Wednesday, June 29, 2011

First Two Weeks of Summer

Summer is here! We are officially 1 week into our favorite season and well we haven't seen too much sun although we are working on having lots of fun! I say working because it has been work the past few day, this second week off of school all of the kids and Matt have come down with a virus. Lilia spent a few hours in the ER getting re hydrated with an IV and was given a prescription, she has elevated liver enzymes so we will be making a trip to our regular doctor sometime soon to see what that is about.  I am so thankful I did not catch it (at least not yet), it is a lot of work taking care of a house full of sick ones. I'll spare you the details and just say every bowl and towel has been dirtied and I have had to make a special trip to the store for 7UP and toilet paper.

So let's see so far this summer we have.... gone to the Farmer's market, bought a new pool  (played in it once so far), had a few picnics (even a teddy bear picnic), made Gak, went to a magic show, ate cotton candy and jumped in the jumpy house at the local carnival, visited the library and park several times, made a trip or two to the craft store for some rainy day fun, Kaine's had a friend or two over and been to a friend's house, barbecued with friends and family, spend a day at the lake, rented Gnomeo and Juliet (super cute movie) and well I think you can see we've tried to keep busy all things considered. Here are some pictures of all of our fun...


Last day of school, I dropped him off, you can barely see Kaine walking to his class, sad moment for me
School's out for the summer!
He did it! He's on his way to middle school next year!!
Kaine went wakeboarding and did AWESOME!


Fun with cousin TJ @ the lake
Kaine playing with all the little ones @ the park
Lilia driving the boat with Grandpa

Look at Kaine looking all grown up

Kaine and Aaralynn playing

Lilia riding in the tube with Uncle JJ, I was so proud of her

Flag boy

Playing in the pool, note the pool is not full but they didn't care




Kaine in the SWAT car @ the carnival
Eli @ Miles Wedding reception
Ice cream time @ the farmer's market

Playing @ Grandpa Scott's house
 


We met my Aunt Peggy and her family in Eugene one Saturday
Playing @ the park


Getting ready for his first bike ride

This is how Eli's first bike ride ended

For Father's day I got Matt this bike trailer, it is so fun to all be able to go on a bike ride
Lilia napping after a ride

 Coming home from the Farmer's market
 Craft time1 I wished I'd taken pics when we made the gak, too much fun!!
 Playing outside
 Eli got beat up @ the library
 Teddy Bear Picnic



Sunday, June 5, 2011

Fun with cousins

We had so much fun this weekend! Lilia and Eli got to spend some time with their cousins Aaralynn and TJ (Jerry the III, Third Jerry) not to mention Uncle JJ and Aunt Brittany, oh yeah and Grandma and Grandpa Westover too. This is a very special occasion for us, my brother and his family live in Indiana where my brother just finished his first year of dental school, so isn't every week we get to play together.  Kaine spent the weekend at his mom's house, so we were kind of bummed he missed out on the cousin time, but he was getting to visit with his Grandparents from Georgia he sees on rare occasion. Too bad he couldn't be in two places at once! We were so busy, seemed like the time just flew by. We spent some time at the Vancouver Farmers Market and at Ester Shorts park playing in the water and eating ice cream. Then we went to our cousin Miles wedding reception Saturday evening. Sunday we headed to church and then hung around the house playing and enjoyed a big lunch together. It is so fun to watch our kids play and spend time with one another. We were sad to see them leave, but turns out we will see them again in just two short weeks before they head back east.  Here's some pictures of our fun together....



 Miles and JJ
 Group shot at the ice cream shop
Grandma and TJ
 
Beautiful Aunt Brittany and Aaralynn
 Matt and Eli before church
 Grandpa with Eli and TJ
 Kisses

 Eli LOVES his cousin TJ. He would crawl over and kiss TJ on the head, it was the sweetest thing ever!
 Aaralynn in the fountains
 Lilia
Uncle JJ
 The cousins splashing together

Eli loved the water

Aaralynn loved the water too!



 Some more playing around


 Best buds forever
Aren't they something?!