Lake Wenatchee

We had our annual Knopik Family Campout (KFC) at Lake Wenatchee State Park this year. On Friday, we left cloudy & cool Bellingham and drove 3 hours to cool and WINDY Lake Wenatchee. Besides wishing we had packed a few more sweatshirts and a second pair of long pants for the kiddos, we had a terrific campout! We had a blast spending time with family!! A few pics:

Jaron 2 hours after arriving. Now you know why I wished I'd packed more clothes!

Faith and Colton on a scavenger hunt. Very serious business for soon-to-be 1st graders!

Faith in the river just outside Leavenworth, WA. Yeah, that's right. We cheated and drove to sunny and warm Leavenworth on Saturday (an adorable Bavarian town 20 minutes away from our campground and 20 degrees warmer).

The kids in Leavenworth after swimming and ice cream. No wonder they are smiling...that and the fact that it is always fun to climb all over "people statues." This is one of many photos they insisted I take.

7am Sunday morning. I hope it's not too early for one of these!

13 years!

Faith took this picture of us today. If you tilt your head a little to the left, she is a terrific photographer! If you don't, she's a sweet 6-year old doing her parents a favor by snapping a quick pic to commemorate 13 years together. Happy Anniversary, Babe!

Go Mariners!

Mariners game at Safeco Field.

Snow cones!

Go Mariners!

Dave and Luke (our nephew)

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Even though we cheered with all our might, the Seattle Mariners lost badly to Cleveland on Saturday. That didn't matter to our kids, or to us for that matter...we had a blast! Our cool shade for the first inning quickly moved up the bleachers and things started heating up. Nothing that a giant snow cone can't remedy, right? Wrong, if you drop it on the kid in the row right in front of you (poor Jaron lost his after only a few bites and some poor child got to wear lime snow cone for the rest of the day). Mariners, if you won't entertain us, Jaron will!!

Smiles...just a little late.

Looking at the calendar on Monday, in total disbelief and partial denial that July was really starting this week, I remembered I still hadn't taken Jaron anywhere to get his 3 year-old picture taken. I mean, he only turned 3 in May! Okay, so I'm only a few months late. I quickly called Sears and scheduled an appointment. Yesterday was the big day. Several clothes changes, face washings, and a bribe to sit on the riding lawn mower in Sears if he smiles for a least one picture later, we get the above result. Hooray!! The smile quickly faded when it was time to get off the lawn mower and then faded again when the mall's play area was temporarily closed for cleaning. A kid's life is so tough! Is picture day stressful for anyone else?