Baseball and the Fair

Our family LOVES to go to baseball games, and this year we've had the opportunity to go to lots of them, both the Mariners and the Rainiers. I don't always remember to take my camera, but this last time I did! My dad, sister, and I took Blake to the Rainiers game last week, he had a blast, and it was a great game!


Blake loves his auntie "M"


....and his "bumpa!"


Me and my boy!

We also went up to the Northwest WA fair last week and had lots of fun, despite the ridiculous heat!


Hallie & Blake had fun riding in the stroller together....


I couldn't get them both to smile at the same time.....


...but I got them separately! Isn't she adorable!


We looked at all the animals, but this was Blake's favorite part, by far! I think he sat on every single tractor!


Proof that we were BOTH there!

my little rockstar

So Grateful...

I just wanted to say how grateful I am for my parents.... not only are they letting us live with them (take over their house really) until our house closes, they are so helpful with Blake! They love to play with him, take him wherever he wants to go (usually outside on the lawnmower), and pretty much spoil him rotten.... I love watching them with Blake, it is adorable. And of course Blake things the WORLD of them as well, he always gets so excited when he sees them! Love you mom & dad!


This could seriously be his favorite thing to do! (both of them, haha)

I just think this picture is so sweet!

Good News & Bad News

Well, the good news is that we're buying a HOUSE! It's only about 5-10 min from where we used to live in Federal Way. It has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, and a 2 car garage. It's on the corner of a cul-de-sac, and has a nice fenced yard. It's in great condition, a little out dated so Jonathan is especially excited to start some projects!

So, the bad news is that we have to leave Bellingham. We've had so much fun being here this summer. We were so lucky to be able to spend the last 3 months here, being able to hang out with friends and family has been wonderful! We will really miss everyone! I'm glad Blake has had the chance to get to know is cousins a little better, I think he's really going to miss being with them all the time.

We're also going to miss the amazing view from our deck

...and the POOL!!

I think EVERYBODY will miss the pool!

Helping in the yard

The other day Jonathan was doing a little yard work at the condo, mowing and watering the lawn and sweeping. So Blake and I went out to watch, because he LOVES being outside, and I found a little rake..... looks like Blake is a natural!







Just cooling off in the sprinkler after a hard days work!

Playing with pictures

My mom has a simple little program on her computer where you can edit and change the effects on pictures, it's pretty limited but I still thought these turned out cute. The original is in the bottom right corner and the one on the top left is supposed to be b&w, except for Blake......

Bowling for cousins

This last week Jonathan's sisters & their families came to visit from Utah & New Mexico, which meant all 18 cousins were together! We've had a lot of fun spending time with them. Blake especially has had a lot of fun playing with them (after the initial shock of so much attention of course). One evening we were all hanging out at Wynden & Jayme's house, just playing in the yard. They have one toy that Blake LOVES to play in, he sits in it and the kids push him around, he would stay on it all day if we let him. So, DJ was pushing him around and I'm not sure how it happened.....


...but the kids stared lining up


and DJ would push Blake towards them


and right before he ran into them they would jump (or fall) out of the way.



Blake thought it was the most hilarious thing ever!


(I hope the video works, it's not very good quality because I took it with my camera)