Excelsior Camping Trip

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Lindsey

In August, Jonathan and the boys (well, two of them anyway) went camping with a few (about fifty) friends from Bellingham. My boys love the outdoors, and they had a terrific time, no surprise there! Meanwhile Silas and I enjoyed the relative peace at home. I even had time to begin a massive kitchen cabinet project. Pictures to come once it’s complete.

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Here’s Silas trying to sneak away with them. I don’t know why Jonathan didn’t want to take him too. 😉
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Jonathan’s coworker, Tonya, and her family
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Jonathan’s coworker, Andy, and his family
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Jonathan and our tired/hot/thirsty boys
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Canoeing at Silver Lake
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On the way home, Jonathan swung by WWU with the boys. He took them to red square.
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The Rest of July

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Lindsey

A few more pics from July:

One of our first outdoor projects at the new house was installing pavers in the back yard next to the patio. Sand kept making it’s way inside, so we wanted a place for the sandbox to live that wasn’t on the patio We were working on this together after the boys went to bed one evening, and remarking about how much fun Avery would have doing this. Then a few minutes later, he came down saying he couldn’t sleep. He thought it was so cool that we invited him out to help!

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Play date with Hayden. These boys love Legos!
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Adorable sleeping baby photo.
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Nicole’s Visit

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Lindsey

Our favorite niece, Nicole, spent a few weeks with Grammy and Papa over the summer. She flew back from Texas with us and stayed a week before returning home. We had such a fun time! She is such a sweetheart, and we loved having her at our house. I didn’t want to let her go!

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Nicole, Silas, and I went blueberry picking one morning while Avery and Kieron were at camp.
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What happens when a girly-girl with three little boys has her niece over to visit? She breaks out the Barbies, the nail polish, and the old dance costumes, of course!
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Pedis for everybody!
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Avery opted for alternating black and white polish, just like Nicole. Still a mama’s boy, Kieron went with the hot pink polish his mom picked out.
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And then the costumes:
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Blackmail!
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I even got in on the action
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Then Kieron decided he like the boots in Mommy’s closet best
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Texas

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Lindsey

Another fun trip to Texas in the books. There are a ton of pictures, so I’ll keep this short and just say we had a blast as usual!

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Avery made a ton of progress in the pool on this visit. Nicole taught him to dive to the bottom of the deep end. They spent a lot of time over there fetching dive sticks!

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Volleyball!
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When Jonathan gets in the pool, he has his work cut out for him! The kids love being blasted off his shoulders into the pool.
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Kieron got more comfortable jumping and swimming to encouraging arms
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Love this grin!
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The kid table
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Silas loved being dunked!
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At In-N-Out Burger
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No, he would not eat a burger. :/
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Cute sleeping baby photo
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At the park
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Me and my mama
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Right before we left for the airport, each of the kids got a ride in Papa’s convertible. This was a big hit!
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Nicole flew home with us. Here’s the kids studying the emergency manuals.
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And here they are by the time we landed. They were all very good, but Silas never did fall asleep. Glad that flight is behind us!
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The Postal Service

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Lindsey

In July, one of our favorite bands, The Postal Service, commemorated the ten year anniversary of their first, and only, album by touring. Coincidentally, we celebrate our ten year anniversary this summer too. Of course, we had to see them!

Funny story: about ten years ago, I was raving to Jonathan about the Postal Service. I loved their music, they were so awesome, etc. etc. Meanwhile, Jonathan was like, “no, no, Death Cab for Cutie is so cool! I love their music!” We learn a little about the bands, and, turns out… same guy!  The lead singer of the Postal Service, Ben Gibbard, is also lead singer of our other favorite band, Death Cab for Cutie. And what a small world… they’re from our college town! During our college days, Ben and the other band members of Death Cab were recording music just blocks from us! We probably passed them on the streets of Bellingham back in the day and didn’t even know it! We “discovered” these bands right after college, and by then they’d hit it big and were in California doing their thing. Throughout our twenties, and into our thirties, we’ve enjoyed listening to their music and sharing it with our kids.

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