Getting Around

Caedan started crawling a few weeks ago. Well actually it is more of a one legged crawl but it seems to be working for him. Over the last few weeks he has also started pulling up which means that we really should start that baby proofing thing!

Whidbey Island

1 Cabin + 8 Adults + 6 Kids + 4 Dogs = 1 Weekend of fun

We spent 5 days on Whidbey Island hanging out with old friends and making new ones, relaxing, playing and eating. Here are the highlights from the trip.

Olivia and Thomas on the tire swing. This did not end very well for Olivia. It turns out that spinning several times does not agree with her stomach!! Why didn't we learn this lesson after her birthday when the same thing happened on the tire swing?

Kyla at the beach. Yummy sand!

Fort Ebby State Park

We rode our bikes to the park and spent some time exploring.

Olivia and Thomas

Robert and Caedan

Caedan at the beach.

ET - aka Cameron

Now we must return to the real world filled with work, laundry, and projects around the house. At least we had 5 days of fun!

Technology

Sometimes I am surprised and mostly confused by technology. Like today I was actually able to upload this video and make it work. Robert is probably surprised that I was able to do it without asking him any questions.

And then there are times when I am completely confused. For example it has taken me 3 days to log into this blog. I try to log in and it say that my email doesn't exist or that my password doesn't match my email account. I try several times throughout the day and still no luck. And then this morning, using the same log in and password, it lets me log in. Can someone please tell me why this happens? Is it happening to others as well?

So this is video of Robert skiing at Mt. Baker on Sunday. Yes that is a pond that he is skiing on!

Having an audience always helps!

4th of July Weekend

This year we had the Perry family over for a Barbecue. We spent the afternoon playing in the yard and on the swing set.

Kyla on the swing.

Caedan in his swing.

Even big kids love to swing!

And then it was time for fireworks. The city of Kenmore bans fireworks but we didn't let that stop us from having fun. We were at times worried that someone would call the cops but luckily that didn't happen.

We had a great time with our sparklers, pop-its, worms and smoke bombs. I know you are thinking that we are really out of control. Robert and Jedd invented a new game which we are calling smoke bomb baseball. One person lights a smoke bomb and then pitches it to a batter. The goals is to hit the smoke bomb over your house without having it land in your neighbors yard. If you are taking pictures you should watch out for flying smoke bombs!! You never know when one will hit you in the camera - just ask Kim!

On Sunday we headed out for a bike ride. We rode down our hill to the Burke-Gilman trail and rode towards Redmond.

On the way home we stopped at Bothell Landing for a break before we rode back up our hill. Our total ride for the day was 20 miles but it was those last few miles up, up, up the hill that made me question why I thought the ride was a good idea in the first place. If only I could figure out a way to install a little motor on the back of Caedan's trailer!

One bite for the Geese and one bite for Olivia!!

A self-portrait

Olivia loves to take pictures with our camera and she has now discovered that she can even take her own picture.

And Caedan finally got not one, but two more teeth this weekend! He now has two teeth on the top to complement those bottom teeth! Today he had his nine month check up. He is a little behind in the weight department so they want us to try and fatten him up. He is only in the 10-20% for his weight so we need to feed him higher calorie foods. Maybe cake and ice cream for dinner! He had two more shots and a heel prick to check his iron level. Caedan is defiantly not a fan of shots.