what we've been up to.....

WARNING: this is a really long post, with lots of pictures, i'll try to keep the words to a minimum!

Jonathan left almost exactly 4 weeks ago... so, we've been trying to keep ourselves VERY busy, so far it's been a success.

Here's a little bit of what we've been up to...

Tacoma Rainiers game

playing in the elephant pool... and the sprinkler

playing on cars and tractors

lots of bubble baths

a little after bath exercise

Auburn splash park with friends

crashing on the floor after a long day

crazy hair naps

Thurston county fair and curly fries

Mariners Game

more elephant pool

Vancouver temple to do the work for Jonathan's grandma Holman

jogging in the stroller, most of which end up just like this

2 trips to Lynden to visit Grandma Susan, aunts/uncles, and COUSINS

free haircuts

a couple long trips in the car

endless trips to the park

boys being crazy

train ride and trip to Seattle center with friends

fountain at Seattle center (showing their muscles)


rides at Seattle center

Northwest WA fair

6 hours of rides with these crazy fun kids!

the two little boys did SO good..... little fair goers of the future

more crashing on the floor

Not Pictured:

swimming

movies

library

sidewalk chalk

bubbles

toys/trains

wrestling

pa/grandma/gg

pt.townsend

coloring

scrapbooking

slurpee's

....just to name a few.

Thanks to everyone for keeping us so busy, time is flying by, only 2 more weeks until we get to see daddy!!

(i've still got to weeks to fill up, so let's go play.... call me!) :)

Day Out With Thomas

AKA... the best day of Blake's life!
Thomas the train came to the Northwest Railway Museum in Snoqualmie... and since Blake is obsessed with him, we knew we couldn't miss it! The entire grounds were devoted to "Thomas," there was SO much to do!

here is the life size Thomas that pulled us


they had trains set up everywhere...they even let the kids be the "conductor" and control the trains

here we are standing in line, ready to board the train.... Blake was SO excited he didn't know what to do with himself. He was jumping all over the place, laughing, crying, pretty much freaking out, I think he just had no idea how to control his emotions, it was pretty hilarious!

we finally made it onto Thomas' coaches... Adam made sure to say 'hi' and 'bye' to all the cars that went by

not the best group shot, but proof that we were all there together!

we then stood in line to get to take pictures in front of Thomas, which was a good 30 min wait, but they had some other small trains that we were able to ride while Daddy waited in line!

there was a huge tent with dozens of these tracks set up, along with some mega blocks, coloring stations, puppet shows, Thomas movies, sing alongs, tattoos, food, and a GIANT gift shop!

we got the boys a train whistle, which they love... Blake can only blow into it once before he starts smiling so big he can't do it anymore :)

they also had a little 'treasure' hunt, where you could go to different stations and get your paper stamped, once you got them all they gave the kids a prize... it was a little Thomas view finder camera. Blake took 'pictures' of everything on the way back to the car, we got to see Thomas go by one more time and he was telling everyone in the coaches to 'say cheese!'

minutes after we got into the car... this was the scene

the boys were so good all day, we had such a fun day together as a family!