Playing {NICE} in the Sandbox!!

Wyatt enjoyed playing outside as well when we had our really hot days. While the other kids were playing in the sprinkler and finding frogs, Wyatt was content to sit in amongst the rocks and play with his spoon and cup. He LOVES to play with a simple bowl/cup and a spoon.

He doesn't even have to be putting anything into his cup. It is just maneuvering the spoon to where he wants it to go.

Maybe he is making some masterpiece of great proportion. He could be the next Emeril. Ya never know!!

It is always good to taste it as you go along, to make sure there is enough seasoning!!

"I think it is just right!"

He also enjoys playing with his siblings. He has no problem with them playing in close proximity to his play area.

But he does makes sure that they understand that under no circumstance are they to take his spoon or cup.

Don't mess with me people, me and my spoon mean business!!

10 Years!!

10 Years of Marriage

9 years in school/training thus far (undergrad, med. school, residency)

8 years with kids....18 more to go!

7 different houses/apartments

6 dates we've gone on in the last 9 years

5 cars

4 great kids

3 states lived in

2 pets we couldn't keep alive....fish and hermit crabs

1 He's still my ONE and ONLY

Happy Anniversary babe, I love you!!!

Blazes it's HOT

A little over a week ago now we had some pretty HOT weather for our little part of the world. In fact we were setting records it was soooo HOT. We had several days of high 90's and one really hot day at 103. I know, I have family and friends that live in Arizona who are thinking, "that is our normal", but for us soft folks in Western Washington it was too HOT. Especially because people around these part for the most part don't have a/c in their homes. We are one of those people so our house was a tad warm on those days. On the hottest day our house was reading 90 degrees at 10:00 at night!! So what did we do on these wonderfully hot days? Well I'll show you..... We ran our fans constantly.

We poured cold water on ourselves in an effort to keep cool!!
We filled up the empty sandbox with water and stuck our feet in.


We hooked up the beach ball sprinkler and played in it all day!!

We struck a pose at a moments notice, just because we could!

Stayed in the shade when it happened to appear!!

We played some pretty COOL games of Spiderman!!


Played in the sprinkler some more, it was where it was coolest!!
We survived it, though there was times we thought we were going to really melt. It was touch and go there for a while. We are thankful for the grass that is growing in our backyard this year. If this had happened last year we really would have been sunk, we had nothing but rocks and sticks last year. Not much fun to play in.

Finally Lauryn wanted to tell the heat what she really thought of it. I think the heat got the idea that it wasn't welcome and promptly left. We are currently enjoying mid-70's and thoroughly enjoying it!!

Leapin' Lizards.....or Frogs

Everywhere we live it seems we have some kind of infestation of an animal of some kind or another. In our first or second apartment we had the lovely mice, in our home (actually the detached garage) in Iowa it was garder snakes and here in Washington, at least for this summer, it is FROGS. To say the least this infestation is the most lovely!! Meysa loves to catch these poor little guys and hold them and pet them and call them George!!! Every morning she will go out to the empty sandbox that has been doubling as a swimming pool and look to see if there are any little frogs hiding. She is also good at going ahead of Dad as he mows the lawn to rescue any that might be headed for certain death. I guess we will add frogs to Meysa's list of favorite animals. Horses and Frogs, they go together don't they!!?

Happy Anniversary....early!!

My anniversary isn't for another week (Aug. 7th) but my hubby surprised me early with an AWESOME gift. I think he just got tired of hearing me covet a new camera. We had a trusty Kodak camera, but the battery never stayed charged, the little lens cover that opens when you turn on the camera didn't open on it own anymore. And I just wanted a new camera to play with and to learn how to take better pictures. So after a year or more of listening to why I NEEDED a new camera he decided he had heard enough.

How he surprised me...

I got home from my vacation and almost a week later I went to take a picture of Wyatt and of course my battery in my little camera was dead. Ayden had used it once on the trip and that was it. I was so frustrated, and then Ryan pipes up that he happened to get me a new battery for the camera. I said, Oh thanks, but secretly I was hoping he would have bought me a new battery for a new camera!!! He said "it is under my side of the bed, go and get it". That was a little weird but ok, but he follows me into the bedroom. I hesitate to look under the bed because in my mind I am thinking why would he put a battery under the bed. Well come to find out he hid my new Nikon D60 under the bed. He couldn't wait to give it to me and since I really needed a camera to take pictures of Wyatt he thought what the heck, he'd give it to me early. I was so shocked and excited. I mean I had been secretly hoping I would get it for my birthday or Christmas, but I honestly thought I had to plead my case a little longer before he would consent to the purchase. I am soooo happy that he surprised me and I have been having a blast taking pictures and learning all about this new fandangled camera.

Thanks babe, I love it and I love you!