life

 

I’ve been trying to catch up with my scrapbook pages over the last month. I have a couple different books going….ones for dylan, one I keep in our camper of all our trips, and general ones of our life. I strictly do all digital now, so it is much quicker and easier. but of course I still manage to get behind. I came across some random pictures from this spring….

dylan’s class did an “africa unit” in class and put on a concert. boy there were some great songs and drumming! not once did I hear him practicing/singing around the house….boys!

legos still rule the house. I have given up trying to organize them, he seems to work best by just finding the certain pieces needs from his big bin. the creations he builds are amazing…mainly space ships. we are running out of room in his room to display them all.

as much as it annoys me when I step on them with my bare feet (and he does need to clean them up every day!) I know I will be sad when we no longer see them strewn around the family room. and I don’t hear one being zapped up with vacuum….oopps!

I will be in the kitchen and glance over and he will always be building something…..LOVE!

another picture of popcorn loving dylan (and yes, she jumps up there every meal!)……sorry for the quality….taken with my phone

the summer posse….last day of school pizza block party on our street

my contribution….

we’ve already been camping twice already. this is the first year we’ve gone before school has let out. it has been nice because we’ve gone “east of the mountains” where it is sunny and warm. heaven! to say I am OVER the weather here is an understatement.

2 very very fun trips with our friends from the neighborhood. we have all been camping a lot together now, and it’s just full of lots of laughter and fun every time!

back to lake chelan, where we rented a house for a week last year with my family. we went the first weekend in may and there was practically no one there! the campground was right in town and we could walk to stores, ice cream, etc. it was great and we will definitely go back!

oh did the kids LOVE the cool skate park! the lake/beach wasn’t “open” yet, so that’s were we spent most of our time.

memorial day was spent at oasis park about 3 hrs. east. it was gorgeous weather….warm (mid 70s) and DRY! we didn’t do much but sat around and talked. the kids swam in the pool and dylan had fun playing with the 2 older boys that were with one of the families…riding bikes, swimming, baseball,etc. we barely saw him!

these 2 places were different in that they were not state parks. definitely different for us….more open, less trees and privacy. the sites are quite close together as you can see in the pictures. it makes a difference when the park is full.

each place has its pros and cons. dylan does NOT like swimming in lakes, so places with pools are better, but he and sean definitely prefer “the woodsy” feel to camping places. it is definitely fun to try out new places! and it’s SO fun when you go with a group of friends!

this is our good friend roger….he is the hubby of my good friend heather and they bought our first camper from us last summer. nice white legs boys! you can see we did a lot of relaxing that trip!

the guys LOVE to play cribbage….this is inside our new camper

another fun pastime, ladder golf

we are headed out tomorrow for our “big” trip of the summer….coeur d’Alene, idaho. it’s our longest trip with our camper and we are so looking forward to seeing a new area. the fact that we visiting a huge amusement/water park is part of it too! we are staying in a big start park that is supposed to be gorgeous and full of hiking and lakes. and lots of fun towns to explore as well. it will be a busy trip, full of different activities to do.

and very different from our first 2 this season which were more low-key and relaxed. but that’s ok….every trip and spot is different. and it’s fun to explore ~ the exact reason we bought our camper!

coming home from eastern washington…..so different from the green seattle area!