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Seattle Storm and Allison Playing Soccer

It was a busy week. We attended the Seattle Storm game and Allison had her first soccer tournament. It was fun to see the Storm again after a year off. We miss Lauren Jackson who is playing with her Australian Olympic team. She plans to return after the Olympics. Allison’s first soccer tournament was this weekend. At this point, all of the feedback about standing around in the sun all weekend to watch your daughter play soccer hit home. We quickly realized that we needed to buy a canopy so we didn’t bake in the sun.

Allison played keeper for one half of the game. This made both Christine and I very nervous as they were playing older girls (7, 8, and 9 year olds). Allison did well despite their opponent’s overwhelming offense.

Sharon and Jamey Visit July 2012

Sharon and Jamey visited over the 4th of July. The girls had a great time with their aunt and uncle. Following tradition they made pies with Sharon and Jamey and took some long walks.

We decided to try out a walk around Bridle Trails in Kirkland. We walked through most of the park and stopped at the local Subway and Dairy Queen for lunch and dessert. Rosebud had a great time on the walk.

We also had Dim Sum with Pau Pau at the mall and dinner at her house.

2012 July 4th Parade

The Whitmers came over to join us in the Yarrow Point 4th of July parade. Katherine had her cast on so she couldn’t ride a bike or scooter in the parade. Allison decided to go the scooter route this year. Once again the highlights of the day were the candy thrown by the parade participants and snow cones. In the evening we went over to the Belfiore’s house to watch the Yarrow Point fireworks.

Sharon and Jamey arrived later that night.

Grandpa’s 71st Birthday Celebration at the Space Needle

Grandpa and Grandma invited the Bush and Olbright families to the Space Needle for lunch to celebrate their 71st birthdays and wedding anniversary. Although it was a cloudy and rainy day, everyone had a great time.

The day started out with an elevator ride up to the Space Needle. Grandpa is afraid of heights so he wedged himself into a corner. The elevator operator said the elevator goes 10 miles per hour up to the height of the Space Needle. We had good views of the Pacific Science center and Seattle waterfront.

After ordering, the Grandparents opened their presents from the Olbrights and our girls. Katherine and Allison were very proud that they made and/or purchased their gifts with their own money. Katherine gave Grandpa a bird house and Grandma some bath stuff. Allison gave a bee candle holder that she picked out.

Lunch arrives and everyone digs in. The girls eat a good lunch as the dessert at the Space Needle is very special. For dessert, everyone got a Lunar Orbiter. A Lunar Orbiter is a two scope ice cream sundae on top of a bed of dry ice. The wait staff pours hot water onto the dry ice right before serving to make the dessert start smoking. It’s quite the special experience.

The Bush family had to leave at 1:30P as Steve had a Qi review at work that he couldn’t be late for. The Olbrights and the grandparents went upstairs to the observation deck to take in the rainy sights.

Rosebud Training and Father’s Day Weekend Fun

Rosebud, Christine, and Katherine have started to attend weekly puppy school. All three are responding well to the training. As part of the class they have homework such as getting Rosebud to obey commands. The girls thought it would be fun to teach Rosebud how to jump through hoops. Sunday was Father’s Day. The girls decided we should take Rosebud for a walk to burn off some energy and get her some practice with her new harness. Along the way we met a local neighbor who has a Black Lab who is about Rosebud’s age. They had a good time with puppy play.

Tonight we’re having some friends over to celebrate Father’s Day with a backyard BBQ.

Amy’s 40th Birthday Party

Amy turned 40 this year. The extended family got together to celebrate Amy’s 40th at Grandma Dottie’s house. Kevin, Tyler, Katherine, and Allison all performed charades. Rosebud joined the fun, too.

Amy suggested that we leave yellow sticky notes around the house with a note for my parents. The kids had fun finding interesting places to hide the notes. Steve placed his on the ceiling. You get the idea.

For brunch, the adults had curry chicken salad, a family favorite, and the kids had pizza. We concluded with a 40th birthday game, actually 40th times two. It was good to catch up with the Bushes and Olbrights and talk about growing older together.