PORTLAND part1

 My brother is temporarily in Oregon for three months for work. So naturally we had to come down and bug him. We spent day one at the Children's Museum. Here's the proof of our fun---

 The water station was pretty cool!

 The best dads are kids :)

 There was a "crayon face coloring" station.... Bug did a sunshine, CJ had a king boo, and CB just colored on his face- I added a fishy. Here is the best picture ever of the three of them. Unfortunately they are sitting on a dinosaur with colored faces.....

 

There was so much to do, it was hard leaving. We could have been there much longer had Cole not needed a nap!

Homemade noodles, anyone?

 I may never do this again. Had to document it. ha!

Homemade noodles. And they even ate them. 

So I guess it was a success- and a big mess.

water, water everywhere!

 It wouldn't be summer if there wasn't water to play in!

We are always up to something.

 His face is sooo cute when he gets wet! He runs away and squeals!

 I was taking a picture of CJ sitting on top of this squirter- whooops, he slipped!

 ...and hurt his bum, can ya tell?!

 Rub a dub dub, how many kids in the tub?

and the fun continues...

 We made a quick trip to Wenatchee to check it out. There's a chance we may move to Palisades and with that comes the option of Jeromy starting his own company in the big W. We rented a hotel Friday night and then spent Saturday checking it out. We had a great trip and it was a beautiful place. But Carter and I don't care to live next to stinky pigs, so- we'll see.....

 Twiners.

 Swinging upside down is the cool thing to do, apparently.

 Coley loved it. I beg to differ.....

 Twiners.

TBall stars

Carter played T Ball and Lydia did coach pitch. They both did great and loved to play in the pitcher spot- although they didn't pitch :) I got a great video of carter tagging someone out and one of Lydia trying to hit someone with the ball (hehe), but I just can't get the video to load.....

It's obvious this little guy went to lots of practices and games. He seems to have paid more attention than Bug or CJ..... Look at that form!!

Yay for TBall and now for soccer to begin!

Let Summer Begin!

 Nice weather is still hit and miss, so we take advantage of the beautiful days while we have them! Can that top picture be any cuter?

 Bug's LAST DAY OF 2nd GRADE!

You can always tell when it's time for summer to begin. Their jeans are too short AND have holes!

 Prepping dad's cake. 

I happened to burn my cheek on a match. Ugh!

 Happy Birthday Dad! We Love YOU!

Here they are doing the Coley- "FREEZE!"

 It was delish, can't ya tell?!

 One of Jer's client he did a design for invited us over to enjoy their backyard. Which means POOL PARTY! First swimming of the season. It was fab. They also fed us a rib dinner too!

Mother's Day

 Mother's day was fabulous, as usual. Jeromy always makes it great. The Bishop ended up letting them out of meetings early, so he came home and I even got breakfast in bed. I didn't think I'd get it this year, so I was sure surprised!

 The kids just LOVE taking pictures after church (not!). It was definitely forced this year, if you can't tell! They always make me something homemade, which I love.