PEPs get together

We had a nice evening hanging with some of old PEPs buddies! It was a wonderful, warm evening out by the water at the Mercer Island beach club where the King family are members. The kids had fun splashing in the pool, jumping into the lake, roasting smores and just running around the grounds while the adults soaked in one of the last 9pm sunsets for the year. I can't believe how grown these kids are! Seems like just yesterday we were reminiscing about highs and lows of being new parents. Some photos of now vs then below!

Enjoying the lake views!

Moonrise over Renton

Evie and Vivian

Evie, Nora, Cecily, Vivian, Winston, Jude and Callum

One of our first PEPs meetings! The kids couldn't even sit up yet. See Evie?

One of our last get togethers - a 4th of July picnic.

Viv and Evie in a double stroller.

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