Fathers Day Weekend

We spend our Father's Day a day early, on Saturday.  Just because we are usually busy on Sunday's and we wanted Aaron to be able to just "relax" on Sunday.

We left about 8am, grabbed coffee and chocolate milk and drove a quick 2 minutes to the Bowl and Pitcher at Riverside State Park. 

Aaron and the boys have had "boy days" here before--hiking and exploring, but in all the years that I've lived here, I've never seen this part of our city.  It was pretty cool.  Lots of trails to hike, nooks to explore, and a breathtaking view, any which way you look.

Colton gathered hiking sticks for everyone and we set off on an unknown adventure.  We took trails that were marked and trails that deer and other wildlife had created for us.  We found an oooooold abandoned car that was rusted out and the kids explored inside of it.  We also saw a man-made shelter that someone had built, made of sticks and branches to keep the elements out.

Of course, Mr. Landscaper himself saw the basalt cliff and the shapes of the basalt on the side of the mountain are what they take out and carve into water features and decorative rocks in people yard---the hexagon shape.

After our hike, the boys had a t-ball game, followed by a church softball game that Aaron had, and immediately after the softball game, we drove to Avista Stadium for a baseball game.   The boys' school reserved a section so we sat with NWC students and parents and enjoyed $1 hot dogs, drinks, and ice cream sandwiches.

Good day.  Good day.

Dad and his boys, at the river

Thanks, Colton, for the hiking sticks!

What a cute kiddo.

The man-made shelter

The old abandoned car....we determined it was a VW Bug.

Hey!  Usually its the kids with the cheeseball grin!

Exploring and analyzing the shelter.

Here is the basalt rock.  See the shapes of the rock?  They take the rock out in sections and they come out as a column and they bore holes through the middle to make fountains.

Love me some ice cream!

YAY!  Gramma bought us souvenier bats!

It was almost as big as him!!  For only $1!

Mason, Parkers friend was sitting next to him :)

Beautiful night for a baseball game.  See that white shirt guy?  That's Aaron's dad!  They came too!!

Week in review

Pretty busy week, actually.  Lots of appointments and a lot of rain made for an interesting week.  I will review it in pictures....  :)

Kids sitting at "their" tables at the yard sale....selling their own toys, books, and whatevers to earn money to take on vacation to Montana next month!

They made $120 on the first day!

Colton found an old bluetooth of ours and wears it EVERYWHERE, anticipating someones phone call :)

We were up EARLY EARLY on Monday morning this week.  It was a gorgeous day (the calm before the storm) and we hit the skate park early at 8a.m. before the serious older kids got there.  We had free reign of the park for 2 hours!!   The boys LOVE this!

Yard sale item.  Parker revereted back to toddler stage.  :)

Mr. Colton.  After shower.  Always SUPER excited, (kind of like after a dog gets a bath?  You know?)

Colton and Parker's huge hole they have been digging for over a week.  It is now deep enough that they can both fit inside and it is deeper than they are tall.  Apparently they are digging to China in hopes of finding robots.

They were spoiled by our coffee stand girl, Jenn, this morning on the way to the yard sale.

.........aaaaaaaand he's done.  G'night :)

Coltons hole, different view.

Rainy day = sorting marbles by color.  Great activity for a boy entering into K this fall!  He had a lot of help from Parker who has mastered the art of sorting.

Colton found this silly mask thing at the yard sale.

Colton manned the station without getting up for 4 hours.  I am really impressed by his patience!  Parker, well.....he came and went.  He did get the wiggly worm award at school, after all!!

Dah, Dah, duuuuuuum---the dentist!

Dentist day!  Both boys looked great in the 'ole mouths.  Colton did however, have a "only seen by xray" double cavity on his back 2 molars.  The dentist said this was common in small children because brushing and flossing is so hard in this particular area.  Filling to happen in 2 weeks.  Colton is NOT happy about this.  He keeps saying, " I am NOT NOT NOT going back to the dentist to get shots in my mouth".  Says this from the kid who LOVES going to the dentist.  Hmmm...bribery coming soon???

This is Colton "pouting" about the filling he will soon recieve.

Parker in the chair waiting to be cleaned.

Colton is all smiles while Parker looks on at Super Why playing on TV.  We don't have TV in our house so watching a cartoon today was, like, SUPER AWESOME.

Colton waiting for the dentist to come in to evaluate.

Good report of dental health!

OK--this is funny.  These are glasses with a special "vision" thing on them that the hygeniests wear.  Colton saw these and said, "Mom, do those glasses shoot lasers at people?!"

Cotlon, ARMS spread out wide as can be while getting cleaned.

Parker, again, glued to the TV program.

Parker waiting for his cleaning.

{ day five } summer fun

In the past few days we've been busy!
We rented some science kits from the library--we got the "construction" kit and the "sorting" kit. Such an awesome idea! Check out the link to it here:



On Sunday we went to a birthday party for one of Parker's classmates, Mason . It was mustache themed, as you will see.

This morning we left early to go to the skateboard park to ride bikes. When we go at 8am, we always are the only ones there and the boys have free reign of the entire course, pretty awesome!

Colton has been working for [DAYS] on this hole in the front yard--he says he is digging to china ;)
He can get all the way into it and it is about 6" above his head!! He is digging as I speak---there is no end in sight....

Happy day 5 of summer!

Summer vacay <Day 2>

Much of the same - lots of playing, mixes in with some episodes of arguing, ending the day with a family date night to see a movie in the THEATER!! something we don't do often because it is so expensive!

Parker also learned how to make toast by himself today---I kind of decided that this summer he is going to be learning some life skills appropriate for his age. Toast and breakfast on his own was a great way to start! He's a genius at it!

Great day, great night. :)

(also, had to throw in a picture of a climbing clematis plant that is beautiful in our yard right now)

Go Yankees! T-Ball's finest players....