the long weekend

this labor day weekend we had ourselves all kinds 'o' fun here at home. it all started on thursday when i brought home puppies that i had the privilege to babysit for the weekend. they belong to my friend/boss and they are cute enough to EAT!

petey & tink: i am pretty much in love with little petey (the white one) he is extra adorable!!
just look at the way he sleeps!!!:
my little stinky pete!

don't get me wrong, petey's little sister is almost as cute (and much more photogenic)

who couldn't love this face?!:

the boys were so good with the puppies. solly loved playing puppy daddy:
their just like real babies. they eat, poop and sleep (and sleep and sleep and sleep some more)

rose was just as in love as the rest of us:

we also spent some time outside this weekend riding bikes and playing with chalk.

solly and his chalk man:

mojo & his chalk twin:

at the beginning of the weekend jake and i taught solly how to ride a bike...the next day he just would not, could not do it. so today he tried again and this time he GOT IT!! he's really cruising now. he spent about an hour outside today just riding up and down our street. then we took a break and he wanted to ride some more...but it was raining. turns out a little rain can't stop him! we spent another hour out in the rain and both the boys rode the WHOLE TIME!

a nice blurry shot of my little bikers:

such a big boy:

i spent the whole time under my umbrella :)

it was a pretty good weekend. although i could've used a little more time with my hubby. alas, his hours suck right now & when he does work its on the most ridiculous days & times. someday we'll get away again together. meanwhile, if anyone has any ideas on a good FREE getaway that i could take my man on i'd be happy to hear them. thanks!

summer

since i've been on a "blogging hiatus" (a.k.a. too lazy to blog) i thought i'd catch you up on our summer so far...using pictures. so here it goes. *keep in mind that my captions come before the picture...i know i'm backwards, it's just the way my brain works*

june:

we visted jake's parents around fathers day & his brother & his family were able to join us as well for the day. the kids had a blast playing together:

all the breece boys & their children:

moses turned 3!!:

july:

after watching fireworks we recreated a family photo that we took 3 years earlier when moses was just 5 days old...three years makes a big difference!:

ahhh the heat. summer finally arrived sometime after the 4th of july:

my kids know how to enjoy this tiny pool!:

a friend gave us tickets for creation so i braved it one night to take the boys to see david crowder (if you were to zoom in between my forehead & the guy with the hat on head you could see david crowder):

solly had swimming lessons and did GREAT! this is one of my favorite pictures...the elementary back stroke:

the street fair was a big deal this year...so we checked it out for a bit and mojo got to go on his 1st roller coaster ride with his "brudder" (isn't solly the best big brother?!):

then we took a trip to the oregon coast with jakes parents. it was a 1st for both of my boys:

what could be better?!:

the 1st thing moses said when he laid eyes on the beach was "SANDBOX!!!":

i did some research online one night at the hotel and found out there was a cool ship wreck close by. it was one of my favorite parts of the trip:

august:

jakes mom took a week off to spend time with the boys. so i took them up to see her and stayed a few nights and then left solly there for the rest of the week. but, before i left...we hit the beach!

i want this picture on my wall!!:

hummm, i wonder why solly went to bed with a tooth ache tonight...?:

so that is (just part of) our summer...so far. now that i'm caught up i'll try to stay on top of this crazy blog. one of these days i'll take a picture of my camera and write all about it...cause i think everyone would be much more impressed with my pictures if you knew what i was working with.

ah yes, and this is my favorite non-person picture of the summer:

long time no...blog.

it just took me a minuet to figure out how to post a new blog...that must mean it's been WAY too long since i last posted.

i can't even remember what my last post was...oh yes, something about a possible job in lynden i believe. well here is a recap of our lives since then:

*we will not be moving to lynden.

*i am still working and LOVING it. it's such a blessing to have a good & flexible job!

*there will soon be a new baby in my life...i'm going to be an aunt again! (lucy is due to arrive thanksgiving week)

*i am opening up to the idea of having another baby of my very own but probably not for another year or two.

* we're looking into buying a house.

*moses is now three years old!

*solly has had the best summer ever including: swimming lessons, VBS, a weekend at the beach, art camp & a week at grandmas house on whidbey island

life has been full and wonderful lately! i'm feeling like one lucky mama!