Summer Fun pt 1

I had all the intentions of doing a blog once a week this summer to show how much fun we were having...but wow...then summer happened. We were really busy this summer and had lots of fun as the below pictures show.

A visit with grandpa Alaska allowed for some Playmobile Knight playing. These are Young Old's "big boy" toys that he spends hours putting together and setting up for battle and loves, loves, loves when someone will play with him. 

Got to organizing with this new toy storage system...it has helped tremendously corral the continuos assault from the numerous toy piles. Aram also got to help build it and used real tools for the first time, of course under the supervision of his ever wonderful dada.

A trip to Seattle lent for some very fun water table time with cousin Caden. This little nifty toy has been a much needed relief on hot days for sure. Plus water never is boring for any age.

Also got some good gma o-o hang time in...

Picked our hearts content of strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries at Sauvie Island Farms and stocked our freezer for yummy berries in the winter. Although the blueberries are always a favorite for the boys, I love the strawberries that are so fragrant. I find that when you are in need of a reminder of Oregon summer during a totally wet winter just open the bag of frozen strawberries and take in a big whiff. YUM!

Braved camping one time and one time only this summer. We decided that luck could run out on keeping our lil' ones alive and camping was testing it a little too much---more on this later.

Went hiking and enjoyed the outdoors. Jasper impressed us by hiking an amazing 2 miles with very little complaining! He is so grown up. Before long he will be calling me from a top Half Dome to tell me he made it to the top of the world.

Enjoyed Bagby Hot Springs as a family. Some might say that the new management was an improvement for cleanliness and safety but I kinda missed the rustic feel of the place from before. Though what really counted was that the water was still nice and hot!








to be continued...