Jonathan & Lindsey's Family Blog

This afternoon we visited Scott, Manivanh, and Nicole at their new house in Olympia. Labor Day wouldn’t be complete without some BBQing, and Scott just bought a new grill. After enjoying some burgers and corn-on-the-cob, we went for a walk at Tolmie State Park. Avery loved looking around at the people and scenery on the beach.
Avery flying.

Nicole heads off to dig in the sand.

Daddy + Avery.

Bump love.

The Cheeto monster.

Labor day is here. It’s a good thing too, since Lindsey and I moved ten yards of dirt into the backyard this weekend. It wasn’t too tiring, though I’m glad it’s not my day job. Later this week they’ll be coming to hydroseed the lawn, and within a few weeks we’ll have grass!
On Saturady some family friends stopped by to meet Avery. John and Jill grew up with my mom in New Zealand, and also migrated to North America (Canada) many years ago. We hadn’t seen them since our wedding, so we had a great time catching up over a cup of tea.
The big event tomorrow is that I’m getting my tonsils removed. They’ve been bothering me for a couple years now, and it’s finally time to get rid of them. I’ll probably be miserable for a couple weeks, eating ice cream and generally acting pathetic. Ah well, it’s time to rush off to a BBQ with Scott, Manivanh, and Nicole.
Jill + Avery.

Lindsey demonstrates proper rolling technique.

The supervisors. (This pic was taken several weeks ago!)

Lindsey and I have been married four years today. She’s an incredible woman and I’m so happy we’re together. To celebrate the occasion we had Ashleigh look after Avery for a couple hours last night while we went out to dinner.
First we had Ashleigh get a picture.

Avery wasn’t into smiling for the camera last night despite our best efforts.

Ashleigh + Avery.

Lindsey and I are usually awakened by a hungry, 4 1/2 month old alarm clock, a.k.a. Avery. Today was a little different. Somewhere around 7:00 AM there was a roar from a machine outside our bedroom window. It sounded a bit like one of those wood chippers they use to clean up debris after a windstorm. When I went to the window to see who could possibly be running a chipper before the first diaper change of the day, I realized the noise was coming from a slightly different piece of equipment. It looked similar to an excavator, only it had a set of claws where the bucket would normally be, and a huge spinning saw blade. One by one it was grabbing trees, cutting them off at the base, and flinging them off to the sides.
When we moved into our neighborhood we knew the trees behind our house wouldn’t be there indefinitely. Looks like it won’t be long before there are houses where our forest once was.
Tree eater.


Lindsey watches the carnage as Avery smiles for the camera.

The sea of downed trees.

This afternoon there were all sorts of homeless birds flying around just above the downed trees. It was sad. 🙁