Thursday, July 29, 2010

Summer Time is Flying By!!

My genius idea to paint rocks. There all over the yard, we can get out doors, we can paint! Fun, right? Well, until you see a bug or mess up your paint job or drop a rock on some one's toe.

One field trip this summer was to Kid Quest at Factoria Mall. We had never been before but had a great time. Owen played with this scarf shooter most of the time we were there. They had a tree house and an 18 wheeler to climb on. Fun times!


Our friends, Katelyn and Kamryn, from Idaho came by to play and visit. It was great to see them!


On the komodo dragon at Woodland Park Zoo.



Owen giving a high 5 to the orangutan!




Monday, July 12, 2010

We had a slow start to our summer field trips due to vacations and camps, but today we went to Northwest Trek. It was a cold and cloudy day which was perfect for Trek. The animals usually are more visible when it isn't so hot and we saw every animal the park had to offer! There was one, the lynx, that we saw sleeping in the back corner (which really could have just been a rug) but everything else was either close to the front of the enclosure or walking around. The kids even had an opportunity to do some crafts. They made beaver masks and Emma made a flower head band. It was a very fun trip and the traffic wasn't too bad either. Here are some of our pictures.






















Saturday, July 10, 2010

Summer Fun!

At the Freedom Fair Owen got this great pirate hat and sword. He pretty much hasn't stopped wearing either and thanks to the heat, he was also wearing this lovely outfit! Most of you know that Owen talks A LOT, however he has the great ability of making up words or misusing them. For example, at Disneyland Indiana Jones was Jiminy Jones and he says exciting instead of excited. So he says a lot that he is so exciting to wear these pirates accessories.

On July 5 we went to Green Lake for a picnic to remember my Grandma Mimi who recently passed away. She loved Green Lake and one of the ways to remember her was to help purchase a cherry blossom tree to be planted at Green Lake and we had a picnic and visited the tree. It was nice to see some family we haven't seen in a while, even though it was pretty cold that day and we were dressed for warmer weather. This is a picture of the four daughters!

Taking a rest at the Freedom Fair. Owen doesn't really smile anymore, he uses the opportunity of a picture to make a funny or annoying face. Pictures would be more fun to look at if we all did that, don't you think?




Monday, July 5, 2010

Pictures of Disney!

So, I always forget that I have to post the writing last if I am doing two posts...sorry. The pictures precede the writing so scroll down!

Aladdin production. Owen cried the whole way there because he didn't want to go to Aladdin and then loved it when we were leaving...


Getting ready for the crazy Pooh ride!





Disneyland actually had summer so we had to get some ice cream to cool down...something I haven't had the opportunity to do here.
















Disneyland!

Our second trip to Disney was great! We were in the park for 5 days and in CA for 7. The flights were good (a lot better than when we went last time and Owen didn't want to sit in his seats, much to the dismay of the stewardess). Our days pretty much looked like this: ready by 7:30 and either getting breakfast or into the park for early entry, ride lots of rides and have fun, get lunch outside the park on our way back to the hotel, take a nap, go swimming, eat dinner, and back to the park until 9:30 or 10. The kids loved Thunder Mountain and we did just about every ride in the park except for Dumbo and a couple others we did over and over again last time we went. We went to California Adventure one day and Emma and Scott went on the big, upside down roller coaster California Screamin'. We also got soaked right away on Grizzly Bear River Ride. It was fun but we all felt a little stupid when we got off the ride as an old grandma with oxygen was getting on. We didn't hear about any medical emergencies that day do we think she did well. There are plenty of stories like that but I want to share some pictures of the fun we had. Enjoy!















Sad moment in our lives


I only write about this because this event has really shaped our lives over the last couple of weeks. On June 10th, my friend and the day care provider for our kids, lost her son suddenly when a drunk driver crashed into her car and killed her son. Nick was due to graduate that same weekend and attend Highline. He was a funny happy boy who struggled quietly most of his short life with Crones disease. So, as a family we definitely morned the lost of this boy as we have known him for the last 7 years. So, if you pray or even if you don't please keep my friend and her family in your thoughts as they struggle day by day to survive this life changing event. And honor Nick's life by NOT driving drunk or buzzed.