :)

First Day Swim Lessons

Here he is, in his first swim lesson class all by himself. No Mommy. :( He's doing great. Very adjusted to the water and LOVES LOVES LOVES doing what he calls "big jumps" off the side of the pool. He got to jump off the diving board to his teacher the other day. That's been a major highlight. :)