Schools OUT! Finally!!

Here in Washington school went until June 16th, it was crazy for us Utah/Idaho folks to still be in school so far into June - it felt like Laex was in school for half the summer ;)

He was so ready and excited to have a break - though he really loves school he was ready for summer!  We met him with balloons and treats when he got home from school and the kids had a little water balloon fight with the neighbor kids.  Bring on the summer fun!

And the day after school got out...he got his cast off - YAY!  (perfect timing if you ask me!)  He still had to wear a brace for a couple of weeks but it was 'way better' than a cast, as he would say! Now, hopefully no more broken bones...ever :)

Little Builders

We love to hit lowes free 'kids build' days whenever we can - this particular day the beginning of June the kids got to build Iron Man spaceships - they had a good time as always.  Pretty sure they are practicing up to be just like their Papa! :)

Beach Day

I've been itching to get back to the beach so we took a day and visited Seaside, it was perfect :)  The weather wasn't that hot and the water was cold but the kids didn't care, they had a blast playing in the waves, building sand castles & flying kites.

We also had to get salt water taffy while we were there & enjoyed some yummy fish & chips!  We LOVE that it only takes us a couple of hours to be at the beach, so fun!

 

 

Mall Play & Donut Day

The girls and I had to run to the mall to take some returns and it just happened to be by the play area...we couldn't get out of there until they got a little play time :)

We helped celebrate national donut day with free Krispy Kreme donuts - the kids were in heaven & luckily we showed up just before the big crowd so we didn't have to wait too long :)

Berries & Critters

More yummy Northwest berries :) The kids were pumped when our little raspberry patch started to produce!  I would often catch them out 'raiding' the berries (especially Loa).  One evening I had spent quiet some time picking all of the ripe berries and Loa sat down and ate the entire container and said, "Thanks Mom for picking me all of these berries" - ha ha.  We also had several evenings we had to top our dinner off with ice cream & berries, yum!

The other thing we've had to learn to get used to here in the Northwest are the frogs, slugs & snails.  It's so wet that we have plenty of these critters.  The kids love to catch the frogs and this particular day Loa mauled the crap out of this little frog for at least an hour - I'm not sure there was much life left in him when we finally had to take him from her and let him go.  She had swung him on the swings, jumped with him on the tramp and taken him for rides on her bike :]

We also had a wild rabbit problem when we first moved in - doesn't seem like wild rabbits would be that big of a deal until they are eating up your garden and lawn - so we put out a live trap and finally caught one, just to discover more within a couple of weeks.  We finally found where they were getting in the yard and haven't seen anymore since.

Breakfast & Multnomah Falls

I've been wanting to visit Multnomah Falls so we took advantage of the Memorial Day weekend and visited the Falls.  LeGrand was a trooper and took all three kids to the very top.  I thought they were just headed to the bridge until the didn't return until an hour later.  I stayed at the bottom with the stroller and our stuff and my pregnant self :/  Just means we will go back later so I can climb :)