old timey

Have you ever seen an old newspaper front page vs a newer one? The biggest and most obvious difference are the pictures, the old ones have hardly any if at all. I'm talking oooooold. That's what this post is going to be like. I've been really lame lately about even remembering where my camera is at and I don't have any good excuses, save for yesterday when northwest Washington saw the hottest day ever recorded!

So here's a quick recap of the last few weeks. After my parents and siblings left we just chilled for a while remembering how it felt to have Logan go to work and leave only two of us and a dog. It was quiet :) Around about the 10th I re-tried on my dress for the ball Logan and I are going to Friday (Jul 31st) and it was too small!!! Well I sort of freaked out, drove to Portland the next day, and bought a dress at the mall near my parents' house. It's beautiful, long, green, and beaded with iridescent beads. I love it but it's proving to be quite a challenge for me to try and coordinate accessories for. More about that later. I drove back from Portland the same day I went down returning with a ball gown and my sister Courtney.

Courtney came up to watch Rowan for me while I "counselor-ed" at my church's four day youth day camp. Camp was a lot of fun and tiring. Of course I forgot my camera there :P I did get a picture of my team which I may scan later... we'll see. Rowan did great with his auntie "Coco" while was gone during the day. They played, went shopping, watched his favorite shows, and read books. I'm so grateful for her help :) she's fantastic!

This week we've been trying to find jewelry, shoes, and a bag to go with my dress and I realized I should've started shopping much earlier. I know it will all work out but I'm frustrated with my lack of knowledge and experience when it comes to dressing up. I did find good shoes yesterday which I think has raised moral. Today I will search for just the right necklace and bag. I'm crossing my fingers...

Oh this week also we've been experiencing a heat wave. I was the hottest day on record all over the NW yesterday with temperatures around 104 (F) here and 106 in Portland. I think we survived the day pretty well but last night was crazy. It was so hot (still over 90 at almost 11PM) Rowan could not fall asleep so after getting up many times to try and comfort him, trying to get him to sleep with Logan and me, getting kicked, and trying to sleep on Rowan's floor I finally remembered that we have a travel crib. Logan got it set up on my side of the bed and with the addition of another fan to our room we all slept comfortably... until about 4:30 when I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep. It's finally cooled down so I'm hoping writing all this will help me rest a bit before Ro gets up. I don't really know when that will be because he was up so many times in the night.

This weekend is the ball, my brother Rylan's birthday, and we'll be taking Courtney home. Perhaps I'll get back to taking pictures and sharing our lives with everyone visually... perhaps not but I'm sure once we get to Portland mom will be snapping away, she's just great like that :D

I hope you enjoyed this "old timey" post, until next time... same bat-time.... same bat-channel.

Summer fun!

My parents a 3/7 of my siblings got to come up for almost a whole week! It was great :D

Good weather and good times! I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves :)

June has been soooome fun

I took way too many pictures and created far too few blog posts to cover everything we did this June (especially the last couple weeks) so I'm just going to post a random collection of Rowan pictures. He's the one who gets his picture taken the most often anyway. The little cutie :D

We travelled all around.

We got to hang out with just about everyone!
Though we weren't always thrilled about getting pictures taken with them ;)

Rowan is still in love with being outside.

He wished he could've helped more building the deck.

My mucky little bubby.

He's a big boy, carrying his own suitcase!

Here's Rowan "Mad Max" style! ;D

Being investigated by Danny (who according to Rowan sounds sort of like a lion)

Bye guys! Thanks for looking at my June "thus far" post!!

Some father and son shots :)

sheesh, I don't know what my deal is these days! I've started a number of posts in the last couple weeks and never get them all the way done and posted before it's mealtime or Rowan needs something or I see something shiny... ;) but not this time! Rowan is napping and I am going to share pictures darn it! I hope you like them :D This is just a bit of what we've been up to the last two weeks.

We spent memorial day up at Logan's grandparents' house

Rowan loves his da-dad!

Logan's birthday is two weeks after my Dad's birthday so on the week inbetween we celebrated in Portland (with Spongebob hats!)

His actual birthday we spent at home. Logan went on a mountain bike ride in the morning then came home and opened a couple presents he'd gotten in the mail. Rowan helped :)

The same day was the grand floral parade in Portland which was broadcast on NW cable news so Rowan got to "rock out" with the marching bands ;) That kid sure loves his guitar.

This past Sunday we had a picnic lunch at small local park, after Rowan had finished his french fries he really wanted to run down to the water so Logan went with him. Otherwise we probably would've had to pick him up (or fish him) outta there sopping wet. He's a good kid :)

That's about it. We've just been hanging out, enjoying having Logan home, and waiting impatiently for vacation to start (only 2 1/2 days now!)

four eyes

here they are :)
the everydays (left) and the fancys (below)

bikes and trikes

It's no secret that Rowan has inherited his father's love of bicycles :) He's even got his own fantastic, handmade, wooden, no-pedal bike which he really really likes. In fact it was one of the first things Rowan played with with Logan the first day he was home.

Rowan likes all bikes. He'll often point them out if he spots them on the street when we're out and about. He is quite enamored with Logan's bikes especially.The other day he even got his first taste of what riding the BIG bikes is like!
It was a short slow ride but Rowan was pretty thrilled.


Yup any sort of bike will attract my boy, even one with three wheels! (Yeah, I know three wheels makes a trike not a bike but go with me)
Notice what Rowan is occupied with while everyone else is playing with bubbles at our little friend Claire's early birthday party.

He was trying to get it up onto the step.


He looked so good on Claire's little trike and was so taken with it that we went on a search for one (preferably "boy colored") for Rowan to call his own. After two or three stores we found one! It's just the right size even though he can't reach the pedals yet (he tries just about every day). I'm sure his wooden bike will be used for longer but right now the plastic trike is one that he can get on and get moving all by himself.

Doing things himself is something he is really into these days ;)

It's not a huge space under the seat but his little rugby ball fits nicely. Most of the time he just opens and closes the lid for the fun of it.

This is him waving "bye bye" to me as he was just about to head off to try and get onto the dirt under the apple tree :)

This morning was a bit chilly but he was still out there.
I'm thinking this little trike was a good choice ;)

Oh and on another note I just got a call from costco! My glasses are ready!! Nearly a week before I was expecting them! I am super excited!

fun with the hose

I didn't think Rowan would be able to squeeze the handle on the sprayer hard enough to use it... I hope this is the first of few underestimations. We'll see how quickly I wise up eh? ;D Rowan is growing up fast and I'm trying to savor every moment while I still have it :)

I love the shadows in this picture (also, the invisible trousers)

I thought he was too little but here he is showing Dad the ropes ;)

dirty face little boy

he is our sunshine!

man, how can he BE so cute???

I got a short video of him spraying in between the shed and the house. We tried but couldn't quite convince him to want to soak anything else ;) he is his father's son.