Grammy paid us a visit in May, and we had a terrific time. Coincidentally, she arrived on the day the Nordstrom half-yearly sale began, so we did a little damage there. I put her to work at the house hanging things, painting walls, and planting flowers. Then we piled the boys into the van and headed east to visit Uncle Scott and his family in Pullman for a couple of days. We had a nice, relaxing time together, and the cousins enjoyed playing. After we got back, we only had a day before Grammy was off to Texas again.

Here’s Kieron and Grammy perusing  a Pottery Barn catalog together.

A quick painting project

While Grammy and I hit the Nordstrom sale, the boys kept busy at The Apple Store

We had a s’mores night

Road trip to Pullman

Andrew and Avery, together at last!

Kieron and Silas love playing with Uncle Scott’s old trucks

We went to a park and fed the ducks. Silas thought he’d have some bread too.

The main attraction at the park for these two

The grandsons competing to see who can give Grammy the biggest hug

Cousins!

We remembered to get a picture of the adults!

The last bedtime story of the trip

This was a fun day. We’d originally planned on going to the zoo, but it was too rainy out. So we decided to visit the Fremont Troll with the boys, who had never seen it before. Then we ate burgers at Red Mill and headed to the Pacific Science Center. We stayed there for a long time, and decided we weren’t going to go home until it was time to put the boys in bed. So once we got hungry again, we walked to McMenamins for dinner. We finally returned home with three tired boys who happily went to bed!

I love days like this, where we throw caution to the wind, decide it’s okay to let Silas skip a nap every once in a while, and go where the day takes us!

Hey boys, do you want to see a troll under a bridge?

At the Pacific Science Center

Movie Night, watching Frozen

Silas and his line of cars. I think this boy loves cars even more than the other two!

Playing so sweetly together

Did you know that you can play telephone with the storm drains? So much fun!

Avery and Liam

Who cares if it’s only 55 out? It’s sunny! Let’s have a picnic!

My baby’s last night as a one-year-old