TOO HOT! On Wednesday we had all-time record heat in Seattle...103 degrees! Seattle-ites have been known to wear shorts when it hits 60 so you can guess how well we handle this kind of heat! A blessing in disguise: Our dishwasher leaked and ruined our floor in June. Finally we were able to get a contractor to come and replace our floor this week. But they had to take our kitchen apart for a few days so our insurance paid for us to stay in a hotel down the street from Monday morning to Thursday afternoon....an AIR CONDITIONED hotel! It's still hot here but today's high is only 82. Thank you Heavenly Father for cheap dishwashers :)

Joshua is good at waving and clapping. Anytime we say "good job" or "yay!" he starts clapping and looks around for us to join in - it's pretty cute. He's also getting good at walking. He can pivot, stop and stand still and then start walking again. He also loves to "share". He shares toys, binkies and as seen in the picture below, animal crackers :) I threw a bachelorette party for my sister, who's getting married tomorrow (August 1st). We ate dinner at a really cute Italian restaurant "Silvatori Ristorante" and then went to a comedy show. It was a great night!