Mid-summer progress report

Okay, so here it is:
to start the summer off (a little early) we went to NW trek & wildlife park with grandma & pop. we stayed in a hotel the night before & enjoyed the "heated" (ha!) swimming pool.

Grace & Ezra are really starting to enjoy each other, despite the huge age gap! love it!

mark and grace did the zipline obstacle course. they had fun, although, if i'm being perfectly honest, it would have been better had they not been coupled with this wussy mom and her super wussy son who had to be coached (i.e. "you can do this") for 5 minutes prior to every obstacle. i mean the highest part of the whole thing was like 6ft off the ground! somebody needs to get that kid a bunk bed! 

while mark and grace were stuck behind 'scaredy pants' and his mom, the wait was long for ezzy, and pop was growing tired, so he took E on a part of the obstacle course that wasn't in use, despite the signs that prohibited it ;-). he was later told by an 18 year old employee (with a look that said, "you should know better!) to remove the child from the course. like always, pop wasn't the least bit embarrassed, but grandma was.

Gracie's allergies starting acting up near the end of our trek and she felt miserable :-(

2 hours in, Ezzy was tuckered out!

Luca & Mommy :-)

With Gracie asleep and a nice nap under his belt, Ezzy did what any bored kid would do - he tore his socks and shoes off and happily licked his toes!

With Grace out of school, we have had more time to just hang out...

some serious brother bonding - perhaps a little 'plotting'...

little YODA ;-)

who says t.v. prohibits family closeness - they look pretty close to me :-) (totally joking by the way)

 our hang time hasn't just been indoors, either! the weather around here has been phenomenal! so, needless to say, we've been to a few parks...

gracie with her cousin, kaylin (in town from AZ)

also, with such great weather we have really made use of the new trampoline!

Luca can't jump yet, but he likes to watch ;-)

July was BUSY for me!! i hosted 2 parties. the first was a quick throw together with some family & friends on the 4th of july...

lawn twister!

marshmallow catapults

in between the parties, Lu lu turned 7 months old!

the 2nd party was a baby shower i threw for my LONG time friend Audrey...

she's having a girl, in case you couldn't tell ;-)

CRAFT BLOG COMING SOON WITH MORE DETAILS & HOW TO'S ;-)

(I'll keep you posted)

CONGRATULATIONS AUDREY!! 

so, the 2nd half of this summer has the following to look forward to: 

mark's 33rd bday (mini party/bbq)

family road trip to MT

gracies dance classes (she's in hip-hop & acro)

the planning of ezzy's september bday party

some more parks,

definitely more water play on the trampoline

& 

whatever else pops up ;-))))

LOOKING FORWARD TO IT ALL