Author: kyle

We are on our way home from a fun trip to Central Point. Friday we had a delicious fondue ( thank you David) for dinner followed by a spiderman cake and Linda’s homemade strawberry ice cream to celebrate Andrew’s birthday. He kids loved fondue, it was their first time having cheese fondue. Andrew had a great time opening presents. I think his favorite is his tool bench. Saturday we went to the park to the fountain and then to the Jackson Co fair to see the Wiggles. I just love the fair- we saw Ballet Folklorico dance the traditional Mexican dances. Abby was in heaven – she loves their dresses with the big skirts that twirl when they turn round and round. We saw animals, a pirate , a monster truck, kids swimming inside bubbles, did some rides, and ate some junk food. Kid heaven!

The kids checking out the horses-

Abby at the fountain-

Then we came home and went swimming in Grammie’s pool and had our favorite thai pizza for dinner . Kyle and i fit in a date after we put the kids down- we went out for a drink downtown in Medford. And then went to the bookstore, the usual;)

Kyle did a lot of biking with David during the trip. Today Kyle and David bikes to Jacksonville. We met them there for coffee and then went to the farmers market. we went back to he house for one more swim and now we are headed home. A very fun filled weekend!

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Monday I will try to post pictures of our camping trip last weekend with my parents , brother and his family.

Right now we are on our way to Medford to celebrate Andrew’s birthday with family there and tomorrow were going to see the Wiggles!

Yesterday the kids and I had a super fun day at the pool! Here is Abby –

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Abby to me when she saw paper napkins on the dining room table: “why are you buying these napkins? They have to cut down trees!”

I assured her it was a one time purchase for Andrew’s birthday party 🙂

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Andrew: “that feel me better”

Whenever he says this I smile:)

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Andrew to me: “you look pretty”

I was wearing a bathrobe! What a sweetie!

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It’s been a wonderful summer so far. We ‘be done two trips, gone berry picking, horseback riding, hiking , biking and swimming. Abby starts her first camp tomorrow. She is thrilled.

Her are some photos of our fun so far this summer:

Hooray for great weather and great kids!

This was one of the highlights of my birthday –

After dinner Abigail wanted to do family meeting. We started with compliments. This was Andrew’s compliment to me:

Andrew to me: ” My compliment is I love you so much and thank you for reading books with me.”

At this I teared up, and I tear up now as I type:) these are the moments that make parenting so special and worth all the night wakings, etc

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We are On our way home from a quick trip to Portland. Tuesday I met up with an old friend at the children’s museum. We did the water play, the tree house room , the dig pit and the animal hospital, construction area and the theater. Next time we need to do the art room and the grocery store and the exhibit room. It was so nice seeing my friend Carrie. She was one of my first mom friends in Portland when I lived there. We were pregnant together, raising our babies together. And now our babies are almost 5! I hadn’t seen her since we moved, it was so fun to catch up and see her kids.

Me and Carrie-

Wednesday I spent the day with my family in Cornelius. The kids had cousin time. We had a fun trip to the library to see the yoyo university. We had a nice BBQ last night.

The cousins-

Today we are having beautiful weather so we headed to the zoo. I think we saw it all- we were there 5 hours! We did the train for the first time, they loved that! During the ride Abby whispered “I love you” in my ear. She really like the bird show and the penguins.

Here they are post-zoo

We are headed home for about 24 hours and then we go to Medford and Crater Lake!

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another marathon day! Preschool, picnic and playdate with friend at park, Abigail’s ballet conference, coffee with the kids’ babysitter. We told her goodbye:( she is graduating and moving. We will miss her. Then we headed home, the kids passed out at this point from utter exhaustion.
I cooked and did a mad cleaning spree during their one hour nap (the coffee helped!) then Kyle came home and Abby’s friend came over for a babysit swap playdate. The kids had a blast playing hide and seek and then had a bubble party outside listening to Beatles music!

I love summer nights where we can be outside so much. They danced outside til about almost 9! We ended the party snuggling and reading books in the couch. Current favorites are Mimi, Pink Me Up, and Jump . They said goodbye to their friend, had a quick dance marathon with Daddy listening to Someone I used to Know and When I get older, the soccer song from world cup.

Before bed we read Doll People, a chapter book. They are so into it! If your child likes dolls and dollhouses, check it out!

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