Mossyrock Aug 08

We took off Wednesday for another long weekend camping. We had 1 1/2 days of rainy weather which the boys loved because they rode their bikes around with new friends and were able to get muddy. We also had a few days of beautiful weather before back to the rain AGAIN! We asked the boys what their favorite parts of camping this time were and Bug said that he loved to play at the park with his friends, the beach, campfires and sleeping in the trailer. He is so darn cute! Bry's favorite parts were the BMX track (as Bry would describe it "I was tearing it up") and playing "don't touch the rocks" with his friends at the park. We still aren't sure how the game was played:)

Aug 11-18

This was a busy week. The lightning storms last weekend blew out our modem so we had to wait until we recieved our new one to update the site. So I'll recap last week. On top of going to the zoo we had some friends over for dinner, had a weekend at the cabin, spent some time at the beach and the boys received some new Mexican wrestling masks from one of Scott's friends who visited Mexico. The photos say it all.

WATER FIGHT!!!!!!

There's nothing like 90 degree weather, a house full of energetic kids, and waterguns to create some excitment. On Sunday we turned the backyard into our own little waterpark to enjoy the heat. We filled up the blow-up pools and fired up the waterslide, but the highlight of the afternoon was the boys teaming up to battle Dad in a watergun fight. Dad thinks he won the aquatic battle, but the boys will tell you the real story.

Woodland Park Zoo

We ventured up to Woodland Park Zoo today with family and everyone had a lot of fun. The kids had some unique experiences that they hadn't had before. The boys pet a snake, fed a giraffe and some tropical birds. At one point a bird landed on Bry's shoulder to snack on some food (needless to say he was very surprised). The babies were troupers again and had a good time looking at the animals and snacking pretty much all day. Everyone did fantastic until about 4 when we decided to call it quits and head home to see Daddy.

New Pets

We came back from Vegas and found and unusual bowl on the counter. Grandma and Grandpa told us the boys had been frog hunting with their cousins at Great Grandpa's Birthday party and all the children were lucky enough to find their own frogs...and bring them home with them. Soooo, we are the proud new owners of two little tree frogs named Petro and Chim(something) and the boys couldn't possibly be happier. We HAAAAAD to go get them a real house and real food yesterday so they wouldn't die. Thank you Grandma and Grandpa :)

VEGAS!!!

My friend Carrie and I decided to treat our husbands to Vegas this year for their Birthdays so we hopped on a plane and off we all went. We had a lot of fun relaxing in the sun and having some adult time. Here are a few shots from the weekend.

Blue Angels at Seafair

We headed up to Lake Washington today to watch the Blue Angels. As always they put on a great show. The boys loved being so close to the action on the water this year (Scott went last year with some buddies and we stayed home). We have been driving up every year to let the boys watch but Scott had so much fun last year on the water that we made the trek this year. The lake was full of boats and the water was really rough but the boys still had a blast. We were a little worried last night with a forcast for rain today, but the weather cleared up and it was beautiful.

Years, Days, Minutes, Tag....

Okay, first of all Thank You Gina for making me take a few minutes to myself to recapture a piece of my past:) I'm sure this will be fun If I can remember that far back. 20 years, that seems like forever ago.

20 years ago I was...

Well, that would have made me 11 and I think it was the summer before 6th grade. I think we had just moved to our new house in Federal Way and I was probably meeting new friends. During the summer I played in a lot of soccer tournaments so I was probably up at 60 acres running miles and miles and trying to score some goals:)

10 years ago I was...

I'm sure I was soaking up the sun on the lake or in a bar somewhere with my girlfriends or Scott before I had to head back to Central (in about a weeks time from now - a month and 1/2 before any other students came back to Central - soccer started. I know boo hoo)

5 years ago I was...

Our first born Bryson had just celebrated his 1st Birthday in June. We were probably camping somewhere on the Eastside of the mountains and we were just about to find out that baby #2 was coming along.

3 years ago I was...

Running around like a mad woman chasing my 3 and 1 year olds trying to keep them busy and Scott and I were deciding whether we would like to add one more to the crew (little did we know that adding one more would really mean 2 more). We had just bought a boat and we were enjoying it at the cabin.

So far this past year I have...

Started my first born in Kindergarten, that was HARD. I witnessed him riding a bike with no training wheels, learn to read and swim. I also helped my #2 man get potty trained and start Pre-school. Our twins celebrated their 1st Birthday and learned to walk. Now I really run around like a mad woman! I could go on and on about the joys of the past year...

Tomorrow I will...

Go to my mom's house and we will celebrate Scott's 32nd Birthday! Wow, I'm married to an old man. We'll probably come home and work and play in the yard.

Next year I will...

Have most of my kids in pre-school or school all day!!!!! What? Did someone say that I'll get a few hours to myself? I think that is still an illusion or a dream that I have in my mind.

I tag Brandi, Sarah and Rachel if you haven't done this yet. I would tag more people but none of my other friends have sites up yet. Get on it girls!