A look back at summer

I didn't do a very good job of documenting our summer. So here is the short version of it all, which probably won't end up being that short since I am trying to squeeze a whole summer into one blog post. 

We did pretty well on our summer fun list. We went swimming at Cull Canyon Lake, went to a couple pools and splash pads, we went swimming at Uncle Matthew's house, went out to ice cream at Tucker's, and lots of other stuff including

 Going to Santa Barbara over Fourth of July weekend. Easton loved being out on the water. 

Camp fires at John Muir's house. We love singing along and listening to the park rangers' stories. 

 Lots of summer reading. This is what I found one day when I was trying to get to Ikea. IKEA can wait. Reading can't. 

Did I mention we loved monthly campfires at John Muir's house?

G wasn't the only one who enjoyed being out on the water. She got to go with auntie Adie. Oh, and someone lost a front tooth this summer   

We went to the beach and built sand castles. 

We went for a ride on the steam trains at Tilden Park. 

Easton and Gabriela each made their own kites and tested them out. 

We took the ferry to San Francisco one day. 

The kids love feeding the animals at Little Farm. 

What? That's not what you'd wear to feed farm animals??

We picked and enjoyed lots of tomatoes from our garden. This was a pre-breakfast snack. 

Lots of swinging in the park. In skirts 

Some river fun with friends, and possibly where G got her first round of poison oak ever. 

Dinner by the campfire in Inverness with the Swans. 

Family fun night at the park with the kites

We took a couple trips to the Lawrence Hall of Science. 

This cutie pie is too much. 

And who doesn't enjoy painting on the park?

Lane built a chicken enclosure for our chickens. I am so excited to not have chicken poop everywhere and to finally be able to do some work on our front yard. 

Lane had a helper

All this summer fun would tire anyone out

See what I mean??

Easton calls these his pizza undies. That's right, he is completely potty trained. That was a nice birthday present for this mama.