A Few of My Favorite Things

I borrowed Jacy's nice work camera and have been snapping random photos of my favorite things. So you get a shot of my weekly bouquet of Whimsical Whites flowers and my cutie sittin' on my pretty new blue couch wearing my favorite little boy shorts.

It's Getting Hot in Here

Inside/Outside
So the official temperature in my neck of the woods was 105 today. Jacy and I have enjoyed many a California summer and the mugginess of Japanese summers, but we had A/C for both. My hero came home with two little window units early this week and boy are we thankful for them. Our bedroom and TV room are liveable for almost the entire day and then we head next door to Papa's basement for some relief.

Bathroom Humor

The ladies in my family went to The Women of Faith conference last week at The Key Arena in Seattle. The conference center always makes the men's restrooms into ladies restrooms since there are only a handful of men present. I just happened to have my camera in the bathroom to capture this moment (note I blurred out my victim's face so you don't know it's my mom). The best part of the moment was the 4 or 5 seventy year old ladies who saw me do it and had a friend take the funniest picture of them lined up next to the potties.

Weekend Pictures

An Amazing Weekend

Yes, it's 11am on Sunday and I am still wearing my PJs. My fabulous weekend wore me out! Todd, Wylie and I had one of those amazing days on Friday where all the kiddo/mama stars aligned to create a blessed and fun outing with no bumps in the road. We began at Target (what good day doesn't start at Target) headed to The Seattle Children's Museum with a stop at the big fountain for our picnic and then proceeded to the Pacific Science Center for a great exhibit about animal poop. Jacy was in Seattle for a dental convention so we hooked up with him and he took my cute monkeys home while I stayed in Seattle for dinner and the Women of Faith convention with my girl family. To accommodate my kiddos and me the lovely ladies in the fam decided to faith it up in Seattle this year instead of Portland, thanks ladies!
I love Women of Faith and was beyond THRILLED to listen to my favorite speaker Patsy Clairmont and hear Steven Curtis Chapman all in one night. SCC was amazing as usual and I was sitting right near the performers exit and had a short thank you shout out to Mr. Chapman as he walked by, he is so gracious and kind. Wish I was the kind of person who could ask for pictures with him, but always feel like "famous" people might need a break from that. Anyway, home late from a great night and up early for a full day of WoF conferencing. More fun and blessings.
Home now and enjoying my lazy day with two cute little boys who are also still in their PJs while Daddy takes a quick trip to Oregon to see a relative who is not feeling so good.
Pictures to follow as I consolidate cameras and camera cards. If anyone is interested check out SCC website to find out why he is one of my all time favorite entertainers and musicians. www.stevencurtischapman.com

Portland Brain Tumor Walk

My cousin Kristen has created a great page to help raise money for the National Brain Tumor Society in honor of her sister Stephanie. Check out her page and make a donation if you can. Our family will be participating in a walk to help raise money for the NBTS in September! LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE Stephanie!!!!!
Portland Brain Tumor Walk:

Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium

Today's adventure was a trip to see the critters at the Tacoma zoo. The Boys and I gathered up some of our favorite kiddos and mamas (Jenn and Mika, Shawna, Jackson and Jas and Kristen and Marisa) and headed out. Check out our collage of the day. I LOVE the picture of Jas and Wylie comparing their owies, it is my favorite. It captures their laid back, rough and tumble personalities so well and will be a great memory for this mama to cherish when Wylie is a big kid someday.

Progress!

Jacy's deck is coming together.

Today

This is what Jacy did today!This is what the boys and I did today! Rachelle, a childhood friend of Jacy's, shared her tickets to A Day with Thomas with us. The boys loved playing with her kids and enjoying all things Thomas.

Ready Set, Build a Deck

Day #1 of Jacy's deck adventure! I love my contractor, he works hard and cheap.

All Decked Out

Jacy started construction on our deck this morning and we are all so excited about it's creation. The boys were also thrilled by the pile of lumber in the yard and the Home Depot truck that Daddy rented.

Blessed By A Great Day

The boys and I headed to the aquarium this morning for a quick trip to see the fishies. I caught some fun pictures of Todd enjoying the waterfront. If only Wylie would pose for a picture or two! We spent the rest of our fabulous day playing with Sammy and his family. It was the perfect summer day.

Telling a Story

On our drive to church last weekend I reminded Jacy that he was telling the children's story that morning. He instantly had a great story idea about our trip to Legoland in his head and he asked Todd to help him tell it. They did the best job and I was so proud of them.

The 4th of July

I am finally getting pictures together of the 4th at Mason Lake. It was a fabulously fun weekend of water fun and fireworks. I think the pictures tell the story perfectly.

Connected

Yesterday was a great day spent with friends. The kids and I headed to NW Trek with some of our favorite people, the McCullohs and the Brayleys. I love that I have mama friends that can chat all day long with while our kids can happily play. We checked out all the animals and the kids ran and played hard. I wrapped up the day with book club, which is one of the highlights of my month. Last night's chat lasted almost 5 hours and I came home at midnight to tell Jacy, once again, how much I love my group. I am feeling connected this morning and happy to be blessed by wonderful friends.

Today

Today was another great summer day. We headed to the zoo with friends and came home happy and hot.
We babysat these two cute little cuties tonight. Aren't they precious?
And finally, Wylie went potty on the big boy potty for the first time. HOORAY!!! He was so proud, happy and excited and then this happened...

Do You See What I See???

Apparently Todd couldn't see what we see, but now he can. We noticed he was not seeing so well on a trip to see Daddy at the dentist. Todd was trying to read the comics on the ceiling above the dental chair and couldn't read the captions. I took him to the eye doctor and he definitely needed some glasses. He loves his new glasses and the world they have opened up for him. He especially loves yelling "four eyes" at Papa and cracking up when Papa yells it back at him.
Check out Todd in his new glasses in the blog photo below.

Summer Checklist

The boys and I made a giant list of everything we wanted to do this summer. One of the items on our list was "playdate with Evan" and we happily marked it off the list today. Evan and Todd are classmates and they had a great time catching up. We had a great afternoon of water fun with a short video game break, of course.