Enjoying our finished product!

I keep forgetting we have already had 1 summer at our house. Last summer we barely spent any time outside because we had mounds of dirt for our yard and the house wasn't completely finished being painted until August. This summer the house in painted, we have grass and the flowers beds are done (though bare because the plants will get bigger). Now we get to enjoy the house inside and out! My favorite place to be, is the back patio having a cold summer beverage!

Summer is Here!

ahhh....sigh....We have had a great 1st week of summer so far and some nicer weather finally.
Mom went to town, Dad took me on a bike ride to the river, and when I got home look what Mom had bought me! No, not the 2 piece swimsuit (that was from Grandma), a pool! I love it! By the way, Mom always said I could not have a 2 piece until I was older but look what Grandma brought back from Cresent bar and Mom and Dad have changed their minds and think it looks pretty cute on me.



Turn up the volume to this video...I love the neighbor dogs so my Mom and Dad don't need to get me my own.

1 more day...

We are looking forward to our last day of school tomorrow so we can spend all summer with this girl! She has quite a personality these days and as you can see she likes to sit her dolls down and have a talk with them.

Ski To Sea 2011

For ski to sea we had our 2nd annual canoe watching down at the river. We hiked down with about 15 other people including kids, dogs, and the baby joggers.

A group shot, but missing a few stragglers that came later.

Kendall and Taylor Turrell having a serious conversation (Taylor is 1 month younger than Kendall).

Kendall loving the sand.



Waiting on the shore line because we knew Uncle Kyle would be coming through soon and we wanted to cheer him on.

Uncle Kyle in the front of canoe.


We had a surprise guest appearance that I will never forget. Dominic a good friend of ours that you can see in a couple posts earlier that we went to Wenatchee with made his first public appearance after having a head injury on May 1st. The amazing thing is, he had just got home from Harborview on Saturday and made the hike down to the river on Sunday. Beav, Teresa (Dom's wife), and a friend of theirs showed up fashionably late to surprise everyone. I am not sure if their was anyone NOT crying when we witnessed Dom emerging from the woods. I am pretty sure everyone thought they were dreaming.




After the river we headed back to our place for a BBQ and got to enjoy our yard and back patio for the 1st time since planting grass last fall. We borrowed the neighbors soccer goals and the kids had a great soccer field.

Birthday Videos

Kendall at Crew and Brody's birthday party loving the bouncy house. I think I got my workout for the day carrying her up the bouncy house ladder to go down the slide over and over again.

May Happenings

The month of May has flown by and I haven't been blogging in a while, so here is a recap of some things in May. June is busy but I will not complain because we only work 1/2 the month, school is out June 17th! Shane starts summer basketball this week.

Yes, we had our fireplace going in May!

Mother's Day afternoon at Boulevard Park.




Trying on the cowgirl boots for the 1st time.


Kendall's hair is getting longer.



Crew and Brody's birthday party.

Spring?

I think Western Washington has skipped spring and is going right to summer eventually. With the few days of nice weather we have had we have tried to make the most of getting some things done in the yard when it is actually nice. The big thing was laying bark in all of our flower beds. A couple weekends ago Shane, Auntie Erin, and I got it done after 12 yards of bark then Auntie made the best homemade Mac & Cheese to reward our work in the yard. Luckily we have a girl that loves to be outside.