FInally...SUMMER!

Yesterday we had an amazing day together as a family. Garrett ended up coming home a couple of days early from his trip and I thought we should just play! The weather was supposed to be nice, like 70 and sunny. Which doesn't sound like much to most of you out there, but we have had 21 days of rain here in the northwest, so we needed to get out and enjoy the sun. So we packed a picnic loaded the car and grabbed our sunscreen.

We did our standard, the zoo. But with some new additions: the meerkats. Super cute! And we also ventured over to the family farm, complete with petting zoo. The kids LOVED it!

Then we headed to an amazing beach that has a little california feel to it called ALKI. We ate our picnic and played in the water and sand. I got to relax while Garrett chased the kids.
It wasn't quite warm enough for swimming though and these little guys filled the water. This unfortunate jellyfish got washed ashore as the tide was going out. It's really fun to live here and experience this and the ocean.
I was so excited to be able to wear my new sandals and show off my pedicure! YEAH for summer. (too bad it's raining yet again today)



We bought watermelon on the way home and on enjoyed a great night at home...all except for SHREK. We went to see that too. The girls loved it, but Brady needs to get a little older before we bring him to the movies again!

More Preschool

I just wanted to share some of Grace's art from her year of preschool. She LOVED it and learned so much! We had an amazing group of teachers too.

Eric Carle's Mr. Seahorse
Percy the Owl. That is what Grace named it.
Eric Carle's A House for Hermit Crab.
Grace's super cute goldfish.
Triceratops
Stegasouras
Her Big Red Barn
Her cow.

She did most of the cutting and coloring too. It was amazing to see what she brought home each day.

Last Day of Preschool

Grace has been in the best preschool this past year. It has been amazing for her. I have saved a ton of her artwork and I'll get some posted here once i can take some pictures of it. She has learned a lot and has grown a lot too. Kindergarten is next...wow!!

Miss Leslie
Miss Sandy
Grace, August and Charlie,
Miss Lynne
I graduated!

The Many Faces of Brady

We can't get enough of this little guy! He is talking way too much and growing way too fast!

Here are a few pics of this hilarious little boy:

Huge head bonk running into church on Sunday. He LOVES nursery and thinks he can spend all three hours there. Too bad for him (and mom) that we have sacrament meeting first. He's trying to escape the whole time. He fell on the sidewalk running after his sisters into church and nailed his head. He was okay though, nothing that a tootsie roll can't fix!
He loves the ipod and the videos it takes, so he thought my camera was taking a video. Just a funny one with his chocolate covered face.
We had a really bad flu bug run through our house and the carseat needed to be cleaned...so after the cleaning and rethreading of the seatbelt, Brady wanted to be buckled in for while. Just a goofball.
Our little boy is just so cute! Go Huskies. He loves hats too.

Our Super Busy Life

I usually get so impatient with people for not keeping up with their blog postings...and now I am the lazy one, or maybe it's just that we are so busy at our house. Either way I have been really bad about keeping this blog updated...hopefully I will be better.

Here are some of the fun things that we have been up to as a family lately:

We or I built a really great bonfire pit on our property and we have been making bonfires all spring long. The kids LOVE it! Grace especially loves them! We make smores too. The kids don't like them all that much, they just like the idea of roasting the marshmallows, then they make Garrett or I eat them

The girls have been in a little soccer class for the last month too. Grace can't get enough of it! Sophie on the other hand is hit and miss. But it's fun. Brady runs around the field trying to steal the soccer balls the whole time. He LOVES any kind of ball. He's such a boy!

We have also been doing a little more golf as a family too. We go out to the UW home course practice facility and putt and chip and fly kites. Yes, I said fly kites.

Brady just loves to golf right now. He is always finding things to go "back and through," as his dad taught him. He has used wooden play knives and marbles, hairbrushes and bouncy and bubble wands and plastic whiffle balls. He is hilarious. The whole time saying "back and through." He does have some real clubs and real golf balls, but I have to put my foot down and they are only outside toys. But he wakes up every morning wanting to golf outside. He tells me too. He is a cutie!


Grace and dad flying kites. She had a great time. It's amazing how being only 2 years older than Sophie, how different and more grown up Grace has gotten in the past year. She is just into different things. I think it's great! Now if we can just get the wind without the rain...