Yearly Pictures 2026

This is the last year of the scheduled yearly pictures. I can't believe we've been taking them for 20 years- the time has flown! Alia decided to take her senior pictures on the beach across from the house. 

Alia 17 years old

Avery 20 years old

The start of another school year

The school year has officially started for Avery and Alia. Alia is doing Running Start through Tacoma Community College for her senior year. She has 3 classes this quarter, English 102, Political Science and College 101. She stacked her classes so she only has to go in twice a week. She is enjoying driving herself and has created a study space in the Leaf. Avery started his second year at Oregon State and decided to stay in the dorms another year. He is sharing a suite with 2 other guys and girls. He has his own room which is making a big difference. 

It was weird taking the first day of school photos in a new house. We don't really have a front door so we took the picture by the sliding basement door. We almost made it from Kindergarten to Senior year with the same door. 
 

He made his room cozy this year. We were able to help move him in again. We briefly met his roommates. The girls share a room and we initially heard meowing when we were setting Avery's room up. We thought that one of the girls had a cat but we learned later that they meow at each other. College kids are weird.

We took Miss B'Haven out for dinner before dropping Avery off. This was Cosmos's first ride and he did great! He's a chill dog that isn't afraid of anything.

Meet Cosmos, Luna's little brother

We adopted Cosmos from Little Dog Rescue in Seattle. It's a great rescue organization that rescues small dogs from puppy mills. Cosmos came from the USDA auction in Missouri. We are not sure of his breed, the rescue guessed Bichon. He was born April 5th. He is a curious puppy with so much energy. 

 

Wisconsin with family

Luna's first plane ride. She did well but didn't like the loud take off and landing.

Grandpa Dan and Gaven's son Lux

It is great that Austin is living in Wisconsin again so we could spend time with him.

Wunderlin family picnic

Avery's in this picture too. See if you can find him.

We spent the night in Chicago so we could spend time with Irene and Sarah's families. The girls loved walking Luna around.





 

Summer is off to a great start

 Our water taxi or foot ferry from Vashon to Seattle finally has weekend service and we have taken advantage of it. It's fantastic to walk on the ferry on Vashon and end up in the Seattle waterfront. We have enjoyed many trips this summer exploring and shopping at Pike's Place. We also loved all the tourists that have visited because Seattle was one of the host cities for the world cup.

Singer has made it to the Vashon Center for the Arts. So many people collaborated for over 2 years to finally have him displayed. His tail moves which gives the appearance that he is swimming again. From sea to sky, Singer has continued to teach us all the importance of community and caring for the planet. His story continues to highlight how connected we all are and our commitment to make choices in our daily lives to ensure gray whales are still swimming in our oceans for another 100 years.

Grandpa and Grandma Davis got to visit us in our new home and we took them on one of our favorite hikes from the trail by the house and up the hill to Maury Island Marine park. Here we are waiting for the tide to go back down so we can get around a seawall.

We had to put logs down to keep our feet dry. This was an 8 foot tide.

This is what a 12 foot tide looks like. Scott and I had a fun adventure walking through waist deep water on an evening hike.

I had these t-shirts made for Christmas. 

We were able to take the boat out to Blake island again for camping. This year Avery's girlfriend, Chloe, Korean name Naheun was able to join us. She is visiting for a few weeks this summer. Avery will spend the end of his summer vising her family in Korea.

We also took the boat out on July 4th and camped in Quartermaster Harbor on Vashon. We were close to the barge that set the fireworks off. It was definitely the best fireworks viewing I've ever seen.

Avery, Naheun and Alia did the deaf, blind, mute baking challenge. Naheun wore noise canceling headphones, Avery was blindfolded and Alia taped her mouth shut. Naheun had to give Avery directions that she got from Alia's miming. It was comical to watch as they struggled to communicate. I was shocked Avery didn't break anything.

They forgot to tell him to use a spoon.

They made a tasty pistachio cake with cream cheese frosting.

Happy 20th Avery!! He asked for his ice cream cake again.