Picture Recap

Since I just did a pretty text-heavy post, and have another one planned, lets throw in some pictures to break things up a bit.

Memorial Day weekend / my Birthday in Coos Bay

We headed to the ‘ol in-laws for the weekend. We had kind of off and on good weather with rain thrown in, but still managed to play outside a lot. My birthday almost always falls on Memorial Day weekend, so I get a 3 day weekend to celebrate. Yea for turning 31 (AKA, BOOO)

Thatcher’s first “real” haircut.

And by that, I mean me cutting his hair in the kitchen. Probably could use another one already. Don’t let the picture fool you, he did not look this happy the whole time.

Trip to local farm for some strawberry picking

This was actually really fun. The boys basically ate strawberries and dirt the whole time, but it was very low stress for me for whatever reason. Until a few days later when Thatcher got the most raging bacterial eye infection and then spread it to Thad, for which they both needed oral antibiotics. Other than that, super fun. We will do it again next year, and just try to rub less dirt on our faces (Thatcher, I’m talking to you).

Funny picture of the boys wearing reading glasses

My sister put together a cute box of “eye exam” stuff for Thad for Christmas, so they were playing with that. Don’t worry, I (their eye doctor) approve of them wearing readers, won’t hurt a thing. Plus, it’s funny.

Thad’s first night in a big bed

Sadly, this night ended tragically with him waking up at 4am throwing up, and continuing to throw up for the next 12 hours. We are working on re-doing both their rooms, and will possibly have it done this weekend. More pics to come.

Weekend trip to Redmond

Justin’s sister and her fiancée bought a house in Redmond last year, and we just went to go see it for the first time a few weekends ago. Thatcher had a little bit of a hard time sleeping, and it was HOT, but otherwise a fun trip. We hung out at their house, went to a river, and swam in the hotel pool of some other family members that were coincidently in town for sports stuff.

4th of July

All of my 4 siblings live in the Pacific NW with the exception of my younger brother, Seth, who lives in the LA area with his wife and their son. They usually fly up here twice a year, once in the summer, and once for the winter holidays. Whenever they are up here, we obviously try to spend as much time with them as possible since we don’t get to see them much. Cutest bunch of kids you will ever see. You’ll note that there are 3 handsome young boys all about the same age; the one with straight hair is my sister’s, the curly one is mine, the super curl one is my brother’s.

Setting off a small fireworks show in the driveway. Dad made fun of Oregon’s fireworks. To be fair, they are totally lame. Clearly, the one pictured was purchased in Washington, where they don’t care if they blow off body parts, or set their state on fire.

Making s’mores with Gpa, Thad eating his with Uncle Seth, and Thatcher is blowing on the fire….safety first, you know. Don’t be alarmed by the police car in the background, It’s my dad’s.

Getting out of the house and heading to the playground, and Ashlyn and Thad helping me make Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries (Try ‘em, they are super simple, fast, and delish. Kid friendly and adult friendly)

And wwwhhhaaaaaaaaa? Second family picture in a 2 week time span. We are on a roll, ya’ll!

I love you, family!

LAST BUT NOT LEAST

What I walked into my bathroom and saw the other day. If you have some explanation, do tell. I am at a loss as to what is going on here. At least the seat is down.

Happy summer. Next up for us: A road trip to Tahoe to stay at Justin’s (distant) family’s cabin. Yes, that’s right, I said a 12 hour car ride with a 3 and a 1 year old. Yikes.