4th of July Weekend

We had a wonderful weekend! Here are some pictures of the weekend's festivities:

Ice cream cones on the back porch

With Oreo

Who realizes that there is lots of dripping ice cream

He decided to help clean up a bit

Dylan is really starting to like looking at books and pointing to the pictures

On Saturday we enjoyed going to Flaming Geyser State Park and doing one of the hikes. It is the perfect hike for our kids, and of course it is just beautiful!

Oreo really enjoyed being out and about with is that afternoon

I just love how this bench is placed right in front of a "Do Not Enter" sign. Very nice touch!

And Oreo is definitely getting to where he likes riding in the car. Love those long ears flapping in the wind!

On the 4th of July we helped with a great pancake breakfast at the church with the fire fighters, and that was a great success. After such a busy morning, we were very happy to spend the rest of the day relaxing at home with our friends the Ortegas. 

We broke in the new double water slide

And as you can see the kids can race to see who can put their ring on the cone the fastest

Thirsty?

And after a delicious BBQ dinner, we lit off some little fireworks on our back porch

And ate yummy patriotic brownies

 Happy 4th of July! We love the USA!

More Fun in June

Well, Lindsey lost her other tooth, so she is officially toothless! And it is so much fun to hear her say words with S'ssssssss in them! :)

We had a great time at the Auburn Kids Day, all free and all fun!

The girls even got to meet Rapunzel

And Brandon made sure that we didn't leave without waiting in line to get the faces painted....

Oreo and I are a little bit at odds about the back yard. Would I rather have him eat plants and dig holes in my back yard then eat things or wreck things in the house? Yes. But he decided to do a little excavating last week. Pictures of him in action are compliments of Brandon. 

I think he likes digging for worms or other creepy things

Mmm Hmmm. Caught red handed - or pawed!

Don't you even give me those cute big brown puppy dog eyes! You're in such big trouble!!

Mariner's Game

We were so lucky that we got to sit next to friends. That made the game even more fun.

The kids all got to take home kid sized Seattle Mariner's hats

And last but not least, here is my cute Dylan, who is changing overnight! He is not a little baby anymore. He is very fast on his hands and knees crawling around, very curious, very opinionated, and very funny.

Here he is doing his famous standing up in his high chair trick. My other babies were to big to wiggle themselves out and stand up. But this skinny little guy is very versatile!

And these last two pictures really highlight to me how he is turning into a little toddler. He's starting to look older, lose some of that baby fat in his cheeks, and he has 4 teeth! Those two on top didn't poke through until he had a fever for 3 days. Can you believe that this boy will be 18 months old in 2 weeks??

And what picture in a high chair would be complete without a little bit of yogurt on the shoulder? I mean, it's always him or me!!