Trip to Bend

These few pictures are from our trip to Oregon. My mom's side of the family is pretty much all here, except a brother who lives in Colorado, but he was able to make it for the wedding! I would say that we were too busy to take photos but I think we were just too relaxed most of the time. So here are the few photos to remember those few days by.

This is where Charlie was 98% of the time.

Seattle!

 These last few weeks have been a whirlwind of busy and family. Don't get me wrong, I love it, but I also have been loving getting back to our normal schedule. I finally got around to going through our photos from our trips. I give you Seattle.

 I know I'm biased, but seriously, this kid is the cutest

 In love with sand and that shovel

 Found a little crab

 and a hermit crab

Trains, trains, trains

Seattle you were relaxing and cool. Bend you were busy and hot. Andy prefers the first kind of vacation and I prefer the second, although Andy does need something to do, but he'd rather it be busy of tasks and not people. I enjoy people and sitting around while on vacation. Charlie just enjoys running around and playing in water or dirt. He doesn't care if there are people there or not. All this to say that we just got back from a very nice vacation last week. We spent a few days in Seattle with Andy's grandparents and then drove down to Bend to spend some time with my family and go to a wedding. Needless to say, today I am doing laundry and trying to stay cool.
These pictures have nothing to do with our vacation, they were actually taken beforehand but he's just so darned cute. His favorite thing to do with trains is sit on the track and then rip it apart. Line does not enjoy this kind of train play.

Indians Game!

As some of you may have known this weekend was Hoopfest. I unfortunately didn't take any photos this time and just relaxed and watched a few games, it ended up being a wonderful weekend (Here is last years post). Our boys won the King of the Losers, which means they won the cancelation bracket and they get an extra shirt! I think I'm the only one who got burned, which is not much of a surprise, but it turned out great.

These photos have nothing to do with this weekend as this happened last weekend. Liz was the game doctor and she had three extra tickets in her box so she invited us to go with her! It ended up being fireworks night and the Indians pulled through and won. Charlie was a bit overwhelmed by everything at first and was scared by the noises of the fireworks, but he ended up doing pretty well. 

 He was very interested in all the people selling food.

Family BBQ

Still playing catch-up over here. These photos were taken a few weeks ago when the grands were in town (unfortunately I didn't snap any photos of them). We had a nice relaxing BBQ and let the kids run wild. It's always adorable to watch little baby buns get in and out of the pool, specifically Charlie's baby bum.
This weekend is Hoopfest so wish our boys luck!

Mule Days '14

It's that time of year again. Mule Days! It is crazy to look back at last years parade (you can view the post here) and see how small they were! I know a year makes a huge difference, especially at this age, but still, he was so tiny! This year he was waving, or at least he waved once, and he got to eat some candy. He definitely cried when we tried to put him out there to get candy though, maybe next year he'll be running around with Line and Daniel to get some. We'll see about that though.

What's a parade without dogs riding horses?

This little girl was so sweet and the kids absolutely LOVED her

Daniel showing off his goods

We're Back!

 We're back! Anyone else love that movie as a kid? I know I did, I'm sure I would hate it watching it now. I remember the dinosaurs were pretty rude, but maybe they weren't that bad.
These pictures are actually from a few weeks ago when we spent the day in Couer d'Alene. This park is one of the best parks in the area, it reminds me of my favorite park as a kid. It's an all wooden structure and there are nooks and crannies that you can crawl in everywhere. Charlie hasn't realized its full potential as of yet, but I think he'll get there.