10 years and counting

John and I got to spend 4 days on Orcas Island this week. Here is one of our top pictures from the trip! We had such a great time. We spent a lot of time relaxing, and renewing our energy through running, eating amazing food, watching the sunset and swimming in the lake! What a trip! Thanks to my parents for watching Luca and Juliette while we were gone. Now I think they need a vacation:)

Family time

We had a great time with my family in Minnesota!!! We had a big old family 4th of July Party! It brought back wonderful memories of family picnics from when I was younger! I loved getting to see everyone! Luca had so much fun having a water fight with his cousins! Jen and Julie have six now seven boys (we are so excited you are born Baby James) all ranging from 12 to 0 years old! Luca had a BLAST! After the day at the water park and his first Dairy Queen he asked if he could stay with Aunt Cindy for the rest of the summer as he had the "best day in the whole wide world" Pretty special time! Juliette enjoyed the time too! We loved visiting with everyone! 

AMC Conference 2014

 We had a great time at the AMC conference this last week in Minnesota! Luca said some of his highlights were, playing AMC tag, making new friends, seeing his old friends, playing pirates in the lobby with his AMC friends, and the big breakfasts!

 Juliette ready for the pool

 Tim the Turtle and Fluffy the Zebra meet for the first time, thanks to Popeye for the fun pool toys!

 Off to the pool with the new float-ies!

 Luca, Gracie and Colman had fun playing "AMC Tag"

 Gracie, Luca and Sadie sitting on another dad! What a good sport he was!

 Each day started with a complimentary big breakfast! Juliette did not take full advantage of this but Luca really enjoyed it!

 Painting!

 Getting his face painted by a fellow AMCer and artist Chris. Luca requested a "astronaut" Here it is below.

 Luca took this picture himself so he could see what his face looked like

 Luca and Ward Foley, "Scarman" When I told Luca that Scarman has AMC, he said, "REALLY???" I didn't know that!

 Luca and his new friend Harper

 Luca, Gracie and Sadie

  Luca and his buddy, Sean!! We look forward to the mini meet up in Nov to see him again!

 Luca and his new friend Phoebe!

Me and my new friend Nicole! It was a pleasure to get to know her better this conference!

My parents and Chris came to the conference, which was a huge help with Juliette and fun to have them experience the AMC support and family too!

AMC Conference next year.....Jacksonville Florida....Luca's first response...oh good, I want to go to Florida to watch the rockets take off:)

Mother/Son Field Day

Luca and I attended our first Mother/Son event this last Sat. It was a lot of fun and we were glad that Rachel and Damien Bryant were there as well. John and Damien's Dad, David, grew up together in France and David was at BFA the some of the same years John and I were there. Now David and Rachel live in Seattle and it has been so much fun reconnecting with them and getting to know them!

Damien Bryant and Luca Walker at Gas Works Park! Like father like son I might say!

Preschool Graduation Picnic!

Luca had his last day of preschool at Boren school last week. It was such a great experience these last two years! We are really going to miss his teachers and friends! Here are a few pictures of the end of the year celebration picnic!

Friends united!

Our dear friends Jess, Kimi, Layna and Jonah have come back to Seattle to visit there many friends this summer. We got to see them yesterday and what fun it was to see the kids playing together and catch up in person! So glad they were willing to make the 36 hour trek and 9 hours of jet leg to visit!

 Luca and Juliette's first slip and slide experience was a smashing success!!!

Jonah is wearing a shirt from Luca and Juliette a shirt from Layna...how cute!

New day

We came home from the special needs support group at church. The kids came with and had a blast with their friends as seen in my last post. Luca and Juliette came home and have played for 2 hours... happily and almost entirely by themselves. It was nothing short of a miracle and I hope a glimpse of many days to come. I am so glad Juliette is getting older and that she and Luca are becoming playmates.
I had to take a few pictures to document this golden moment. It was a 5th birthday party for Luca's new stuffed animal, Tim. Thank you Meagan for the birthday cake play toys to make the party come alive!

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