
On July 4th we woke up bright and early to get to my most favorite event of the year - 4th of July at Samish Island. After a quick pit stop at Mom & Dad's house, we headed out to Christian's first ever trip to the island where we were greeted by a crisp breeze and the sunshine trying to poke through. As the morning progressed, more and more friends stopped by for fun, oysters, and of course, the parade. This year we had both the Welty crew in their Bronco & Ryley on his bike participating in the parade, making it so much more fun to watch with our friends riding along {although I did miss the play by play commentary with Kami :)}. By the time Ryley got back to our house on the parade route he decided he was done {I mean, what fun is riding in the parade when you can sit and get candy thrown at you instead?!?} and one of my most favorite parts of the day was Linnea teaching Ryley how to hold out his hands so he could get the most candy :) It was such a fun morning, and I know Christian loved his first ever Samish Island parade. There really is nothing else like it.

the boys teaching ryley how to throw rocks in the water
with the sweetest annabelle
oyster master at work
christian and his first oyster nachos, which he promptly decided we need to eat at least once a day
mom & ella
miss linnea parade ready
the welty bronco
ryley killin' it in the parade
linnea and ryley catching candy
christian's first parade
the samish island marching band
theia taking in her first 4th
joan singing 'god bless america'
xoxo,
stephanie marie