Labor Day Weekend

For Labor Day weekend, Becky and Nate and their boys came down to visit.  It is so fun having them live closer to us.  We started out the weekend by heading to the coast on Saturday.  There was quite a bit of traffic on the drive, and the main spot in Cannon Beach was pretty busy, but we headed down a little farther to Hug Point.  It was busy there too, but not as bad.  The weather was warm, but there was a thick fog right as you reached the ocean.  It was kind of weird because we were in the sun on the sand, but the ocean was completely foggy.  It burned off within an hour or so after we arrived.  The kids had a great time playing together.  I think they could stay there all day!

The kids all lined up ready to run to the ocean!

   

The foggy view:

     

Davis dug himself a little bed to lie down in:

   

Crazy sunscreen hair!

   

Cousins!!!  (minus Ryan)

   

There’s a cool cave and small waterfall on the beach too which made it fun for exploring.

 

And one picture of me with my beach buddy:

We ended the day with some delicious clam chowder at Mo’s before heading home.  On Monday, we headed down to the outlets to do some school shopping.  We got there at 10:15, 15 minutes after they opened, but it was already packed!  We found some great deals though on shoes, shirts, and jeans for the boys, and some cute onesies for Asher.  We look forward to more holidays with the Packers!

August Happenings

By August, we finally felt like we were done with surgeries and had a chance to actually enjoy summer.  We did some fun things around here to celebrate before summer came to an end.

Shane’s Birthday:

We had celebrated a little bit in Seattle, but Shane’s birthday happened to also be the last day our good friends the Lovelands were in town visiting from Utah.  We invited some friends, took some dinner out to Camp Rivendale, talked and played, and of course enjoyed some cake to celebrate.

           

Big Truck Day:

We went to the annual Big Truck day at the Conestoga Rec Center.  James has been talking about it ever since! 

         

Murase Plaza:

We try to make it here a few times every summer. We only made it once this year, but we had a great time!

The boys always like to try out the big slide before we go to the fountains.

 

     

Landon brought a little rubber duck to the park, and it would sit and spin on top of the fountains.  The kids thought it was pretty cool. (Below, left)

     

Swimming Lessons:

The three boys had swimming lessons every Tuesday and Thursday all month long.  James cried through his entire first two lessons, but then he got to really love it.  The only day I brought my camera was the last day, when they put on life jackets and play different games, so I didn’t get any of them swimming.  The picture on the left has James getting in the water in the bottom corner, and the picture on the right has Landon kicking on the big mat.

 

Just Hanging Out:

We also did lots of just relaxing and hanging out!  (Actually, Shane and I did a lot of work getting the house ready to sell while the boys had fun). 

Asher became quite mobile, getting himself stuck in all sorts of places.  Davis had Kindergarten Academy, a week of Kindergarten introduction.  He drew the picture below of “scrl” (school), all the kids at recess, the bell ringing, and the teacher saying, “Time to go inside!”

 

The boys learned a living room sleepover after reading enough books, and James likes to help me make breakfast.

 

Asher hanging out on the lawn with me while the boys played in the cul-de-sac.