August 20th-30th

Look! I'm doing a little better and am actually posting a new post within a few weeks! We've had an eventful few weeks. Mel, Luke and the kids stopped by for the weekend, then the boys and I headed down for a visit with my mom and sis. We also made a short day trip to Friday Harbor (San Juan Islands) this past Saturday! Here are the pics:

Cole and the girls posing with the Komodo Dragon. This is the first time we've been able to get Cole to pose with these statues at the zoo! Amazing what a little peer pressure can accomplish! LOL

Cole, Memphis and Lola playing some ball in the backyard. Cole had a blast running around with Memphis! He was so happy to have a big boy to play with!

Nick and Cole at GameWorks.


Cole and me playing one of the games.

We collected a TON of tickets (about 1000) at GameWorks and Cole got this cute little plane! He had so much fun "flying" it around on the sidewalk outside of GameWorks in downtown Seattle.

We also checked out Pike Place Market. It was pretty hectic but still fun! Plus, I got some chowder and crabcakes :) Yum!

While riding in the car, Cole had waaaay too much fun playing with his fruit snacks! "Look Mommy, I have oranges for eyes!" I just had to snap this photo while I was driving!

Cute little boy getting held on our walk because he was too cranky for the stroller.

I got myself a slurpee for the ride home and of course I had to get one for Cole too. He was a mess but he kept telling me how yummy his "cherry juice" was!

Blake has turned into such a happy baby. He loves it when we sit and talk with him, he coos and smiles the whole time.

So amused!

Cole was so excited when Nick started mowing the lawn. He grabbed his little chair from inside the house and put it on the patio so that he could watch and cheer Nick on.

This is the look he would give me every time Nick went by with the lawn mower! Pure happiness!

Silly boy! I really wanted to get some cute pics of Cole in one of his new outfits and this is what I ended up with instead!

San Juan Islands:

A self portrait in the car on the way there. Just because... Plus I really love this new cardigan!

Nick showing Cole the sights from the ferry!

Checking out the back of the wake at the back of the ferry. Cole was really excited to be on a "big boat" Plus it was the perfect weather!

It was so sunny that the only good pic of Cole we could get was inside. Otherwise he was covering his eyes.

Like this....

Cole and his "treasure map" He spent the rest of the ride calling us "Mommy Pirate" Daddy Pirate" "Cole Pirate" and "Baby Blake Pirate"

At "Friday's Crabhouse"... Cole was too hyper to stay seated so we just let him stand there, LOL!

Getting ready to jump off the stairs... Did I mention how hyper he was?

After dinner we grabbed some ice cream. Cole got his own cone of strawberry ice cream but he still wanted like a million bites of my mango sorbet, LOL!

Some hugs while waiting to get back on the ferry.

After sleeping the whole day in his stroller, Blake was one happy little boy!


That's all for now. Nick is head to UT for the BYU vs. Huskies game this weekend (I'm hanging out with my sis in Spokane) and then we head down the the Oregon Coast for a family trip with the Parker fam. We are definitely ready for a vaca and it will be nice to spend some time with Nick's family!

Huge Catch-up! July/August

Ahhh! Okay so I am way behind and it took me F.O.R.E.V.E.R to get this post ready! I need to start doing this more often so I don't have sooooo many pictures to do in one post! Anyways, here they are:

Little Mr. Serious

This is what happens when I leave Cole downstairs by himself for too long!



Watching the raptor show at the zoo. He wasn't too sure about that owl.

Trying to get a better look.

With mommy at the zoo.

with daddy at the zoo.

Cole LOVES to run!


Cole and Alyssa playing with play-doh.

I bought this cool sprinkler thing for Cole thinking it would be a fun way to cool off in this heat. Of course, Cole just cried and refused to get in it because it was too cold... wimp! I can't complain too much because he kind of takes after me, hehe ;)

Poor boy fell asleep on the couch. Sooo sweet though!

Cole decided to sneak in a kiss while I was trying to get some pics of Blake.


A few weekends ago, the boys and I headed over to Spokane to see my sister and her baby! On the first day we went to Discovery Park and let Cole run around and go crazy.

Just chillin...



He thinks he's so silly!

Spinning

Charlie's first time swinging! (It was Erin's idea, I just want to make that clear.) LOL

Blake and Charlie, only 5 days apart in age. She is waaaay smilier than him but he still has a cute little smirk.

She is so stinkin' cute!

On the second day we headed to Manito park to check out the gardens.

Cole was sooo tired after running around the garden for like 30 mins. Erin and I just waited around until he wore himself out and then I ran after him to catch him. He is getting sooo fast! His poor face was bright red and he was covered in sweat!

Silly boy! Pretending to be mad.

Sweet little smile.

We were watching a couple of boys for our neighbor and Cole was having so much running around the house with them. He takes after his dad and his face turns BRIGHT red when he runs around too much!


Cole and Alyssa playing at Mcdonald's.

We went to a work BBQ for Nick's district and by the time we left Cole was covered in dirt, sweat and dog slobber. Yeah, he had a good time, LOL!

Cole playing "Patty Cake" with Blake.

We have the Bonecks coming to see us this weekend, Yay! And then I head down to Kennewick with the boys to visit my parents and sister so I should have plenty of photos to post by the end of next week! :)