First Day of School

A 5th grader

A 1st and 3rd grader

The dirt magnet is mine for another year.

Off to school they go . . .

Rylan is 5!!

Happy

Birthday

little

man!

We love your smile!

At the Cabin

After our day at Silverwood (next time we'll have to take 2 days because there is a lot to do there) we headed down the road to spend some time with friends at a cabin in Donnelly, ID.

(This is Rylan's little buddy Owen.)

One of the many activities we enjoyed at the cabin was running and/or jumping

through the sprinkler.

It's a perfect way to cool off in the hot Idaho sun.

Silverwood Theme Park

After our eventful first day of travel we reached our hotel in Spokane. First on our agenda for the next day was Silverwood Theme Park.

Ryan has memories of Silverwood from his childhood. They have added a lot since he had been there.

They had lots of great rides for the kids and some roller coasters that I can't believe my girls wanted to go on!

This is what Bo and I did. . .

And we watched. And took pictures. Here we are on the train ride . . .

Bo was getting pretty tired by then.

We lasted all day. We were there when the gates opened at 11 and went back to the hotel at 9. And once the kids were in bed there was no talking. They were so tired from their day they were out faster than you could say, "We love Silverwood Theme Park!!"

Day 1 of our Summer Trip: Rainier National Forest Detour

So we set off on our summer vacation trip and things just seemed to be a little off. Rylan started off the day by falling out of the back of the suburban onto the gravel driveway. This little mishap left him with 2 gashes in the side of his head. After we got him cleaned up and decided he didn't need stitches we very carefully got in the car and set out. Things went fairly smoothly until we were stopped on the road and informed there were 2 hour delays for road construction and told we could detour through Rainier National Forest. We decided to go for it and headed up the windy mountain road. Although it added time to our trip we were able to get out of the car along the way and enjoy snow in August! Very cool I must say.

More vacation pics to come . . .

A Conversation with Bowen (about tasting baby cereal for the first time)

Me: "Hey, Bo!"

Bo: "Yeah, Mom?"

Me: "You ready to try some cereal?"
Bo: "I don't know . . . do you think I will like it?"

Me: "Try it, try it I say!"

Bo: "Ok, bring it on, Mom!"

(Bowen eats cereal with much smacking.)

Bo: "Ooo, that's good! I like it!"

Bo: "Now, I'll try my toes for dessert!"

Current Family Favorite

The shirt says it all.