July found us on the move. It started with spending July 4th weekend at Grandma's cabin in Roslyn. I was able to attend my first parade in Cle Elem and watch all the other kids run to grab the candy on the street. As you can see in the picture he was not that impressed, very calm at this parade. We know that is only temporary. I am sure we will be back for many parades on 4th of July. We couldn't find a small flag for him to wave so we improvised and made a flag from a napkin, of course he thought that was a blast and soon figured out it would tear but not before we were able to get some fun photos.
The following week we headed for the Oregon coast with James and Matthew Tveter. Our first destination was Gleneden, which is just north of Newport, Oregon, then we ended up at Seaside Oregon where we met Auntie Cathy and Sean and spent the remainder of our time in a beautiful ocean front condo. We had our first train ride, first day at the beach, first time in a kiddie pool and first time pulling up to furniture. He became quite active on this trip, not sure if it was the other boys around or what but he became very confident in moving around furniture and the floor.
We had a long awaited visit from cousin Haley, Grandma brought Haley out and we made a quick trip to Canada along with Nana Shirley. Our first time using our passport! He was a champ, the long car ride at the end was a little trying but Haley and Nana Shirley were champions at singing and playing games to keep him entertained.
With Haley's visit we had a marvelous time showing her our beautiful city with boat tours, ferry rides, the locks, and Pikes Market. It was such a joy to have Haley here, she was also such good help especially when we headed to Texas.
The first week of August found us in Texas visiting cousins Halli and Billy Ford and Ryan. We attended the Believers Convention along with Grandma, Auntie Aim, Auntie Pam, Haley, Reid, Savannah, Aunt T and Crystal. It was quite an event. Zachary did amazing, I think his favorite part was the praise and worship, he was in his stroller for much of the meetings. An amazing week but was it hot, over 100 every day. It was nice to return to Seattle and 70 degree weather.
Seems like August came and went, his first birthday was such an event. I will gather pictures and post them later. It was such a great party and special weekend I look forward to sharing them with all of you. So come back and check those out. I wanted to get the summer pictures up and going before we went into the birthday pictures. Enjoy.
