The Wigle Family in town!

We had such a fun time with Uncle Vern, Auntie Joy and Luke Wigle in town!!!  All day Saturday was a long wait as the girls asked about every hour when "our friends" would be arriving.  :)  We enjoyed spending the evening with them here at our house.  Then today we hung out in Leavenworth ~ walking around the stores, listening to music and enjoying the food.  It was a blast to reconnect and chat with these people we love dearly.

The girls did a great job showing them how they ride their bikes.  Notice the smoke!  :(

Up in Leavenworth ~ usually a beautiful view, but there's so much smoke.  Please be praying with us for rain!!!

Sampling yummy apple cider sauerkraut! 

Although Jared has had a fever since Saturday morning, he was a pretty happy guy this morning.  He was happy to have Auntie Joy hold him.  :)

There's Uncle Vern!  We lost him amongst all the shopping and were glad to be reunited.  

Awww, sweet couple!

The girls sure love Luke!

We all enjoyed the fun music!

Apples to applesauce

Yesterday we got to go pick apples for free!  We had a great time with our friends, the Pugmires.  (Thanks Julia!!) We got lots of apples and could have plucked more, but what do you do with all those apples?  

Eole and Shelby behind the ladder, Davyn, Vivian and Jared on the ladder rung.

I had always wanted to try making applesauce so today we did it!  I used about 15 or 16 apples and used this recipe "Easy, No-Peel Applesauce" from my sweet sister-in-law, Kelly.

Shelby colored while I sliced and cored the apples.  (Jared was napping and Vivian was...supposed to be napping.)  Then, easy-peasy ~ boil and blend!

It was super yummy warm with some cinnamon!  I have about 1/3 in the fridge and the other 2/3s in the freezer.  I'm excited to try it once it's cold.  So far I'm very impressed at how easy it was and how good it tastes.  

I'm planning a taste test for all of us: store bought vs. homemade.  :)  

Modes of transportation

Jared is now totally mobile!!!  It's official!  Jared's preferred mode of transportation is now walking!!!  He still crawls a bit, but mostly gets up by himself and walks around.  This is a long video, but he's so cute!  He makes laps around the kitchen several times every day.  We are all having fun with this walking boy!



Today Shelby got on her bike and took off!  She must have grown 2 inches since her birthday because the bike fits her very well now.  She can get on, start, ride, stop and get off all on her own. We are so proud of her!!!  Vivian is doing great on her balance bike also. Check it out ~

Watch Vivian coasting at the end of the video - love it!

Getting tossed...

Shelby:


Vivian:

Hot, hot summer!

We are having a hot, hot summer up here!  You'd think we were still in West Texas!!!  Yikes!  But we have had a lot of fun!  We went to the wedding of Luke and Toscia up in the Twisp/Winthrop area.  It was a beautiful wedding and reception.  We really enjoyed hanging out with Walter, Janet and their family.

The following Monday Isaac, Trisha and Emily flew in to visit for a week!  The girls had so much fun with their little 10-month-old cousin, Emily.  Emily had three mommies for the week and I think she liked it too, for the most part.  ;)

I started this post the end of July and now it is August 15th!  Our computer wasn't working well for a while, but now we seem to be back up and running.

I can't seem to get the pictures from Isaac and Trisha's trip to load, so I am sorry.  But we had a blast with them!!!  Rocky Reach Dam, Leavenworth, playing outside, the guys went fishing and shooting, we played games and talked and had a wonderful time together!

Now we are back to a somewhat normal routine and with school starting next week (we are going to do lots of review to bring Shelby up to speed again) we are enjoying our weekend.  Hope you've had a nice summer!!

Sheet rides from Shelby, Vivian and Daddy

He got into the butter while I was brushing my teeth ~ he pushed the stool over, grabbed the butter and enjoyed wiping it all over the counter.

Love this one!

Jared kept hugging Shelby ~ so sweet!

We got a little pool and the kids have really enjoyed it on these hot days!  We've had fun with our new neighbor friends over, too.

Playing in the tote

 The girls love getting tossed up into the air by daddy!

These silly girls and their swinging.  :)

Aren't they sweet sleepers!?!?!

Swim lessons at Kyra's!!!  

Can it be true?

Tuesday we had visitors that we'd never guessed would visit us in Washington state!!!  Yes, our friends Walter and Janet came to see us!  Well, they are here for Walter's son's wedding, but hey! we are in the same state and only 2 hours from where the wedding will be this weekend.  SO!  We very much enjoyed having them visit us on Tuesday and Wednesday.  Our time was spent talking, eating, talking, checking out the Rocky Reach Dam, and talking some more.  Such a wonderful time!

Jared warmed right up to Mrs. Janet!  Here she is giving him a ride and singing "This is the way the lady rides..." in German!  :)

 Rocky Reach Dam fun!

 The fish ladder and the museum were both great!  Walter's daughter and her family joined us for the Dam - we all really enjoyed it.

Gosh we love these friends!!!  

Mr. Walter and Mrs. Janet ~ thanks for coming all the way to Washington to see your sunshine!

Up on the roof (you know you want to sing it!)

Listen to song here: https://youtu.be/7F_opWg9_qI  I have to include the link because Josh has never heard that song, sadly.  And incase YOU haven't...well, listen to it and now you have!  :)  Although, I will say, I cannot agree with the lyrics...it was not peaceful or relaxing.  

Ummm, yeah, I was pretty freaked out the whole time.

Alternate post title: Terrified on the Roof (instead of Fiddler on the Roof)

So, I had this wonderful idea that we should watch the fireworks tonight from our roof.  Vivian didn't take a nap this afternoon, so she had to go to bed early...that was providential as it probably wouldn't have worked with her.  Shelby, however, did nap and so Josh, Shelby and I climbed up onto the roof at 10:10pm to watch the show.  It was a good view and we couldn't have seen it from the ground at our house.  BUT - it was scary!!!

Yes, this was how I was feeling.  Shelby kept telling me to "be brave" and she was right!  I tell you what, as soon as my feet hit the ladder to get down I felt SO MUCH BETTER!  Goodness, ok, enough of that.

The fireworks show was neat!  We took some pictures and a time lapse video for Vivian and Jared so they can watch it tomorrow.  :)

Goodnight!