Ocean Shores and Family Update

We had a great camping trip at Ocean Shores. Since then we have been super busy but I'll give a quick update on everyone.

Mr A: Was very excited for his t-ball camp that he is doing right now. He is having fun and doing great. He is a big help for me with his little brother and sister. I am so excited that I have one more year with him before he starts Kindergarten.

Miss H: She loves her babies, books, swinging, and her family. Other people wouldn't know it because she doesn't talk too much around other people and she's probably a little hard for them to understand, but she is a great talker. She usually talks in complete sentences and has a good vocabulary.

Baby E: Has the cutest smile and giggle. He is very ticklish. He just started using the exersaucer and loves it. He has strong legs and tries to scooch forward but his arms don't move as fast as his legs :). We all love him to pieces.

Daniel: He just sold the old barracuda he has had since before we were married and we also sold our acura. We were planning on just having one car but his brother moved to phoenix and we inherited (for a small price) his geo metro which he uses to drive to the bus. He works hard and is the best dad and husband ever.

Jill: I've been working on getting the house organized. I've tried to get rid of a bunch of stuff because we had too much and there wasn't room for it. I've also been enjoying making my own bread (my wheat grinder is in the mail so I will even grind my own wheat) and cooking with food from our garden which is doing great this year. I love spending time with my family.

We Have a Problem

Sometimes my kids get away with things they shouldn't because they are so cute doing it. Let me show you some examples.

Look at this cute girl.

Should she keep one eye open during prayers? No. But... it's pretty cute. (and no...the stove was not on and yes...I know I shouldn't take pictures during prayers either, I was just having her pretend)

Now look at this cute baby.

Should he be allowed to suck his thumb? No. We're trying very hard not to let him start this habit but its hard to fight when it's so cute.

One more example. Take a look.

Should he get treats from the popscicle man when we have free popscicles in the freezer, just because he is so excited that he just learned that such a man as the popscicle man exists? No. But what can you do?

Do you see my point?

Mariners Game in Pics

Little E's First Fourth

 

Little E's first fourth started out with breakfast and bike riding at church.

He then headed over to the park where he watched his sibs play on one of the coolest playgrounds ever before being strapped into the bjorn for a nice nap as we hiked down to the water. He dreamed about the day he will be as good at hiking as Mr A- who is awesome!

His day ended with food, fun, and fireworks with neighbors and Daniel's family. He was a very happy baby all day with lots of cooing, smiling, and talking.

We hope everyone else had a happy fourth also!

Camping Pics

Everyone loved the water slide!!

It was beautiful out on the canoes!

Mr A fishing - the fish weren't biting but they still had fun

Miss H enjoying her ice cream after her nice uncle and aunt took her on the water slide

Grandpa and Little E

Daniel and Mr A beat me and Miss H around the "lake"- we did stop to look at the ducklings

Little E watching everyone on the slide

Miss H loved her doughnut

Where is summer?

Even though it seems summer still hasn't really started because the weather has been so bad, we've still been trying to get out and do summery things.

We picked berries in the rain. It was worth it though, I've never picked raspberries before and they were delicious- much better than from the store. We also picked strawberries. There is a little farm near us that is only open for picking on the weekends but it is cheap and we were the only ones there...maybe because it was raining.

We also went to country village one day and on another day we met Daniel downtown for lunch and then I took the kids to the aquarium and Pike's Place.  Little E sleeps through most of our adventures.

Miss H has been asking to wear "squirt guns" a lot lately. Squirt guns are skirts, or sometimes dresses. Skirt sounds like squirt so there you go.