Caiden all dressed up

Caiden thinks he is one good looking guy in his church clothes! I think he did his own hair this day too and doesn't he just look handsome!

 

First day of school!

Caiden was not very happy about having to go to school all day, but at least the first week was short day every day so that helped.  He just hates to be tied down all day.  He is excited about his new teacher and I am excited to be down to just one kid for most of the day. It will be really fun to have some time with just Paxton and I. 

 

 

A few days before school started there was some rainy weather and this beautiful double rainbow appeared. I wish there weren't houses in the way, but oh well.

 

Sunday afternoon in Washington

On Sunday afternoon we took a drive to see the view from Mount Rainier. The Ramsays had never been there before so I think we took a wrong turn or something. We stopped at a small park with some railroad tracks and some cabins that I'm not sure what they were, but it gave the kids a chance to stretch their legs and go to the bathroom. We got some cute shots of our family though so that was good.

 

 

If it hadn't been a cloudy day you could have seen the mountain better- you can just see the top of it here through the clouds. It still has snow on the very top! Crazy!

Last day in Washington

On Sunday, our last day, we took a drive and met up with Jayson's step sister Debbie and her husband Mike and their children, Victoria,

 

 

 We met up at another beautiful park with a lake so the kids got to pull out their swimsuits yet again.

Debbie made us some delicious cookies and gave us some to take for our ride home the next day. Yum!

 I love that kids can turn into friends so quickly. Looks like they are hunting for something in the water- who knows what.  I love the lily pads though.

The Washington Coast

We decided the best way to spend our Saturday was to go to the coast!! The kids love the beach and the Ramsays hadn't been there yet so it was a win for everyone. The wind was blowing so it was cool, but again, that never bothers the kids. Jayson and I didn't bring swimsuits so you will see in the pictures below how that worked out.

 

 

 Paxton was a bit cold at first, but then he started having fun and forgot all about it!

 

 

 Robyn taught the kids how to make a castle. This is her, Tucker, Caiden

 and Cassidy.

 

 

 A beautiful shot of the family by the ocean.

 

 

 Jayson without a swimsuit-too funny!

 

 

 After getting out of the ice cold water and having chattering teeth, we buried the kids in the warm sand so they could get warm again.

 

Poor Caiden got sand in his eyes right before I took this photo, that was a task to get the sand out and not have him screaming. The kids (and adults) were having so much fun that we stayed all afternoon and into the evening. We were planning on going back to the Ramsay's to eat dinner, but we just had to stop at the Wendy's on the way back-the kids had no complaints about that either. One of the best days ever!

Kent Washington

As we soon discovered, Washington in August is beautiful! As we drove around, we saw numerous beautiful parks- a lot of them with little  ponds.

Our friend Robyn took us to this park right after we arrived. The kids were so excited to see each other and needed to stretch their legs after drviving so much so this park was perfect!

 

 The water was a little cold and it was a bit windy too, but that never stops our kids from getting in the water!

 Awesome lily pads in the pond, also another common sight in Washington.

Caiden with his life jacket on-took a lot of convincing, but I think he found he could go in the deeper water and try to "swim" with it on.

Snoqualmie Falls-Washington day 2

Right before we got to Kent Washington (where our friends live) we were told by Steve to stop at Snoqualmie Falls. The city was quaint and beautiful and the falls were pretty impressive too. There was some construction going on so we couldn't walk down by the river, but we still got some nice shots of the waterfall.

 

 

We had to park across the street and walk across this cute covered bridge.

 

 

It was good chance to stretch our legs and very beautiful to see.

First day in Washington!!

In March our friends moved to Washington and Jayson and I thought it would be really fun to go see them at the end of the summer. So we called them up and they were totally good with the idea too. As it turns out, Jayson's step dad has three kids that live in Washington near where we were going. Our first stop was to Donna and Dan Woolsey's home (Jayson's step sister). As luck would have it, her daughter was visiting from Florida with her son too! We go there and jumped in the pool for a swim!

 

Heather, Paxton, Caiden, Kim, and Jamison

 

Me with the boys!

It took a long time to convince Caiden to get on the raft, but he liked it once he did. Baby Jamison liked his raft too. He didn't squawk at all being in the water. We borrowed one of Jamison's hat for Paxton's little blond noggin so he wouldn't get his head sunburned.

 Paxton loved the hammock and Jamison! He loved on that baby all day!

We had a delicious bar-b-q after the swimming and some really good visiting and getting to know our family.  We got everyone in the shot except Dan (he had to take the pic).

 

Heather, D.J., Donna, Kim, Jamison, Paxton, Selina, Jayson, Caiden

After a great afternoon and evening we headed over to Jayson's step brother Steve's house. He has a camp trailer parked outside of his home that he let us crash in which was awesome cause the kids love camping and it sort of felt that way. 

Random kid pictures

Toddlers can be so cute and funny, which is good cause I don't think they would make it past two years old.  Paxton got this shirt stuck on his head and thought it was pretty funny.

 

He learned how to do "silly eyes" and also thinks that is pretty funny.

I wanted to take some picture with Miss Kitty cause I know she won't be around forever. She is such a fat cat, but is a really good cat most of the time.  The boys really like her and most of the time she is nice to them. She does scratch them from time to time when she's had enough.

Fourth of July!!

Nothing like cotton candy on a hot summer day!

We went to the usual "Party at the Point" for our city. They have really fun activities and the fire works are great.  This year Caiden climbed the rock wall almost to the top!

Paxton liked to dance to the music before the fireworks! As is tradition, we invited my parents to come with us and the gladly accepted. The boys sure do love their grandparents!