Kinsey and Emily just hatched from their egg!
Megan, Andrés, and Jessica impersonating spiders. 
Andrés and Emily were so cute holding hands!
In the butterfly garden. 
The whole gang. Kinsey, Andrés, Emily, Kyler, Camilla, and Isabella. What a group!
A week ago we went to Olympic National Park with Luis' cousin and her family. What a beautiful place. We loved it and plan to go back sometime when we have some more time. It takes hours to drive around and see all of the Park, not to meantion the time hiking. I loved it. The only boring part was waiting 2 hours to get onto the ferry at Port Angeles. The kids did great though. Probably because I was well stocked with snickerdoodles from Costco. :)
Somehow we made it out of the house without shoes for Emily. Hiking in the forest was a challenge so Luis tried to carry her on his shoulders most of the time, but Emily didn't like it. She wanted to walk. She got very dirty, but loved walking though the dirt, pine needles, rocks, roots, and who knows what else. She had a great time though.
This was a ricketty little log bridge we had to walk on to get over a stream.
This was the waterfall we were hiking to. Very pretty. It was an uphill climb on some wooden stairs built into the dirt. Andres was so fast running up the stairs, and the hills, and the dirt. No fear in that one.
This is Marisol, Kevin, and their daughter Monica. They came with us. We had lots of fun and really enjoyed their company. Emily and Monica had a great time together. They are about the same age, height, build, and hairstyle. Well, until her mom cut her hair (Monica's, not Emily's). What great friends!
We went to Juanita Beach in Kirkland, WA with Jessica and her niece Andrea. We had a great time. Unfortuantely I was not prepared for swimming as I thought it would be too cold. Andrés did not mind and rolled his pants up to walk in. Eventually he fell a few times and got soaked so he gave up and jumped in. I did not have dry clothes for him so I had to use some of Emily's spare undies that I had and my sweater to get him home. He was not happy to wear girlie undies, but glad to be dry. He had a great time so it was worth it. :)
Emily did not think it was too fun and refused to go in the water or even to walk on the sand. I had to hold her the whole time. Although she was willing to eat her chicken nugget that had fallen in the dirt. 
Kinsey decided she didn't want clothes on when they got wet. Lucky for her, her mother was prepared with dry clothes.
Andrés loved splashing everyone!
Kyler didn't seem to mind the water at all. He kept crawling toward it until Jessica just took him in. 
Andrés was such a monkey climbing on these things. He loved them!
Coming back down. The fun part.
His balloon snake, who had a short life.
The picnic was a lot of fun for Andrés. They had close to 20 huge inflatables and that is where we spent most of our time. Oh, and the food. Luis loves that part. We also took a hay ride and had a snake balloon made by one of the clowns. Emily slept most of the time and ate when she was awake. Overall, a great trip.
