Rebecca's birthday fireworks

Rebecca was born on the 4th of July, so every year gets to see lots of fireworks. Last night our family went to her parents' place in lower Queen Anne to have cake and watch the Elliot Bay fireworks show from their deck. Her sister and brother-in-law were also in town to join in.


Here Rebecca makes her wish and prepares to blow out the candles...



I was trying out various settings on my camera. The first picture shows all the boats that set up in the bay to watch the fireworks up close. The next picture was my first shot of the show and was a 15 second exposure of the opening moments. Obviously there were quite alot of explosions going off. The later shots came out a little better, but I soon decided to just sit back and enjoy the show instead of fussing with the camera.

Chaos reigns

All systems are starting to crash, we have lost control of the house. We were doing pretty good at keeping the house passably clean, but it has recently spiraled out of control. I think it was the build up of several days of interrupted sleep. The following are pictures of the rooms on the first floor of our home (click on pictures to see a larger image).

No Josie, just posies (actually poppies)

We are taking a short break from Josephine photos and instead providing pictures on the amazing red poppies that are growing in our garden. Look close in one photo and you will see a plane flying on its way to Seatac airport.

Josie and night time

Josephine continues to get cuter, which I didn't think was possible. Here she is lounging in her stroller/portable bassinet (Rebecca found a great buy on a Mountain Buggy stroller via Craigslist, and then followed it up by finding a great deal on the bassinet accessory that attaches to the stroller frame. We use it alot when she is sleeping downstairs because it keeps her away from Lance and Ruby).





I am awake at odd hours lately. I had trouble getting back to sleep again last night, so I decided to try learning some new functions on my little camera. The first photo is a picture of the most recent additions to the bike stable, the second photo is on the poppies in the backyard







Rick and Michela stopped by to visit our daughter, and to drop off food for Rebecca and I. Michela claimed she didn't know how to hold the baby, but she looked like a pro once she had her in her arms.




The weather has been spectacular (if you like heat), so Rebecca and the baby hung out in the Adirondack chairs while papa weeded the garden. All this great weather has made the garden hit hyperdrive. All the green beans, squash, eggplant, tomato plants, etc. will hopefully be cranking out the produce soon.




Josephine is very selective where she likes to fall asleep. This seems to be one of her favorite spots to nap.