Summer Fun

As I sit here in relative silence (the boys are napping, the air conditioner is blowing), I realized that it has been well over a month since my last post. I'm seeing a pattern in my writing and no matter how much I try to write at least once a week, life/children/other projects get the better of me and my blog gathers dust (you know that the internet is a very dusty place, right?).  Currently, my project is to pack up our apartment for our move at the end of August. What? you didn't know we were thinking on moving? Yeah, that happened between the last post and this one. Let me catch you up on the other goings on in our family as I intently ignore the nail holes in the walls that need to get filled.

My parents came up for a weekend visit at the beginning of July...

 ..so we HAD to take them out to Lacamas lake for a hike.

 It was the first time we've gone out there too, but we loved it and plan to go out again sometime. Hmm...picnic ideas are now swirling in my head.

Since it was Fourth of July, we set off some fireworks with the boys. The snakes were SO cool!

The boys were eagerly anticipating the bigger fireworks.

 So Daddy set off the strip of pop rockets.

 First came excitement as the fuse burned up...

... then came the terror as the loud explosions started!

The terror wore off with a good nights rest, and silliness commenced.

It was also Elijah's half birthday (Yes, we celebrate half birthdays. Yes, I do think it is weird). He asked for a Jupiter cake.

 That looks like Jupiter, right?

 We also picked up some cherries and canned them.

 

 

After waiting a little over a week for the terror to die down, Tim and I took the boys back to Tim's parents house to set off the rest of the fireworks. Excitement abounded once again.

Beniah was brave enough to hold a sparkler this time.

 Isaac just wanted to sleep.

Tim set off one of the smaller fountains that we bought, thinking that it was tame enough for the boys.

 Nope.

 

 

 

Oh well! At least there is always the exciting snakes we can turn to.

We've had a busy summer already with plans for an even busier time in August. Let's see who I can rope into helping us move...