June Missions

Mission #1. Cook cousin wedding in San Diego. Congratulations Brian and Annie! May you procreate happily and often, and may your results be as fruitful as your Apple investment. On second thought, maybe not quite that fruitful. You could find yourselves with 3,250 children. (They were somehow wise enough to buy Apple stock just before Apple came out with the iPod.)






Uncle Matty made it just in the nick of time.



Dance machines.




I know what you're thinking. "Awesome pictures. How did you manage to create that blurry, totally out of focus effect?" It wasn't easy. Okay, so we didn't capture it on film, but the kiddos loved dancing at the reception.


Pax was having a blast at the beach with his new friends. Until one of them decided to shovel a large load of sand on his head. He handled it pretty well.

Of course, the kiddos would've been content if we had never left the hotel. Here they are playing some football with Grampy Bill and Nana.

Lots of beach time, too.

Time warp. Here we are, boarding the lucky salmon thirty salmon in Kodiak.

Is Stoko there?

And we got to see Justin and Elle, which was a pleasure, as always. Nana and Grampy Bill even babysat one night so that we could go out to a movie. The best movie since POTC III! Living on the edge with Patagonia products and soulfoul acoustic soundracks. The premise was strong.
Here we are on our free election day tour of the Encinitas gardens. Boodah had a run in with a cactus.

We got back in time to catch the one sunny day this June in Kodiak. Awesome day at the beach. We filled up the van with our friends Amanda, Joe, Wyatt, and Charlie and frolicked in the sun at Pasagshak.








Mission #2. Great-Grandmother and Grandfather Davison memorial in Fort Myers Beach, FL.

Here are the three Davison kids in front of the beach cottage they grew up in. It's now a historical museum, and has been moved pretty far from the beach. But it was fun to walk through it with them and hear them reminisce about how it was when they were little, growing up in it on the beach. It's hard to imagine Fort Myers Beach with just a few beach cottages on it, compared to how built up it is now.

Temperature level: HIGH. As you can see, Paxson is about to burst into flame.

Need to be in the water level: HIGH.

Water temperature level: Warmer than bathtub.

It was great to get together with the immediate Williams family, as well as great to see long lost cousins and distant relatives in Florida. Great-Grandfather Davison's sister is still rocking, and she put us all to shame with her ability to go for long walks in the hot sun. We gave up on walking outdoors after five minutes and went in search of a/c.

Paxson and Stokes had a blast playing with their Garcia cousins!

Paxson enjoys an in-depth discussion with Torin. Possibly about a jelly donut.



Visiting our ancestors' graves. Grammy-cita's Great Granny.

Mission to Sanibel. Love it! This was actually a wonderful day, temperature wise. A light sprinkle and some wind made it very pleasant.

Is Stoko going rogue? The beauty of the ocean is that we'll never know!

On the other hand, we can unfortunately confirm that Boodah was going rogue. We should've let both kids skinny dip.

In all seriousness, he wasn't going rogue. He just had perma-grin.

We stopped by here for some tasty Key Lime Pie. Mmmm.



And on the way back to AK, we got to see Jake and Megan at the airport with their new baby, Hazel Rose Brighton.



And surprise visitors Gilders!



We barely had time to leave security, but it was still great to see friends. We also saw our friend Lori on the way down, but we didn't take any pictures. It's always fun to transit Portland and see our old friends!



Ahhh, good to get back home to Alaska!