July - Reunion in Seattle

Two family reunions in one month! This time with the Lambert family. My whole family gathered at my parents house in Seattle - 10 adults, 8 kids, and 2 dogs. It was definitely a full house - a house full of fun! Again, when there is a lot going on, I forget to take pictures. We packed a lot of activities into the reunion - lots of lake time, a tour of the USS Turner Joy, baseball game, petting zoo, movies, games, pool, and Seattle Aquarium.

the AC was broken, so this was Briggen's favorite place to chill

tour of the USS Turner Joy 

 

there were several steep stairs, but we somehow managed with the front pack!

view from the ferry on the way home

petting zoo

lakeside living

Mariner's game 

hanging all together 

movie in the theater - and totally zonked afterwards

 

Briggen and Charlie

Seattle Aquarium 

 jellyfish arch

fun at the pool

 

 

tea party for Faye's birthday

I can't wait to see everyone at Christmas!

5 Year Anniversary

While in Seattle for our family reunion, we also celebrated our 5th year anniversary!

In five years . . . 

- 4 jobs (Branbury, Reagan Academy, Dorothy Fox, Columbia Chiropractic)

- 3 graduations (2 from BYU, UWS)

- 3 apartments/homes (Branbury, River House with Mom & Dad Fish, downtown Camas)

- 2 dogs (Luna & Cosmo)

- 2 states (Utah & Washington)

- 1 baby (Briggen)

Before the reunion, I gave Brodie early anniversary gifts. The first was a collection of items for his new office and the second was a print of the night sky from the day we fell in love (July 8th). 

To celebrate on our actual anniversary, we went to downtown Seattle for a paint night.

 

our finished pieces next to the examples we were using for inspiration

Brodie on the left and mine on the right

Briggen: 5 months

New: rolling over from back to front, sleeping in his own room 

Enjoys: sleeping on his tummy, playing with his toes, back rubs, & stuffed animals 

Dislikes: hot weather

Firsts: movie in the theater, rodeo, baseball game, trip to the aquarium

Now that he is rolling, we find him like this in the crib! We quickly ordered a mesh crib liner .

 

Briggen rarely sleeps on his back. He's always on his side or tummy!

 

 

 

July - Sun Valley

To celebrate Brodie's graduation, the whole Fish family met in Sun Valley, Idaho for a reunion. It was a whirlwind of fun - so much fun that I don't have that many pictures to show for it! The Sun Valley home hosted 4 dogs (2 of them puppies), 9 adults, and 3 kids. Our week was filled with hiking, fishing, shopping, bike rides, swimming, a rodeo, dock dogs, frisbee golf, lawn games, and horseback riding.

It was Briggen's first road trip and being in the car for several hours is not his favorite! Luckily we were able to split the drive into two days and stay with my sister in Baker City. Even still, the 5 hour drive to Baker was a struggle. Briggen did not sleep (as we hoped) and by the time we got to Amy and Jeremy's, he was pretty worked up and had the biggest freak out in history. To make it even crazier, we had Cosmo and Luna with us (Cosmos had been ours for only 3 days). Thanks, Amy, for putting up with the crying baby and puppy. 

With a baby and puppy, we had to take lots of bathroom and feeding breaks along the way.

we made it!

daily walk with Briggen + fur babies

fun at the pool 

 

poolside snoozin'

For the 4th of July, we went to the local rodeo. It was hot and loud, but Briggen handled it like a champ! We grabbed Dad's construction headphones out of the back of his work truck, and Briggen surprisingly kept them on the whole time.

My personal favorite activity was horseback riding! It was a half day ride in the gorgeous mountains. Briggen was back at the house with Tek, Kim, and Cohan. Thank you for babysitting!

horse smiles and selfies

It was a wonderful week that went by too quickly. We can't wait to come back again!